The annual Maryland Incubator Company of the Year awards are upon us once again. Tonight, at the Center Club in downtown Baltimore, several companies will be honored in different categories.

The various categories of awards include Life Science Company of the Year, Information Technology Company of the Year, Technology Service Company of the Year, Homeland Security Company of the Year, New Incubator Company of the Year, Technology Transfer Company of the Year, and Graduate Company of the Year. A new category this year is Green Company of the Year.

The companies below are connected to the state's tech business incubator program, which has operations in Baltimore and several counties.

This year’s finalists include:

* Aricion Therapeutics (ETC);
* Ark Sciences (ETC);
* CSA Medical, Inc. (ETC);
* Moodlerooms, Inc. (ETC);
* StormCenter Communications, Inc. (UMBC);
* Zane Networks, LLC (SSIC);
* Amethyst Technologies, LLC (UMBC);
* B&D Consulting, Inc. (TIC);
* SI Tec Consulting, Inc (Howard County EDA);
* Lookingglass Cyber Solutions (ETC);
* Tactical Network Solutions (NeoTech);
* TransGlobal Business Systems, Inc. (TAC);
* Remedium Technologies, Inc. (TAP);
* CrispTek, LLC (NeoTech);
* FlexEl, LLC (TAP);
* Plant Sensory Systems, LLC (UMBC);
* Clean Currents (RIC);
* Resensys, LLC (TAP);
* Kempbio, Inc. (FITCI);
* OmniSpeech (MTECH);
* Get Real Consulting (SGIC);
* Ception Therapeutics (SGIC).

Incubator Key: Emerging Technology Center (ETC), Baltimore; Frederick Innovative Technology Center, Inc. (FITCI), Frederick; NeoTech Incubator (NEOTech), Columbia; Technical Innovation Center (TIC), Hagerstown; Howard County Economic Development Authority (Howard County EDA), Columbia; Shady Grove Innovation Center (SGIC), Rockville; Technology Advancement Program (TAP), College Park; techcenter@UMBC at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Catonsville; Rockville Innovation Center (RIC), Rockville; and Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH), College Park.