Florida House Representative Allan Bense (Speaker Designate), Rep. Bruce Kyle (House Appropriations Chairman) and Rep. Connie Mack (Chairman of State Administration) will join the governor and technology executives from throughout Florida to discuss current and future technology issues facing the state. The event is open to business and government representatives in the state.
The two-day forum will include an awards reception and dinner on July 24, which will recognize the state's most prominent individuals, technology businesses, and government representatives. Nominations for the awards are still open. Four regional awards for excellence in IT leadership will be presented, as well as statewide awards for small business of the year, high growth company of the year, excellence in education technology, excellence in IT worker training, and government technology leadership.
On July 25, Gov. Bush will speak on the "State of Technology in Florida" at a luncheon. Also, experts from a variety of technology, business and related fields will conduct a series of interactive breakout sessions designed to educate attendees about technology opportunities within the state, as well as further address key issues that will impact the state's technology future. Registration is required for the forum.
ITFlorida is an umbrella, not-for-profit, membership organization that represents Florida's information technology community on a statewide basis. ITFlorida was formed in October 2001 after the dissolution of the Information Service Development Technology Task Force which focused on developing state policies to enable Florida to compete in the information age. ITFlorida built on the momentum of the IT Task Force and fills the need for a single statewide advocacy organization to represent Florida's high technology sectors. It is organized to provide its members with access to lawmakers, businesses, capital, and domestic and international technology leaders.
