ATIC Spotlight:

ATIC Public Meeting on Advanced Technologies and Visions for the Future
(May 17, 2012)

The ATIC Public Meeting on Thursday, May 17, 2012 from 2-4PM will be about Advanced Technologies & Visions for the Future. We have a great group of companies and presenters lined up who will share their technologies advances and initiatives. You can join us on site or teleconference and view the presenters' slides from the comfort of your office.

Mike Whipple, will moderate and give a brief recap of ATIC partnership with the State on broadband strategy and exciting initiatives. There'll be a great complement of presenters along with plenty of opportunity for your questions and contributions including:

Tim Lake, Account Manager at Cisco Systems on "Education 3.0" with a focus on advanced video and mobile technologies

Scott September and Jeffery Burley of AT&T on Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) and their transformative role in cellular network expansion, capacity, and capabilities

Ryan McCaigue, COO at Catalyst Computer Technologies with a 3G/4G wireless failover device for redundancy from CradlePoint

Christian Stewart of Boson with exciting new stereoscopic (3D) technology for education, medicine, and entertainment

Brad Whipple of Compass Digital Media on the use of the Newtek High-Definition Tricaster device for a new generation of live webcasting

Please mark your calendar and plan to join us at this free live event and remote teleconference originating at The Carnegie Center in downtown Phoenix (1101 W. Washington Street). There is no charge to attend or for parking and refreshments will be served. These are exciting times for the telecom industry and Arizona in our evolving economy. Please plan to come onsite in downtown Phoenix or teleconference toll-free to join us for the best of Arizona technology and telecom public policy and industry presentations.

Arizona Digital Government Summit
(May 23-24, 2012)

Government Technology returns with their annual Arizona Digital Government Summit at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Phoenix. This event is for and about local government with the purpose to foster discussion and dialogue on the use of information technology as a strategic tool for managers, executives and policy makers. There is no charge for government employees to attend, but the Summit is not open to private-sector registrations. For more information, contact Brittany McCoy at 800-917-7732 x1341 or mailto:Bmccoy@govtech.com or visit the website at http://events.govtech.com/events/arizonadgs2012.

Additional ATIC Public Meetings for 2012

• September 20, 2012 11:30AM-2:30PM - Telemedicine & Electronic Health Records (EHR)
• November 15, 2012 2:00-4:00PM - Cyber Security with Arizona InfraGard

ATIC Announces Associate Role:

ATIC has decided to remain an advocacy and policy group, rather than become a membership organization, and has created the role of ATIC Associates to encourage formal involvement by our stakeholders. By opting in, you will receive in addition to this calendar and occasional event notices, the agendas and minutes of our Board meetings and occasional special announcements and offers. Over 350 individuals actively participate in our meetings and committees and have so far opted to be ATIC Associates. If you would also like to opt in as an ATIC Associate, please let us know via e-mail.

ATIC's Tech/Telecom Policy & Strategy Committee Discussion Lists:

ATIC has created two Yahoo! Groups to support active ATIC communications and engagement. You'll need a basic Yahoo! account (but not a Yahoo! e-mail address) to access the content and subscribe to it, a relatively painless process they'll lead you through if you don't already have one.

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