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When:
June 21, 2012 @ 5:00 PM – June 21, 2012 @ 8:30 PM America/New York Timezone
2012-06-21T17:00:00-04:00
2012-06-21T20:30:00-04:00
Where:
Junior Achievement
1130 Coconut Creek Blvd
Creek Shopping Center, Coconut Creek, FL 33066
USA
Cost:
Premier Members $15.00; Standard Members $25.00; Guest $55.00

Event Registration

Join us on June 21st for an important discussion of business that took place in Tallahassee during the last legislative session.  Moderated by Maryann Fiala, Regional Vice President of TechAmerica, and will include a panel ofSouth Florida leaders:

Brian Cunningham, Managing Director State and Local Government & Education of Citrix Systems, Inc.

David Armstrong, President, Broward College

Terry Kester, Chief Information Officer, Department of Financial Services, State of Florida

Faith Gorman, Director of the State & Local Tax Practice of Daszkal Bolton, LLP

Topics to be discussed:

Education: Several bills in the Senate (S 1314, S 1402, S 1368 & S 1366) that would increase digital learning, on-line education, high tech workforce development, and place added emphasis on STEM courses.

State Procurement: Bills S 1498 & H1215 proposed a major overhaul of the State’s IT operations, creating a new Agency for State Technology with responsibility for State IT operations, and establishing a Chief Information Officer.

Broadband: Bills to transfer all responsibility for state broadband development to the Dept. of Economic Development (H 945 & S 1242) moved rapidly through committees. Learn about the concern.

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CS/HB 1208 – Driverless Vehicles (proposed by Google)