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Region 2000 Technology Council Newsletter
Greetings,
Our Business and Technology EXPO is only 17 days away. We do have
exhibit spaces left, so if you are still thinking about exhibiting let
me know quickly. I am also pleased to announce that in conjunction
with Liberty University we are able to bring the CISCO Business
Resource Trailer to this event as an added bonus. With more than 200
attendees and 32 exhibitors, you don't want to miss this one. Have you
got your tickets yet?
We are looking for volunteers. The Tech Council is pleased to be a
partner and strong supporter of Tech Prep, a program that reaches out
to the youth in our local public schools. The Region 2000 Tech Prep
Consortium provides students in the region with educational
opportunities organized around career pathways that lead to rewarding
careers. Please review the two programs needing volunteers and
consider helping. I promise you will be rewarded as much as the kids
you work with.
Hope to see you on October 20'th if not sooner,
Jonathan Whitt, Executive Director
2005 Business & Technology EXPO - October 20
Holiday Inn Select - Downtown Lynchburg
The Technology Council is hosting this year’s Region 2000 Business &
Technology Expo on October 20 at the Holiday Inn Select from 7:30am
until 2:30pm. This event is a golden opportunity for your business to
showcase your products/services and to network with the region’s
leading decision makers.
The EXPO will feature over 30 exhbitors, two panel discussions with
local business leaders, a keynote address from Bill Canis, VP &
Director of The Manufacturing Institute and a full catered lunch.
Exhibit space is still available but filling up quickly, so contact us
by phone for details. Tickets to the event are $49 and can be paid
online.
Request for Volunteers - Two Opportunites
Use your talents, help our Region's Young People
CVCC, in partnership with the Region 2000 school systems, is looking
for business and industry volunteers to participate in the CHOICES
program. CHOICES is an interactive classroom seminar that gives middle
and high school students a chance to see into the future and recognize
the importance of the personal and academic decisions they make today.
Last year over 1,000 local 9th grade students benefited from this
program. We are looking for volunteers from Region 2000 businesses to
help us deliver this important program again this year.
Over the last few years, our local high schools have organized and
hosted a team of students in the FIRST Robotics competition. This
international competition provides students with an opportunity to
develop real world skills in the area of design and operation of
robotics technology. In an effort to build a stronger pipeline into
this program we would like to increase the involvement in the FIRST
Lego League in our middle and upper elementary schools. The FIRST LEGO
League (FLL), considered the "little league" of the FIRST Robotics
Competition, is the result of a partnership between FIRST and the LEGO
Group. FLL extends the FIRST concept of inspiring and celebrating
science and technology to children aged 9 through 14, using real-
world context and hands-on experimentation.
With the help of LEGO® MINDSTORMSTM Robotics Invention SystemTM
technology, young participants can build a robot and compete in a
friendly, FIRST- style robotics event specially designed for their age
group. Using LEGO bricks and other elements such as sensors, motors,
and gears, teams gain hands-on experience in engineering and computer
programming principles as they construct and program their unique
robot inventions. The GO Center at R.S. Payne Elementary School and
T.C. Miller School for Innovation are both sponsoring teams of 4th and
5th grade students in the Lego League competition this fall. The teams
of students have already begun their work leading to the competition
on November 12. Volunteers from business and the technical community
are needed to work with the students on Tuesdays and Thursday evenings
from 6:00 – 7:30. Volunteer mentors will work with groups of 2-3
students at a time to complete a task in the project. Please consider
providing some of your time and expertise for this project.
If you are interested in helping with either program or would like
more information please contact Bob Bailey, NSF Project Manager-CVCC,
at (434)832-7764 or by e-mail at baileyr@cvcc.vccs.edu.
IT Pro's Forum (TUESDAY NIGHT)
October 4 - Wingate Inn
After much feedback from local IT Professionals, the Tech Council has
responded to create the IT Professionals Forum. The IT Pro's Forum is
designed to offer hard-hitting, relevant, cutting-edge information to
today's busy IT Professional. Who should attend? CIO's, IT
Administrators, IT Instructors, Software Programmers, Web Developers
and essentially anyone else who makes their living in the IT field.
The meeting will be held at the Wingate Inn in Lynchburg from 5:30
p.m. until 7:00 p.m. The format will be eat, network, and learn. Our
event sponsor will be VirtualHighTech and our speaker will be Mr.
Ranny Grubb. This forum’s event topic will be Wireless Defense in
Depth.
The cost is $10 cash at the door and includes a dinner buffet catered
by Charlie's Restaurant. RSVP’s are necessary in order for us to
adequately plan the event. RSVP's can be emailed to rsvp@r2ktech.org
or simply call 847-1447. Seating is limited.
Endorsed Events
VPTC Fall Symposium
October 6
The Virginia Piedmont Technology Council (VPTC) is hosting its second
annual Fall Symposium: “Mobile Applications and Wireless Networking:
Understanding and Evaluating the Technology,” in Charlottesville,
Virginia. Keynote speeches will be given by Nortel’s Chief Technology
Officer and Network Architecture V.P. Phil Edholm, and Karen Jackson,
Center for Innovative Technology. Ms. Jackson will talk about the
“State of the Commonwealth from a Broadband Perspective.” The one-day
symposium will offer two tracks—one focused on business, the other on
the technology. Participants will get a better understanding of the
technology, and the tools they need to achieve the promise of mobile
and wireless. For further information, visit www.vptcfallsymposium.com.
VA's Technology Capital Access Forum
October 10-11
You are invited to attend the 3rd Annual Virginia Technology Capital
Access Forum at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center. Rich
Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes Magazine and author of Life 2.0 as the
keynote for the dinner on Monday October 11th. The luncheon speaker
the next day will be RJ Kirk, CEO of New River Pharmaceuticals, which
is the second best performing IPO (behind Google) of the last 12
months, according to ipohome.com. For further information, visit
www.capitalaccessforum.com.
Woods Rogers 2005 Labor Employment Seminar
October 12
You are invited to attend this day long seminar at the Lynchburg
Radisson hotel. In its 24'th year, this seminar has just what you need
to help you navigate the sometimes difficult road to successful
employee relations. Download the event brochure for full details and
cost.
R2KTC Corporate Sponsors
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