Tech Forum on April 5 to Highlight Importance of Massachusetts IT Industry, Opportunities for Dramatic Job Growth in the Next Decade

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Apr 02, 2010, 11:55 ET

FRANKLIN, Mass., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- State government officials and information technology executives will participate Monday (April 5) in a public forum that seeks to determine how the information technology can be a catalyst for growing the economy and jobs in Massachusetts.  The event will be hosted by Karen E. Spilka, Senate chair of the Joint Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies.  

Given new opportunities for growth in the IT industry, the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, the state's largest tech business association, has just unveiled its MassTLC 2020 Challenge, a call for the state and the industry to work together to create 100,000 new IT jobs in Massachusetts by the end of the decade.  The forum will bring together IT leaders in government, education and business to discuss this challenge and other opportunities for the Commonwealth.    

Note to reporters, photographers and video crews:  

  • Interviews available with principals.
  • Visuals will include students in the Robotics program at Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School in Franklin, who will demonstrate their projects. 

WHEN:

Monday, April 5, 10:30 a.m.


WHERE:

EMC, 50 Constitution Boulevard, Franklin


WHO:

Sen. Karen E. Spilka and other members of the Massachusetts Legislature


Paul Matthews, executive director, 495/Metrowest Partnership

Jay Ganson, manager, business development and environmental Affairs, Ambient Corp.

Steve Krom, VP and general manager, AT&T

Mohamad Ali, senior vice president, Avaya

Mark Weinegger, president, CE Communications, Franklin


Stuart Taylor, director, North American Mobile Segment, Cisco Systems

Niraj Shah, CEO and co-founder, CSN Stores

Chris Goode, vice president, EMC

Sean Belka, SVP and director, Fidelity Center for Applied Technology

Bill Sawyer, vice president, IBM

Colin Angle, CEO, chairman and co-founder, IRobot

Pat Larkin, director, John Adams Innovation Institute

Joyce Plotkin, president emeritus, Mass Technology Leadership Council

Tom Hopcroft, CEO and president, Mass Technology Leadership Council

JD Chesloff, vice president, Mass. Business Roundtable

Bonnie Biocchi, president, MetroWest Chamber

Kiki Mills, president, MITX

Bill Luster, president, North Shore Economic Alliance

Ted Morgan, CEO, Skyhook Wireless

Lynn Griesemer, associate vice president for economic development and executive director, UMass Donahue Institute

Donna Cupelo, region president, Verizon

Roberta Schaefer, president and CEO, Worcester Research Bureau

SOURCE Verizon

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