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Tables an sponsorships are still available for this event! Contact Taylor Pettis at MHTA for more details - 952-230-4560.

We will use this session as an opportunity for us to speak executive to executive on current challenges and issues which you are facing within your organization. Simply stated, "What issues keep you up at night?" The opportunity to "bounce" problems and ideas off of other executives, who very well may have faced and solved a similar challenge, is invaluable. Join our discussion and networking session for key insights to your own career path.

AeA (American Electronics Association), the nation's largest high-tech trade association has released its yearly report on tech jobs and wages, Cyberstates 2008.

Time: 12:00 - 1:15 PM (Lunch will be served)
Who: Legislative Staff and Press Secretaries

This state-by-state analysis includes:

Environmental Sustainability from an Operations Perspective: Your Risks, Responsibilities, and Rewards

Learn how operations management at technology companies can help their companies fulfill customers' and regulators' increasing demands for smaller-carbon-footprint operations and products. See how your peers at other companies have done so, and receive nuts-and-bolts recommendations for doing so at your company.

Presenter: Pamela Gordon, Founder, Technology Forecasters

You will have an opportunity to purchase Pam's book Lean and Green: Profit for Your Workplace and the Environment for $20 each (a 20% discount) & Pam will donate $5 from each purchase to the local AeA chapter.

AeA member attendance at this Roundtable is complimentary due to the generosity of Outsource Manufacturing. For more info visit www.outsourcemfg.com

Registration - 7AM

THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO A LATER DATE.

In February, Susan Wayo presented an overview of key positioning problems and how to avoid them. This follow up session will be offered as a mini workshop. If you have product positioning questions bring them to the workshop to gain insight, using some key tools/templates that will help address and resolve your questions. Through this process you will be able to learn how to take a customer focused perspective to develop a powerful positioning strategy.

If your product is launched, and it is failing to meet your expectations, come to this workshop to determine what options you may have to reposition the product.

Speaker: Susan Wayo, Revenue Strategist & Principal, the Gendreau Group

Registration: 7:30AM

Capital Grille
87 Yorktown Center
Lombard IL
11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Last year's inaugural two-day CIRCA 07 conference -- also co-hosted by AeA and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering -- was a tremendous success with nearly 175 attendees and 30 speakers.

CIRCA 08 once again promises an outstanding lineup of speakers, special events, and networking opportunities that should not be missed. Download the preliminary agenda for details.

For more information on the conference or registration, contact Michelle Scott at 518.273.3407.

Scheduled panelists include:
Linda Melone, OC Metro Business
Colin Stewart, The Orange County Register
Sara Tolkoff, Orange County Business Journal

Cara Good, chief executive officer, WunderMarxPR Inc. will moderate the panel discussion.

Best Practices for Boards in Executive Compensation

The landscape for corporate governance continues to evolve and the Board's role in setting executive compensation is no exception. Learn from experienced Board members, Kirby Dyess and Kay Stepp, as they discuss best practices, concerns and lessons learned in emerging governance issues surrounding executive compensation. Danielle Benderly, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP, will moderate this discussion.

Sponsored by:

Hosted by:
Governor's Office of Regulatory Assistance
Washington State Department of Revenue
Department of Labor and Industries
Employment Security Department
Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development
Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises

Dates & Locations:
Longview - May 20
Bremerton - May 22
Everett - May 28
Wenatchee - May 29

Space is limited. Register Early: www.ora.wa.gov/roundtables/default.asp

Time:
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Please Note: Due to limited space, technology company registrants will be given priority seating at this program.

Sponsorships are still available for this event. Contact Jennifer Schmeichel at 952-230-4553 or jschmeichel@mhta.org

TIME: 7:30 am registration and networking; 8-9:00 am program
WHERE: ADC Auditorium 13625 Technology Drive Eden Prairie MN
COST: $25 for MHTA members; $50 for Non-MHTA members
REGISTER: To register for this event please email events@mhta.org
MEDIA SPONSOR: The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal

Whether you are marketing and selling direct or indirect, you will gain insights into one of the most effective ways to introduce complex products and services directly to a large number of high-level decision makers. Done correctly, phone-based sales and business development efforts can produce a steady stream of qualified sales opportunities. Done poorly, it is a costly and ineffective use of your time and marketing dollars.

Tonnia Strand, seasoned marketing veteran, shares tactical actions for phone-based lead generation and appointment setting. Join us for this powerful event on lead generation using the phone and walk away with proven techniques that you can put to use on your very next call!

Registration - 7AM

Engineering Abroad: Experiences and Learning about Why, When and How

Are you trying to make your outsourced or offshore development more successful? Struggling with whether to do it at all? Listen to industry professionals who have hard-won experience and stories to share on this topic. The panel will discuss the chief pitfalls and success stories (or lessons learned) as well as what led them to the decision to outsource offshore in the first place.

Sponsored by:

• What emerging strategies are Technology companies employing to reduce benefit costs while keeping employees happy?
• Are Consumer-Driven Health plans right for my company? If so, can they control costs now, and over time?
• What level of benefits are my competitors offering their employees and what are the averages?

Is Your Company Ready to Go Global?

Panel members lead an hour discussion or experts in the field present relevant topics for emerging business executives of technology companies.These networking events are typically held over breakfast and are open to member and non-member companies.

Sponsored by:

For call-in information, contact Linda Klose, Executive Director at 732-340-1530. 

Angel Financing: Tap Into Oregon's Managed Angel Networks

The toughest challenge for entrepreneurs seeking early stage angel capital used to be finding the angels. That has changed. Many of today's angels have banded together into professionally managed angel networks. Although finding these networks is easy, a successful approach requires a deep understanding of the differing processes required by each angel organization.

Sponsored by:

The Art of Building and Maintaining Trust and Collaboration

This forum will help unveil the possible Pollyanna approaches that don’t prepare organizations for the long-term rigors of partnering for real value creation. Whether bridging the gaps of a merger or acquisition; building a new business unit aligning technical, operations and sales/marketing missions; or revisiting why "trust" is lacking; this Forum will enable the discovery of methods to evaluate and implement ways to build authentic trust and collaboration.

Sponsored by:

Gail Bush of PowerGenix and AeA HR Roundtable Vice-Chair will be filling in for Marlene Zagon. Please send topics that you would like to add to our agenda at susana_capulong@aeanet.org.

Registration/light breakfast: 7:15am

Distinguished Guest Speaker:
Carlos Ramos, Agency Information Officer, Health and Human Services Agency

Time:
5:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Cost for Attendance:
$125 for members

Common Ground: Dynamics of Multiple Generations in the Workplace

With an expanded and changing concept of diversity that includes multiple generations and a vast range of background experiences, organizations are more likely to manage, coach and lead people who are different from themselves. Each generation brings its own perceptions, historical influences and values to the workplace. Just as we’ve come to work with diversity in other respects, our goal is to understand the dynamics of generations impacting the workplace and the ability to use those dynamics to find common ground to successfully communicate, motivate, coach, manage and sustain a productive organization.

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The Implications of Make vs. Buy in Advanced Technologies

There are over 800 federal labs across the United States, which spend over $100 Billion a year on R&D. This Forum will examine possibilities of collaborating with the federal government on research projects and the potential for exploiting federally developed R&D. As well as implications of make vs. buy when it comes to advanced technologies, specifically whether tapping sources such as those presented by government labs for new technologies presents any advantages.

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