Featuring SFTA Platinum Sponsor
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,
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
SFTA Corporate Premier Members and Standard Premier members – $15.00 (use code “premier member”
SFTA Standard Members – $25.00 (use code “standard member”)
Guest – $55.00
SFTA Sponosrs attend for FREE (contact SFTA for special registration code)
