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June 23 Pennsylvania Infrastructure Group meets - On June 23, leaders from water and sewer, transportation, communications, and energy industries will review their progress to present a comprehensive bi-partisan, cross-industry strategy aimed at unleashing Pennsylvania's resurgence as a keystone economic force in our nation. This effort is a result of the April 10 Pennsylvania Infrastructure Summit and the June 2 Legislative Day. The meeting will start at 10 a.m. in the Technology Council Conference Room. All are welcome to come out to support this effort to position Pennsylvania for future prosperity. Read the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Agenda here
Featured on BEHIND THE HEADLINES, a television production of The Susquehanna Valley Center for Public Policy. For the weeks of June 23 and 30, 2008: Kelly Lewis of the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania discusses the Infrastructure Agenda for Pennsylvania followed by a discussion with John Barley about Pennsylvania's agricultural and tobacco industry. Check your local cable channels for air times.
June 27 - TechQuest Broadband Meeting in Somerset - Exaflood 2009 at 9 a.m. in the Historic Somerset Trust Building on 131 North Center Ave. Somerset, PA 15501. RSVP to www.techquestpa.com, Click on Event Calendar, Click on June 27th and register. Complete the Broadband Survey:. It's easy to sign up your company for the 2008 TechQuest Broadband projects, go to www.techquestpa.com and click on TechQuest Broadband and complete the quick, 45 second survey.
News from the world of Broadband This week the Internet Innovation Alliance went to Las Vegas, Nevada to participate in NXTcomm 08. NXTcomm, a joint venture between TIA and USTA, brings together IP providers, manufacturers and other groups. This year, IIA hosted a booth that featured 'Who's Hogging the Bandwidth' and exaflood. Through the course of the three day trade show, IIA staff informed more than 230 visitors to the booth about IIA's mission. The coalition's causes of educating policy makers and promotion of a National Broadband Strategy were well received with numerous people asking to be put on our mailing list. Additionally, this week Cisco's latest report, 'Approaching the Zetabyte Era,' that appeared in Monday's Wall Street Journal. Click here to read the article.
July 18 Pennsylvania Institute of Homeland and Defense Technologies Next Meeting - On July 18 the institute will take the many good ideas shared at MiX 2008 and will be developing the Homeland and Defense Agenda for Pennsylvania. Through the Agenda and efforts surrounding the Agenda, we hope to raise public awareness on the critical issues impacting this Industry, speed public policy actions to support and grow the Industry and secure funding as needed to support and grow the Industry. By June 30th we will share a draft of the Agenda with you for your input, thoughts and concerns. At our 9:00 am, July 18th PIHDT meeting at the Technology Council's offices, we hope to finalize the Agenda, and approve advocacy efforts or the same. We urge you to stay connected and help.
Experience MiX 2008 Again... SHIFT HAPPENS shown at MiX 2008 now on the Tech Council's You Tube site www.youtube.com/TechCouncilCentralPA DVDs are available of MiX 2008 available from PCN by contacting Roseann Mazella at 717-730-6000 DVDs are $149.50 - not including sales tax and shipping. You can send a written request to: PCN, 401 Fallowfield Rd., Camp Hill, PA 17011 ATTN: Roseann Mazella
Need Extra Help this summer? Call a TechQuest Intern- With more than 900 students interested in internships on our bench it's not too late to get signed up and take advantage of our fully managed internship program. Summer is fast approaching and students are making decisions and are very active. Get the best students from the best universities and colleges in Pennsylvania pre-screened for your internship needs.
Are You Prepared? On July 23, the PA Dept. of Health is sponsoring a Pandemic Preparedness Workshop for employers. The workshop will provide employers with the necessary tools for organizations and employees to plan for an influenza pandemic. The event will be held 8:00am-2:30pm at the University Fitness and Conference Center, Penn State Milton Hershey Medical Center. www.pandemicflu.state.pa.us
Find Out More For more information on these or any Technology Council programs and initatives, contact Deena Malley, Vice President, at dmalley@tccp.org or by calling 717-635-2172.
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