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On June 3, 2008, AeA hosted its annual Technology for Government Dinner, the premier Washington, DC networking event which brought together over 700 industry, congressional, and government leaders at one venue.  In attendance were Chief Information Officers and procurement officials from countless federal agencies, Members of Congress and their staff, officials from the Bush Administration, and CEOs and senior executives representing high-tech companies.

Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corporation, honored the attendees with a spirited keynote address that discussed the future of computing and the Internet.  Following the keynote, Mr. Ballmer also answered questions from countless industry and government executives in the room. 

“Microsoft Public Sector is honored to participate with our CEO, Steve Ballmer, in AeA’s 2008 Annual Technology for Government Dinner,” said Teresa Carlson, General Manager, U.S. Civilian Government & International Global Organizations at Microsoft.  “Steve’s keynote address allows Microsoft and AeA to jointly address how information technology continues to innovate, rapidly enabling businesses and government leaders to solve the mission critical real time situations they face as they serve citizens of the United States and our overseas partners.”

Steve Ballmer joins a list of many of tech’s top executives who have spoken before this unique audience of government and industry leaders at the AeA Technology for Government Dinner. These former keynotes have included:

2007 Keynote Speaker Jonathan Schwartz President & CEO Sun Microsystems, Inc.	2006 Keynote Speaker Jim Balsillie Chairman & Co-CEO Research in Motion
2005 Keynote Speaker Anne M. Mulcahy Chairman & CEO Xerox Corporation	2004 Keynote Speaker Bruce Chizen President & CEO Adobe Systems Incorporated
2003 Keynote Speaker Chris Galvin Then-CEO Motorola Corporation

AeA would like to thank all of our sponsors for this event for their commitment to the association, the 100+ government guests that attended, and the countless more that work tirelessly to advance the business of technology. 

AeA, founded in 1943 by David Packard, is the largest non-profit high-tech trade association in the United States with about 2,500 companies, representing all segments of the industry and 1.8 million employees. Currently, AeA has 18 offices in the U.S., as well as offices abroad in Brussels and Beijing. The AeA Technology 4 Government Dinner has become the premier annual Washington, DC, Government-Industry technology networking event. 

For information on joining AeA or becoming further involved in the Association, please contact Goldy Kamali, Executive Director, Government and Commercial Markets Group, AeA, at 202.682.4432.

See the review of last year's event. 

SELECT GOVERNMENT ATTENDEES

General Steven Boutelle Chief Information Officer and Director Department of the Army   Robert Burton Associate Administrator Procurement Office of Management & Budget   Scott Charbo Deputy Undersecretary Department of Homeland Security   Karen Evans Administrator of E-Government and IT Office of Management & Budget   Dr. Gary Federici Deputy Assistant Secretary for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, and Space Department of Navy   Vance Hitch Chief Information Officer Department of Justice   Robert Howard Chief Information Officer Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Ronald Jost Chief Information Officer Department of Defense   Dr. Robert Kolodner National Director, E-Health Department of Health & Human Services   Mark Krzysko Deputy Director, Electronic Business Department of Defense   Dr. William S. Rees Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Defense Research and Engineering   Tim Schmidt Chief Technology Officer Department of Transportation   Bill Vajda Chief Information Officer Department of Education   Timothy Young Deputy Administrator, Office of E-Government and IT and Government Office of Management & Budget

Select Attendees at the AeA Technology for Government Dinner

Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft		Steve Ballmer & Chris Hansen, President & CEO, AeA (L-R)
Steve Ballmer & Deirdre Hanford, SVP Global Technical Services, Synopsys, and Chair of the AeA Board of Directors (L-R)		Goldy Kamali, Executive Director, AeA's Government & Commercial Markets Group; Steve Ballmer; and Teresa Carlson, General Manager, Microsoft Public Sector (L-R)
Goldy Kamali, Executive Director, AeA's Government & Commercial Markets Group; Karen Evans, Administrator of E-Government and Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President; & Greg Poersch, Acting Chief Operating Officer, AeA (L-R)		Nigel Ballard, Federal Marketing Manager, Intel, and Chair of AeA's Marketing for Government Business Steering Committee; Jim Cane, SSCI; and Adair Martinez, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Veterans Affairs (L-R)
Chris Hankin, Director of Federal Affairs, Sun Microsystems; Marie Royce, Lucent Technologies; Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA); and AeA Board Member Dan'l Lewin, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft (L-R)		Jack Neal, SafeNet; Charlie Armstrong, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Dept. of Homeland Security; and Chris Munley, Booz Allen Hamilton (L-R)
Lary Chinowsky, Chief, Acquisition, Compliance & Certification Division, U.S. Army (left); Vernon Bettencourt, CIO, U.S. Army (Middle)		Carol Tether; Charlie Holland, Director of Information Processing Technology, DARPA; Tony Tether, Director, DARPA;  and Jane Holland (L-R)
Simon Szykman, CIO, NIST; Len Gliatta, Motorola; Mark Krzysko, Deputy Director, Electronic Business, DoD; & Joe Krzysko, DoD  (L-R)		Michael Falkowski, Director Sales, SPSS; Colleen Sanford, Vice President Government Sales, SPSS; and Ryan Cast, CTO, USDA (L-R)
Diana Gowen, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Qwest; Jackie Everett, Vice President & Deputy Chief Marketing Officer, SI International; Marty Wagner, Deputy Commissioner, GSA; Casey Colemen, Chief Information Officer, GSA (L-R)		Betsy Chapman, ATU Manager - Civilian Sales, Microsoft, and Christine Liu, Chief Information Officer, Small Business Administration (L-R)
Linda Zecher, Vice President, U.S. Public Sector, Microsoft; Karen Evans, Administrator of E-Government and Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President; and Dr. Robert Kolodner, National Director, E-Health, Dept. of Health & Human Services (L-R)		AeA Board Member William B. Blaylock, Vice President Corporate Staff and Director Tax, Texas Instruments; Paula Collins, Vice President, Government Relations, Texas Instruments; & John Palafoutas, SVP Domestic Policy & Congressional Affairs, AeA (L-R)
AeA Board Member Tom Brandt, CFO, TeleCommunication Systems, & Roxanne Gould, SVP State Government Affairs, AeA (L-R)		Dale Wickizer CTO, NetApp; Deborah Diaz, Deputy CIO, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office; & Gary David Danoff, Director Strategic Federal Programs, NetApp (L-R)
Over 700 attendees at the sold out AeA Technology for Government Dinner		Goldy Kamali, Executive Director, AeA's Government & Commercial Markets Group, thanks Steve Ballmer

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