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April 24, 2008: MHTA Annual High Tech
Spring Conference in Minneapolis
Steve Kelley,
University of Minnesota, moderates a panel
with Minnesota Senate Minority Leader David
Senjem; Dan McElroy, Commissioner of the
Department of MN State Employment and
Economic Development; and Art Rolnick, VP
of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
in Mid-April.
Robert
Stephens, founder of Geek Squad, keynotes
the Minnesota High Tech Spring Conference
on April 24 in Minneapolis. Over 700
technology leaders from the Gopher State
attended this annual event.
April 18, 2008:
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty visited
Thomson Reuters to sign historic broadband
legislation into state law.
Thomson Reuters
is a member of the
AeA Minnesota
Council, MHTA, and was instrumental in the
bill's passage. April 2, 2008: AeA Report Shows that Minnesota’s
Tech Industry Adds 600 Jobs
Nationally, Cyberstates 2008 shows that the high-tech industry
added jobs for the third consecutive year. Tech industry employment
totaled 5.9 million, after adding 91,400 jobs in 2007. This is on top of
job gains of 139,000 in 2006 and 87,400 in 2005...read
more.
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New!
Cyberstates 2008 provides 2007 national tech
trends on employment and venture capital investments as well as the
latest data on state employment, wages, establishments, payroll, and
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Learn more about high-tech employment in
Minnesota. November 6, 2007:
Have You Seen Who Recieved a
2007 Tekne Award?
More
than 1,000 technology leaders, public officials, and educators celebrated
innovation at the Minnesota Tekne Awards last Thursday evening.
Click here for a list of
the 2007 Tekne Award recipients.
More than
$21,000 was raised to support the Minnesota High Technology Foundation (MHTF)
Scholarship Fund for college students in STEM disciplines and K-12
teachers delivering innovative technology-related curriculum in the
classroom through the Tekne Award Silent Auction.
View a
Star Tribune
column on Fabcon, the recipient of the first ever Tekne Green Award
and
view an article from The Business Journal here.
July 17,
2007:
Minnesota's Tech Exports Grow $1.8 Billion Since 2000, Says
AeA's New Report
Nationally, Trade in the Cyberstates 2007 shows that international
trade of high-tech goods continues to rise. High-tech goods exports grew
by 10 percent for a total of $220 billion in 2006, representing 21 percent
of all U.S. exports to the world...read
more.
Learn more about high-tech trade in
Minnesota.
May 1, 2007:
AeA Launches H-1B Grassroots
Initiative to Reform U.S. High-Skilled Visa Cap
 Tell
your U.S. Congressman & Senators to support
high
skilled visa reform by raising the H-1B cap and learn how you can
become involved in AeA's efforts on this issue...read
more.
January 4, 2007: AeA Releases Special
Report: The New Congress & High Tech
AeA has
received a number of requests from member companies asking us to issue a
report on what the new 110th Congress, with the Democrats in
charge, will likely do and what it means for high tech. Issues
covered include Competitiveness, Environment, Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404,
Tax, Technology Policy, and Trade...read
more.
November 16, 2006: Democratic
Leadership Visits AeA to Discuss Top House Congressional Priorities for
the High-Tech Industry
Speaker of the House Elect Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and
Rep. George Miller (D-CA), visited AeA's David Packard Conference Center
in Washington, DC, for the new House Leadership's first public meeting
with the business community off of Capitol Hill since the November 7
Mid-term elections...read more.
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Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft, to Keynote AeA's Annual Technology for Government Dinner
 Sponsor or attend the premier Washington, DC, technology networking event -- to be held on June 3 -- honoring Federal CIOs, Congressional high-tech leaders, and all government technology professionals...read more. AeA Applauds New York Governor Paterson for Signing Groundbreaking Child Online Safety Legislation
 On May 14, Governor Paterson signed the AeA sponsored Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators (e-STOP) act into law, thus requiring convicted sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses and any names they use to identify themselves on social networking sites with the NY Division of Criminal Justice Services...read more. 
Governor Paterson signs the e-Stop bill into law with Justin Wright, AeA's Northeast Regional Policy Director; Attorney General Andrew Cuomo; Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; and bill sponsors Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol, Senator Dean Skelos in attendance
To Coincide with Earth Day, AeA Releases a Report Strongly Endorsing Telework Initiatives
 Telework is the practice of allowing employees to leverage information technologies to work remotely. The report, entitled Telework in the Information Age, is the 21st installment of AeA’s ongoing Competitiveness Series...read more. Speaker Pelosi Celebrates AeA Leadership at April 9th DC Reception
Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, joined AeA at an informal dinner reception for retired-AeA President & CEO, William T. Archey. Hosted by AeA’s new chief executive, Chris Hansen, the event was attended by high-tech executives, association heads, and government and congressional leaders...read more.
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MHTA Weekly Electronic Newsletter -
An online publication of the Minnesota High Tech Association.
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5/22/2008: CEO Briefing with Tom Stinson, Minnesota State Economist (Eden Prairie, MN) Is the nation in a recession? What are the indicators for Minnesota's economic health? These questions and more will be addressed by Tom Stinson the long-time state economist.
Sponsorships are still available for this event. Contact Jennifer Schmeichel at 952-230-4553 or jschmeichel@mhta.org<...More
6/12/2008: AeA Salary Survey Tutorial Webinar (Via Online, Webinar)
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9/11/2008: AeA Salary Survey Tutorial Webinar (Via Online, Webinar)
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12/11/2008: AeA Salary Survey Tutorial Webinar (Via Online, Webinar)
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Additional AeA National Events
5/19/2008 - 5/21/2008: CIRCA 08 Conference (Saratoga, NY) Join global nanoelectronics and technology industry leaders by attending or sponsoring CIRCA 08, the second annual industry-leading conference on the convergence of international research and commercialization. The conference will be held May 19-21, at the Gideon Putnam Hotel and Resort in Saratoga...More
5/21/2008: Go Green! AeA Midwest Council Green Technologies Program (Chicago, IL) AeA’s Midwest Council Green Technologies: GO GREEN! is a comprehensive program to help you learn best practices, laws & regulations that may affect your company, implement cost savings while greening your company, and how you can make a difference by positively affecting the environment. Please...More
5/27/2008 - 5/30/2008: 2008 SBIR/STTR National Spring Conference in Florida (Orlando, FL) In partnership with NASA the Florida SBDC Network and the Florida Small Business Development Foundation Inc. will co-host the 2008 SBIR/STTR National Spring Conference to celebrate the Silver Anniversary of the SBIR Program and 50 Years of NASA Space Exploration. AeA members will receive a discounte...More
6/1/2008 - 6/5/2008: CTSI Clean Technology & Sustainable Industries Conference (Boston, MA) AeA is pleased to be a supporting organization for Clean Technology 2008, a multi-sector conference on global sustainability addressing advancements in traditional technologies, emerging technologies and clean business practices. The event's mission is to bring together the entire Clean Technology e...More
6/3/2008 - 6/5/2008: AeA Board of Directors Spring Meeting (Washington, DC) June Board of Directors Meeting. Location at JW Marriott Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC. Reserve your room by May 12, 2008 to receive discounted rate.
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300 North Interchange Building, Suite 400
300 South Highway 169
Minneapolis, MN 55426
Phone: 952.230.4555
Fax: 952.230.4550
AeA Headquarters
Santa Clara, CA
Phone: 408.987.4200 - 1.800.284.4232
Washington, D.C.
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