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June 7, 2006: James L. Balsillie,
Chairman and Co-CEO,
Research In Motion (RIM),
led a list of technology company executives and managers who came together
to network and thank their public sector counterparts at the sold out AeA
Annual Technology for Government (T4G) Dinner. Hosted by the AeA Board of Directors, this annual dinner brought together more than 550 tech leaders in Washington, DC. Attendees included numerous U.S. Government Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and procurement officials from more than 30 Federal military and civilian agencies. Additionally AeA, welcomed officials and leadership from the Administration, Congress, Foreign Ambassadors, Foreign Trade Ministers, and dozens of CEOs representing high-tech companies. Mr. Balsillie’s keynote address praised the U.S. government CIOs for their leadership in adopting innovative technologies. He discussed the history of the Blackberry and how advancements in wireless communications have changed the business community, but the scope of this and other emerging technologies has hardly scratched the surface. A reception was held prior to the dinner, where AeA members met with leading officials of the Federal government and Congress, including Scott Charbo, CIO, Dept. of Homeland Security; Charlie Armstrong, Deputy CIO, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security; Vernon M. Bettencourt, Jr., Deputy CIO, U.S. Dept. of the Army; Vance Hitch, CIO, U.S. Dept. of State; Dr. Robert Kolodner, Chief Health Information Officer, Veterans Health Administration; Patrick Pizzella, CIO, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Tim Schmidt, CTO, U.S. Dept. of Transportation; Jim Van Derhoff, CIO, U.S. Dept. of State; Jerry Williams, CIO, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; and Robert Burton, Associate Administrator, Procurement, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Executive Office of the President. Earlier in the day, the AeA Board of Directors split into nine teams and held over 40 lobby visits with key members of Congress and visited the White House to discuss U.S. Competitiveness issues. The entire Board was also briefed by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), House Subcommittee on Capital Markets Chairman Richard Baker (R-LA), and House Subcommittee on Appropriations for Science Chairman Frank Wolfe (R-VA). AeA would like to thank those companies who sponsored the T4G dinner, including Platinum Sponsor Research In Motion; Gold Sponsors SafeNet and Symbol; Silver Sponsors Dewey Ballantine LLP, DRS Technologies, Federal Computer Week, Intel, Juniper Networks, Mercer, St Paul Travelers, and Symantec; and Dinner Patrons Adobe, Aetna, Cingular Wireless, FSI (Federal Sources, Inc.), PRTM Management Consultants, and Verizon Wireless. AeA, founded in 1943 by David Packard, is the largest non-profit high-tech trade association in the United States with about 2,500 member companies, representing all segments of the industry and 1.8 million employees. Currently, AeA has 18 offices in the United States, as well as offices in Brussels and Beijing. See the review of last year's event. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For more information on the dinner, the AeA Technology for Government Task Force, or for membership information please contact Greg Poersch, Executive Director, AeA Potomac Council, or Goldy Kamali, Manager, Government Procurement. This page was last updated on
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