Upcoming SFTA June 21st – Florida Legislative Update

Featuring SFTA Platinum Sponsor

Join us on June 21^st 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, 

Panelists include: 

David Armstrong, President, Broward College

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

Jeanine Gendron, Director, Instructional Technology, Broward School District

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

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

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.

Unauthorized Copying of Recordings

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

Silver Sponsors for this program:

The evening starts with a special pre-event workshop from Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance!

Location: Junior Achievement,1130 Coconut Creek Blvd,Coconut Creek,FL
Time: 5:00PM – 8:30PM