FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 07, 2009
TIA and Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) Host B2G 'Recovery Act' Event
Dec. 8 Program – 'The State of Stimulus Recovery Act: Technology Opportunities and Spending Forecast' – to Focus on Health, Public Safety, Broadband and Education Sectors
Arlington, Va. – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leader in advocacy, standards development, business development and intelligence for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, and the Northern Virginia Technology Council's (NVTC) Business to Government (B2G) Committee are co-hosting a morning program on Dec. 8 on the State of Stimulus "Recovery Act": Technology Opportunities and Spending Forecast.
The program will provide an update and overview of the technology and small business opportunities associated with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Expert panelists will explain where the money is going and what stimulus IT opportunities still exist, with a special focus on small business opportunities.
Date and Time: Dec. 8, 7:30-11 a.m.
Location: The Tower Club, 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Vienna, Va.
Registration: $45 for members; $75 for non-members
Walk-in Prices: $55 for members; $85 for non-members (if space is available)
Following a registration and networking session, two panel discussions will be held back to back beginning at 8 a.m.:
Panel 1: Health and Public Safety IT Stimulus Outlook
Patrick Sullivan, Director, Technical and Government Affairs, TIA
Brian Sailer, Senior Vice President, Dutko Worldwide
Ray Sullivan, Director, ASRC Management Services
Amy Bielski, Ripple Effect Communications, Inc.
Panel 2: Broadband and Education IT Stimulus Market Outlook
John Kuykendall, Vice President, JSI
Karen Jackson, Deputy Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia
Tim Dowd, President, INPUT
"TIA has been diligently tracking the stimulus funds that will potentially touch our members and their customers," said TIA President Grant Seiffert. "We thank our friends at NVTC for the opportunity to share our knowledge and intelligence we gain through our advocacy efforts in Washington, especially with regard to the opportunities for small businesses, which make up 80 percent of TIA's membership."
As part of their mutual friendship agreement, the two associations work cooperatively to stimulate consultations and discussions between their members.
"The NVTC B2G Committee is proud to take a leadership position in educating our members in policies and issues that affect companies doing business with the government. The stimulus package contains significant opportunities for business, and we are delighted to partner with TIA in hosting this timely and important event" said NVTC B2G Chair Sid Chowdhary, who also serves as the President and CEO of Credence Management Solutions.
About TIA
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) represents the global information and communications technology (ICT) industry through standards development, advocacy, tradeshows, business opportunities, market intelligence and world-wide environmental regulatory analysis. With roots dating back to 1924, TIA enhances the business environment for broadband, mobile wireless, information technology, networks, cable, satellite and unified communications. Members' products and services empower communications in every industry and market, including healthcare, education, security, public safety, transportation, government, the military, the environment and entertainment.
TIA co-owns the SUPERCOMM tradeshow and is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Visit tiaonline.org.
About NVTC
The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) is the membership and trade association for the technology community in Northern Virginia and is the largest technology council in the nation. NVTC has about 1,050 member companies representing approximately 200,000 employees. Its membership includes companies from all sectors of the technology industry and the service providers that support these companies, as well as universities, foreign embassies, non-profit organizations and governmental agencies. NVTC is recognized as the nation's leader in providing its technology community with networking and educational events, specialized services and benefits, public policy advocacy, branding of its region as a major global technology center, initiatives in targeted business sectors and in the international, entrepreneurship, workforce and education arenas, the Equal Footing Foundation that focuses on venture philanthropy and public/private partnerships, and The Entrepreneur Center @NVTC to mentor new technology entrepreneurs. Visit NVTC at www.nvtc.org.
TIA's Board of Directors includes senior-level executives from ACS, ADC, ADTRAN, Alcatel-Lucent, ANDA Networks, AttivaCorp, Avaya, Bechtel Communications, Inc., Cisco Systems, Corning Incorporated, Ericsson, Inc., GENBAND, Inc., Graybar, Henkels & McCoy, ILS Technology, Intel Corporation, Intersect, Inc., LGE, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nortel, Openwave, Inc., Panasonic Computer Solutions Co., Powerwave Technologies, Qualcomm, Research In Motion, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corporation, Tellabs, Tyco Electronics, Ulticom, Inc., and Verari Systems. Advisors to the Board include FAL Associates, Orca Systems and Telcordia Technologies.
##
