U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and state business leaders will headline a Wednesday awards breakfast honoring 64 small businesses for their research and technical innovations that have helped expand the Connecticut and U.S. economies.
The Small business Innovation Research program will host an awards breakfast from 7:45 to 11 a.m. at the Inn at Middletown, 70 Main St.
Other participating speakers include:Â Catherine Smith, chair of Connecticut Innovations and commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development; Mun Choi, dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Connecticut; and Deb Santy, director of the Connecticut SBIR office.
