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ATIC Public Meetings and Featured Upcoming Events
We welcome your attendance and participation in our ATIC Public Meetings live on location at The Carnegie Center in downtown Phoenix (unless otherwise noted) or remote via audio conference. To join the Audio Conference dial 1-888-678-1020 and enter Conference ID 1237256108 courtesy of Cox Business Services. For remote access to video and the presentations, please go to http://tiny.cc/ATICConference, click on Join the Web Conference, and login to the ATIC session courtesy of iLinc Communications.

If you would like to subscribe to ATIC's general e-mail list to keep aware of our activities and get involved, please sending us a request via e-mail. You will receive our monthly Calendar of Arizona Telecommunications, Technology & Economic Development Events and occasional announcements about ATIC and other business, economic development and technology initiatives and events.

ATIC Public Meetings

ATIC Partners with GovSec West
(November 14-16, 2011)

ATIC is pleased to partner with 1105 Media for GovSec West providing relevant and timely insights, tools and tactics to anticipate, prepare, prevent and respond to terrorism, accidental and natural disasters and attacks on critical infrastructures. Held jointly with the Network-Centric Security Conference, which will create a live, interactive environment that covers security where IT and Physical Security converge. As security systems become more network-centric, physical security and IT professionals need this unprecedented opportunity to interact and network with security vendors and professionals from all aspects of the government security industry. The Keynote Speaker will be Nicholas Stein, Series Producer of the National Geographic Channel's television show, "Border Wars". GovSec West will be held at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort in Phoenix. For more information and to register, see the website at http://govsecinfo.com/events/govsec-west-2011/home.aspx. Use code GARD5 to save 10%.













ATIC & InfraGard Arizona Public Meeting on Cyber Security
(November 17, 2011)

The final ATIC Public Meetings for 2011 is scheduled for November 17 from 2:00-4:00 PM on Cyber Security in partnership with Arizona InfraGard back at The Carnegie Center. Our planned speakers are:
ATIC Public Meeting on Telehealth and Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
(September 22, 2011)













The 3rd Annual ATIC Public Meeting on Telehealth and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) was held in partnership with the Arizona Telemedicine Program (ATP) and the Arizona BioIndustry Association (AZBio) on Thursday, September 22, 2011 from 11:30 AM-2:30 PM at the T-Health Institute located on the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Campus. We had about 130 attendees onsite and another 20 or so participating remotely. Stellar speakers from industry and government presented on current health information technology efforts in Arizona and beyond with timely telehealth and EMR topics and a focus on sustainable business models. A number of telehealth vendors and related organizations were on hand to demonstrate the latest telehealth and EMR technology and resources along with tours of UA's world class facilities. You can download the Event Flier and Event Program along with presentations as linked below.

Moderators:
Welcome: Dr. Ronald Weinstein, MD, Director, Arizona Telemedicine Program (ATP)

Speakers:
Sustainable Business Relations Panel with Q&A included:
Our Premier Sponsor was MedApps, Inc. Also Sponsoring were Allscripts and St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center.

Our Organizational Exhibitors included the Arizona BioIndustry Association (AZBio), Arizona State Enterprise Technology Office (ASET, formerly GITA), Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records (ASLAPR), Arizona State Physicians Association (ASPA), Arizona Technology Council, Arizona Health-e Connection, and UA Arizona Telemedicine Program (ATP).

Our Business Exhibitors included our Sponsors plus Care Innovations (Intel-GE), Cayenne Consulting, DrFirst, GlobalMed, HealthNation, Janssen Pharmaceutical (J&J), MeMD, and Strategic Technology Communications (STC).

Audio conferencing provided courtesy of Cox Business Services. Web conferencing provided courtesy of iLinc Communications. Special thanks to PRO EM - Professional Event Management and the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Campus for contributing to event support.











Please mark your calendar and plan to join us next year on Thursday, September 20, 2012 from 11:30 AM-2:30 PM for our 4rd Annual ATIC Public Meeting on Telehealth and Electronic Medical Records (EMR).

ATIC Public Meeting 9/22/11 Recap, Event Flier, Event Program, Mark Goldstein's Photos

ATIC Public Meeting Schedule for 2012
Past ATIC Public Meeting Recaps:

Past ATIC Public Meetings recaps are available for 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, and 2005. More information on ATIC, its events and activities can be found on our web site at http://www.arizonatele.com/atic/ or you can contact us by phone at 602-254-5887 or via e-mail at mailto:atic@researchedge.com.

Arizona Calendar and Featured Upcoming Events

ATIC's complete Calendar of Arizona Telecommunications, Technology & Economic Development Events can be found at http://www.arizonatele.com/atic/calendar.php starting with the current month. Featured upcoming events follow:

Wednesday, November 16 - Do you have what you need to grow? For that last few years, the topic of conversation has been what we need. We need more businesses. We need more jobs. We need more innovation. We need entrepreneurs. We need capital. We need… Add it all up…we need more growth. But if growing a business was as simple as talking about it, every new idea would grow to be a billion dollar business. This year, at AZEC11: The 6th Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference, the focus is growth. This year's theme is Paths to Growth: Mobile, Local, Social. Speakers will include Mark Suster of GRP Partners, Marianne Hudson, Executive Director of the Angel Capital Association, Bret Giles, Co-Founder of Sitewire, Gelie Akhenblit, Founder of NetworkingPhoenix.com, Joshua Strebel, Co-Founder of Page.ly and more. At the Desert Willow Conference Center (4340 E. Cotton Center Blvd.) in Phoenix from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit the website at http://www.azentrepreneurship.com/.

Thursday, November 17 - The Governor's Celebration of Innovation (GCOI) is the Arizona Technology Council's annual awards gala that honors technology leaders and innovators from across the state. The event attracts more than 1,000 attendees each year for a night of networking, food and entertainment. For 2011, the awards portion of the event will be a theatre-style presentation, followed by a sit-down and plated dinner. This year's theme is "Arizona Rising" GCOI 2011 will take place at the Phoenix Convention Center's North Building from 3:00-9:00 PM For more information, contact Merry Lake Merrell at 480-467-8251 or (mailto:mmerrell@aztechcouncil.org) or visit the website.

Wednesday, November 30 - ASU's Morrison Institute for Public Policy, along with the Greater Phoenix Leadership, the Rodel Foundation of Arizona, the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust and Bank of America are proud to present the 3rd Annual State of Our State Conference: New Directions for Arizona. Speakers will include: Michael Crow, President of ASU, author Steven Beschloss, Don Budinger, Chairman and Founding Director of the Rodel Foundation of Arizona, Gonzalo de la Melena, President and CEO of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Grady Gammage Jr., Senior Research Fellow at the Morrison Institute and many others. The conference will include a new poll on Arizonans' attitudes on social and public policy issues, a fiscal panel on the new equation for our state's success, the debut of Arizona Directions, an annual indicators scorecard, a panel discussion on how cities can lead the way to recovery and a peek into Arizona's second century. From 7:30-11:00 AM at the Ritz-Carlton Phoenix. Cost to attend is $50. For more information, call 602-496-0900, or visit the Website at http://morrisoninstitute.asu.edu/SOS.

January-March 2012 - The Arizona SciTech Festival will showcase Arizona as a national leader in science, technology and innovation through a series of hands-on activities and workshops, conversations and debates, exhibitions, concerts, guided walks and tours taking place early next year. Spearheaded by the Arizona Technology Council Foundation in partnership with Arizona State University and the Arizona Science Center, the Arizona SciTech Festival is a grassroots collaboration of over 200 organizations in industry, academia, arts, community and K-12, geared to excite and inform Arizonans age three to 103 about the science, technology and innovation that will drive our state for next 100 years. For more information, please contact Jeremy Babendure at mailto:jbabendure@aztechcouncil.org or visit the website at http://azscitechfest.asu.edu/.

ATIC's complete Calendar of Arizona Telecommunications, Technology & Economic Development Events can be found at http://www.arizonatele.com/atic/calendar.php starting with the current month. If you would like to receive the ATIC Calendar as a monthly e-mail and otherwise keep aware of our activities and get involved, please subscribe to ATIC's low-traffic public distribution list by sending us an e-mail.

ATIC Board Meetings
ATIC Board Meetings are devoted to telecommunications policy engagement and driving economic development for the State of Arizona by our broad public/private coalition. The next ATIC Board Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 11, 2012 from Noon-2PM at The Carnegie Center at 1101 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85007 or remote via audioconference. Additional Board Meetings are scheduled for February 8, March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13, and July 11, 2012 at the same time and place.

ATIC Board Meetings are open to all interested parties and we welcome your participation. These are exciting times for the telecom industry and Arizona in the New Economy. Please join us in making it happen and moving our state and industries forward. If you would like to be kept aware of ATIC Board activities and policy initiatives, we invite you to become an ATIC Associate at no charge by sending us an e-mail. You will receive our Board Agendas and Minutes as well as occasional announcements about ATIC and other business, economic development and technology initiatives and events. More information on ATIC, its events and activities can be found on our Website at http://www.arizonatele.com/atic/ or you can contact us by phone at 602-254-5887 or via e-mail at mailto:atic@researchedge.com.

ATIC Special Announcements

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.

The ATIC-Policy List is for posting technology and telecommunications policy news and dialogue about related issues. To subscribe send an e-mail to atic-policy-subscribe@yahoogroups.com from your desired address. Once subscribed, to post a message send it to atic-policy@yahoogroups.com. The ATIC-Policy group can be found online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atic-policy/.

The ATIC-Strategy List is for the ATIC Strategy Committee's use in conducting the business of the Committee and related dialogue among participants. The Committee is Co-Chaired by Steve Peters and Ron Schott. To subscribe send any e-mail to atic-strategy-subscribe@yahoogroups.com from your desired address. Once subscribed, to post a message send it to atic-strategy@yahoogroups.com. The ATIC-Strategy group can be found online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atic-strategy/.

ATIC has launched a special Arizona High-Technology and Telecommunications Archive page you might find of interest. It's a great collection and set of pointers to useful announcements and documents from ATIC's activities and initiatives of the past, as well as links to myriad other sources relevant to Arizona high-technology and telecommunications economic development and policy through the years. These resources are collected in the new ATIC Archive for your reference and use, as well as establishing historical context for all the great efforts of the past.

Were you out and about attending any of the many Arizona technology events these past few years? Mark Goldstein has mounted photos from quite a few of our regional tech happenings up on Flickr for your enjoyment. The top level link to the index of photo sets is http://www.flickr.com/photos/mg-irc/sets/. Enjoy!

ATIC Sponsors
ATIC, now in its 17th year, would like to thank the following companies for continuing with their major sponsorship of the organization: AT&T, Cox Business Services (CBS), and CenturyLink. We would also like to thank PR Newswire for allowing us to distribute press releases through their service.

If you'd like to sponsor ATIC's activities and initiatives while enhancing your visibility within the technology and telecom community, please contact us by phone at 602-254-5887 or via e-mail.