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Greetings!
I would like to invite you out to one of our upcoming events. Our first ever LAWIT (Lynchburg Area Women In Technology) luncheon is happening next week and over 50 women have already registered. Attendees will be treated to great food, networking, and an exciting panel of speakers.
Next month, we hold our quarterly Wired Wednesday luncheon at the new Governor's STEM Academy on the campus of CVCC. If you've been wondering what the Academy is all about and how it benefits our community here is your chance to learn all about it and enjoy a tour afterwards. I hope to see you soon,
Jonathan Whitt, Executive Director
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| Wired Wednesday: Catch the XLR8 Vision! (October 16) | 
Catch the vision for our area's newest innovative initiative that is preparing high school students for a fast track to careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Join us for a tour of the new regional XLR8 STEM Academy and a lunch presentation from XLR8's Director, Susan Cash. When: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 (Noon - 1:30pm) Where: Central Virginia Community College (CVCC), Merritt Hall (go here for directions) (Parking available in general student parking lots)
Cost: $12 members, $15 non-members
Boxed lunches will be provided.
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LaWIT is a new initiative designed to connect and encourage our region's women who are involved in technology-related fields of work or education. Join us for this first ever LaWIT event - a catered luncheon with a panel of relevant speakers, designed to uniquely speak to the needs of women in the local technology sector.
Speakers include the following and will be speaking on the topic of "The Power of Networking": - Cathie Brown (Panel Moderator)
Principle Consultant, Impact Makers - Cheryl Giggetts
Senior Vice President, AECOM - Christine Kennedy
Executive Vice President, Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce - Larkin Garbee
Chief Imagination Officer, 804RVA
Founder, City Scrapbook and Idea Engine - Elizabeth Narehood
Director, Future Focus Foundation
Seats are filling up fast! GET DETAILS AND REGISTER NOW! >>> |
| STEM Education May Save The Economy | 
Our Future Focus Foundation's Managing Director, Elizabeth Narehood, was recently featured in the News & Advance with the following article on the importance of STEM education and how it relates to the future of the American economy. Check it out:
Can STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education be a cornerstone of a thriving economy? Is the ability to produce a gifted workforce rooted in a strong foundation of critical thinking skills, problem solving and collaborative teams a key to future success not only in Region 2000, but in the nation as a whole? The more and more I think about it, the answer is ... yes!
By 2018, STEM jobs are expected to grow 17 percent, whereas other job growth areas are projected to trail at half that amount. One million job openings in STEM fields will occur, yet only 16 percent of college graduates have studied in STEM-related fields, despite the fact that 80 percent of jobs will require a technical skill in the next decade. These jobs average a 26 percent higher salary than in non-STEM-related fields...
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A consortium of companies, federal agencies, and academia recently announced the formation of a group to demonstrate spectrum sharing technologies and planned experiments at Wallops Island, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia to show 4G cellular systems co-existing with naval radar. Currently, many parts of the radio frequency spectrum are assigned exclusively to either Federal Government or commercial applications. The group is exploring ways to share spectrum without giving up access rights.
The Spectrum Sharing Group (SSG) consists of Wireless at Virginia Tech (Wireless@VT), the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), Motorola Solutions, Spectrum Bridge, the Center for Advanced Engineering & Research (CAER), Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation (VT-ARC), and Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation (MBC). The team's mission is to help fulfill the President's "vision of tapping the enormous economic potential of spectrum sharing to provide broadband Internet access to all Americans, including rural areas, and enable economic growth."
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