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Last week's Wired Wednesday produced a full house at the CAER. We'll be holding one more networking event this year at the CAER in case you haven't had a chance to tour the building, so come join us at Tech@Breakfast on December 6. You'll see in the news story below that we have hired Elizabeth Narehood as Managing Director for our Future Focus Foundation. This is an exciting milestone for the Technology Council. For the past eight years we've worked beside local partners to grow a comprehensive K-12 STEM Education and Career Preparedness program in Region 2000 and we look forward to its continued growth under Elizabeth's leadership. Lastly and in case you haven't seen it yet, you can download our 2010-2011 annual report here. 

Start the holiday season off right with our next Tech@Breakfast networking event. Get to know other local technology companies of all sizes. This quarterly breakfast meeting features two to three Technology Council member companies that will give 10 minute presentations about their business and/or upcoming technologies and trends within their industry.

Where: The CAER is located at 1173 Research Way, Forest, VA in the New London Business and Technology Center located on Rt. 460, one mile west of Rt. 811 (Thomas Jefferson Road) intersection in Bedford County, Virginia.

We are excited to welcome Elizabeth Narehood on staff as our Future Focus Foundation managing director. Welcome Elizabeth!

"Elizabeth Narehood has been named Managing Director of the Future Focus Foundation. The Future Focus Foundation is the educational foundation of the Region 2000 Technology Council,  a member of Virginia's Region 2000 Partnership..."

CVCC, in partnership with the Region 2000 Technology Council, the Region 2000 Career Pathways Consortium, and Timberlake Christian School, is sponsoring a regional FIRST LEGO League Robotics Competition to be held at Timberlake Christian School, Saturday, November 12, 2011. Two hundred and fifty students, 9 through 14 years old, comprising 36 teams, are expected to participate in this year's challenge.

Technology Council Executive Director Jonathan Whitt has been traveling the speakers' circuit over the last few weeks, reinforcing the importance of STEM education, workforce development, and entrepreneurship while outlining Region 2000 models.

Opening Centra's Technology and eLearning Conference on October 25, Whitt took a tongue in cheek look at the changes in medical technology over the years and explored where we're headed in the future with further technology developing at a rapid pace.  

 

Later that week, Whitt joined a panel discussion at the 2011 Virginia Business Incubation Association Conference on Economic Gardening in Roanoke and shared the story of how the Technology Council has built a strong technology-focused network that supports entrepreneurship.

 

Whitt's final engagement culminated with the Governor's 2nd Annual Forum on Education and Workforce Training on November 2.