RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC — Companies located in and around Research Triangle Park dominate the field of selections for the 23rd annual Council for Entrepreneurial Development venture conference.

The CED announced the final 22 of 28 presents on Thursday. Of the 28, 25 are from the RTP region.

The conference is set for May 2-3 at the Village of Pinehurst.

The final 22 selections are:

Argos Therapeutics (Durham)

Arrendale Associates (Cornelius)

Bandwidth.com (Cary)

Bioptigen (Durham)

Centice Corporation (Durham)

Humacyte (RTP)

INI Power Systems (Cary)

Integrian* (Morrisville)

Kyma Technologies (Raleigh)

Liquidia Technologies (RTP)

Nextreme Thermal Solutions (RTP)

Nitronex Corporation (Raleigh)

Optotrack (Cary)

Overture Networks (Morrisville)

Phase Bioscience (Durham)

Piedmont Pharmaceuticals (Greensboro)

Pique Therapeutics (Durham)

rPath (Raleigh)

Scynexis (RTP)

TranS1* (Wilmington)

Teotten Diagnostics (RTP)

Xsira Pharmaceuticals (RTP)

Six companies were announced earlier:

Advanced Liquid Logic (RTP)

Bright View Technologies (Morrisville)

Broadwick Corporation (Durham)

Emu Software (Cary)

Ercole Biotech (RTP)

Visitar (Raleigh)

For more details on the presenters, see

the CED web site.

Note: The asterisk (*) beside Integrian and TranS1 denotes that each is a Venture 2006 "Showcase Company," specifically selected to highlight the strengths of the region.