Wednesday, March 5, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Capitol, Room 2103
Tallahassee, FL
 

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Join leaders from the high-tech industry, academia, and state governments at the AeA Florida Technology Summit to define the State of Florida's technology industry today, where it is going, and how we plan for progress.

The state's best kept secret, according to the AeA Florida Cybercities 2007 report, is that Florida ranks 4^th by tech industry employment with 276,400 workers employed by the industry and is the 2^nd fastest growing cyberstate in the United States.  Additional facts on Florida's high-tech industry include:

• Miami/Fort Lauderdale was the state’s largest technology hub, employing some 75,300 tech industry workers in 2005, the most recent metropolitan data available.
   
• Following Miami/Fort Lauderdale in tech employment was Tampa/St. Petersburg (55,900 jobs), Orlando (42,600), Palm Bay/Melbourne (20,900), and Jacksonville (18,200).
   
• Palm Bay/Melbourne had the highest concentration of tech workers in Florida as a percentage of the overall private sector workforce, 119 out of every 1,000 private sector workers, and they received the state’s highest average tech wage, $65,800 in 2005.
   
• Orlando added the most tech jobs, 2,500 in 2005.
   
• Fort Walton Beach had the highest tech job growth rate, 26 percent in 2005 and the highest wage differential; its tech workers earn more than twice as much as the average private sector worker in 2005.

AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association), founded in 1943, is a nationwide non-profit trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry and is dedicated solely to helping our members’ top line and bottom line. (Learn More)

Learn more about the high-tech industry in the State of Florida and locally in Cape Coral/Fort Myers, Deltona/Daytona Beach, Fort Walton Beach, Jacksonville, Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Palm Bay/Melbourne, Sarasota,
Tallahassee, or Tampa/St. Petersburg.

Speakers
Chris Hansen President & CEO AeA	Lew Attardo State Program Manager, Business Technology Commercialization Florida SBDC Network (Bio)	Randy Berridge President Florida High Corridor (Bio)
Barney T. Bishop III President Associated industries of Florida (AIF) (Website)	Steve Brown President DeVry Orlando (website)	Jim Boyle Managing Partner Inflexion Partners (Bio)
Kent Buchanan Chief Technology Officer VP Engineering, Government Communications Systems Harris Corporation (Website	David S. Byer Senior Manager, Education Leadership and Policy Apple Inc. (Bio)	Robert Dombkowski Chairman Angel Investment Forum of Florida (AIFFL) (website)
Randy Gunter President 21CLS™ (website)	J. Phillip Halstead, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer, Florida Lambda Rail, LLC (Bio)	Larry Harvey Senior Director, Operations Center for Applied Space Technology (Bio)
John Igoe Partner Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge (Bio)	Angus S. King Former Governor Maine (Bio)	Jeff Kottkamp Lt. Governor Florida (Bio)
Robin Kovaleski CEO Florida Venture Forum (Website)	R.E. LeMon Vice Chancellor State University System of Florida
Hugo Perez Managing Director DATACORP (Bio)	Senator Jeremy Ring District 32 (D) Florida Senate (Bio)

Additional speakers will be listed once confirmed.

Agenda

8:15 - 8:30

Welcome Remarks and Introduction

• Senator Jeremy Ring - Confirmed

8:30 - 8:45
Keynote Address

• Lieutenant Governor, Jeff Kottkamp - Confirmed

8:45 am – 9:00 am
Setting the Stage
A brief overview of how technology impacts the economy.

• Christopher Hansen, CEO, AeA - Confirmed

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Status of the State: Florida and the Business of Technology
Representatives of the four major sectors of Florida’s technology industry (Communications, Software, Defense/Aerospace and Simulation & Training) and a small business expert will provide context for the upcoming sessions by discussing their businesses challenges and what actions the state must take to succeed in the global marketplace.

• Moderator: Christopher Hansen, CEO, AeA - Confirmed

• Kent Buchanan, Chief Technology Officer, Harris Corporation - Confirmed

• Amjad Shamim, Managing Partner & CEO, AAJ Technologies - Confirmed

• Hugo Perez, Managing Director, DATACORP - Confirmed

• Lew Attardo, State Program Manager, Business Technology Commercialization, Florida SBDC Network - Confirmed

• Joe Loughry, President and CEO, Persystent Technologies - Confirmed

10:00 am – 10:30 am Break

10:30 am – 11:30 am
Education - How to educate for 21st century careers?
A roundtable discussion on the challenges and possible solutions for ensuring tomorrow’s workforce is ready for tomorrow’s jobs.

• Moderator: Bart Heisey, Director, U.S. Public Sector - Confirmed

• Steve Brown, President, DeVry University - Confirmed

• Randy Gunter, President, 21CLS™ - Confirmed

• David Byer, Senior Manager, Education Leadership and Policy, Apple Inc. - Confirmed

• R.E. LeMon, Vice Chancellor, State University System of Florida - Confirmed

11:45 am – 1:15 pm Lunch

• Angus S. King, Former Governor, Maine - Confirmed

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Experiencing the 21st Century Learning Environment
An interactive session in a 21st century classroom

2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
Government & Community - Setting the Stage for Innovation: Government, Industry & the Power of Partnerships
Government & the Community play a significant role in the state’s business climate. The panel will discuss how Florida’s legislators can encourage robust growth in the technology sector and why the sector is critical to Florida’s economic health, how partnerships make a powerful vehicle for message delivery.

• Moderator: Jo Moskowitz, Director of Government & Community Affairs, Citrix Systems, Inc.

• Richard Kip, Lobbyist, AeA - Confirmed

• Barney T. Bishop III, President, Associated Industries of Florida - Confirmed

• Randy Berridge, President, Florida High Tech Corridor - Confirmed

• Lawrence M. Harvey, Senior Director, Operations Center for Applied Space Technology - Confirmed

3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Capital - Essential & Elusive
Capital is critical to a company’s development and growth. This panel will discuss the challenges to securing funding throughout a company’s life cycle and offer insight on how other states have successfully addressed this issue.

• Moderator: J. Phillip Halstead, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Florida Lambda Rail, LLC - Confirmed

• Jim Boyle, Partner, Inflexion - Confirmed

• Robert Dombkowski, Chairman, Angel Investment Forum of Florida (AIFFL) - Confirmed

• Robin Kovaleski, CEO, Florida Venture Forum - Confirmed

• John Igoe, Partner, Edwards, Angell, Palmer and Dodge, LLP - Confirmed

As part of AeA's Annual Tech Days in Tallahassee, the Florida Council will be hosting these events during the week:

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

The AeA Florida Technology Summit:  (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM) Location: The Capitol, Room 2103
The AeA Florida Technology Summit is a first of its kind conference bringing leaders from industry, academia, and government together to discuss the state of high-tech in Florida, where we are going, and how we can get there. 

Tech on Display:  (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM) Location:  Senate Portico
Forty of the industry's most innovative companies -- from Florida and around the U.S. -- will be displaying their technology in this interactive showcase.  In addition, you can experience a lesson in model 21st Century Classroom style.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

The CIO Speaks Series: (9:00 AM - 11:30 AM) Location:  The Capitol, Room 2103
AeA Florida's CIO Speaks is a long-running business development series that brings agency CIOs to the stage to discuss technology projects on the horizon for the short and long term.

Florida Senate and House Lobby Day: (9:00 AM - 11:30 AM) Location: The Capitol
Exclusively available to sponsors of the Technology Summit and AeA member companies, this event will have tech company executives walking the halls of the State Capitol to lobby Members of the Senate and House on issues critical to the sustainability and advancement of our industry.

For more information on any of these events, please contact Jennifer Gabriel at 407.882.2425.

Sponsorship for the event is $3,000. Sponsorship includes: Logo on all event material and websites. ( Logo on website to link to your corporate website.) Speaking role, if desired, at Florida Technology Summit Premium Display Space at Tech on Display with guaranteed electric hook-up Six Paid Registrations to CIO Speaks and Lobby Day Two Attendees at Florida Technology Summit

For more information on increasing your exposure to industry leaders, key customers, industry partners, and Florida State government leaders please contact Maryann Fiala, Executive Director, AeA Florida Council, at maryann_fiala@aeanet.org or by phone at 407.882.2425.

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