How can Massachusetts seize the opportunity
to become the premier technology hub?

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009

Location: Communispace Corporation

100 Talcott Avenue

Watertown, MA

02472

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

AGENDA

9:00 AM - Registration, Breakfast & Networking

10:00 AM - Welcome

10:20 AM - Keynote: Governor Deval Patrick

10:30 AM - Presentation of Findings - The IT Industry: Hub of the Massachusetts Technology Economy 

Michael Goodman, Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Public Policy at UMass Dartmouth

Q&A - Governor Deval Patrick & Dr. Michael Goodman

11:15 AM - Roundtable Discussion - Capturing Transformative Opportunities in Digital Technology

Moderated by: Secretary Gregory Bialecki, Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development

Participants include:

Colin Angle, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, iRobot

Dave Balter, Founder & CEO, BzzAgent

John Halamka, CIO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; CIO, Harvard Medical School

Rich Miner, Managing Partner, Google Ventures

Jeff Nick, Senior Vice President, CTO, EMC Corportation

12:45 PM - Lunch & Networking

About the event:

Governor Deval Patrick challenged industry leaders last January to establish an industry-university consortium to explore how Massachusetts can enhance and sustain global leadership and innovation in the broader digital technology sector.

Since then, engaged stakeholders have sought to identify opportunities to strengthen and re-invent this industry sector that has matured beyond “IT”.

On Monday, December 7, beginning at 9 a.m., you are invited to join the conversation with partners and stakeholders when the findings are released from the University of Massachusetts’ Donahue Institute’s study, “The IT Industry: Hub of The Massachusetts Technology Economy”.

You are then invited to engage in dialogue with Gov. Deval Patrick and industry leaders about transformative trends in digital technology and their implications for growth and development of the Massachusetts knowledge economy.

Together, we can embrace the challenge of ensuring Massachusetts’ continued leadership and its premier place as a tech hub.

Event Partners: Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX); Massachusetts Network Communications Council (MassNetComms);Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC); TechAmerica New England; Massachusetts High Technology Council (MHTC);

Event Sponsors: Members of the IT Study Group; IT Collaborative; Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development (EOHED)

In special recognition of their efforts in development of the study and support for growth of this sector, the event’s hosts are:

Secretary Greg Bialecki, Executive Office of Housing andEconomic Development

Donna Cupelo, Verizon

Paul Bosco, Cisco