ATIC Public Meeting on Arizona High-technology Policy Activities
(February 17, 2011)

The ATIC Public Meeting on Thursday, February 17, 2011 from 2-4PM was our 8th Annual Arizona Technology & Telecom Policy Review. Governor Brewer had just called the Legislature into Special Session for the consideration of a comprehensive plan to put Arizona back to work known as the Arizona Competitiveness Package. Moderated by Mark Goldstein, ATIC Secretary and President, International Research Center, the event featured a number of notable speakers who laid out the Arizona, national, and international situation and outlook for technology in the year to come including:

Ron Schott, Chairman of the Arizona Telecommunications & Information Council (ATIC) with an Arizona broadband status, anticipated broadband stimulus impact, and evolving collaborative opportunities

Chad Kirkpatrick, Executive Director of Government Information Technology Agency (GITA) and State of Arizona CIO reporting on Arizona's NTIA Broadband Assessment and Planning Grant progress and a slate of innovative State IT initiatives

Steve Zylstra, President & CEO of the Arizona Technology Council on Arizona's advances in various tech sectors, as well as the Tech Council's policy initiatives, plans for stimulating tech growth, and helping members survive and thrive

Sandra Watson, Chief Operating Officer of the Arizona Commerce Authority on the Arizona Dept. of Commerce transitioning into the new quasi-public state Authority to help Arizona become more competitive in attracting corporations and a better place to collaborate and grow, while diversifying the overall state economy (Presentation)

Dr. William Harris, President and CEO of Science Foundation Arizona on SFAz's successes as a lean and effective catalyst bringing together businesses and researchers to generate tangible economic benefits for Arizonans and helping build a 21st Century work force through STEM education initiatives (Presentation)

Ted Kraver with eLearning System for Arizona Teachers and Students (eSATS) and Steve Peters with Greater Arizona eLearning Association (GAZEL) with an update on plans for a Digital Curriculum Institute (DCI) and bright spots in Arizona education's adoption of technology (eSATS Presentation, GAZeL Presentation)

ATIC Public Meeting 2/17/11 Recap, Oris Friesen's Meeting Notes, Mark Goldstein's Photos

ATIC Public Meeting on Advanced Technologies and Visions for the Future
(May 19, 2011)

The ATIC Public Meeting on Thursday, May 19, 2011 was our annual Advanced Technologies & Visions for the Future, at The Carnegie Center in downtown Phoenix and remote via teleconferencing. We had a great program with top tier technology companies presenting their advanced technologies and visions for the future. You can view the presenters' slides from the links below.

Bill Bolin, ATIC Chairman moderated and gave a brief recap of the ATIC Strategy Committee and Broadband Provider and Outreach Committees' activities.

Mark Goldstein, President, International Research Center on the wireless broadband explosion, the pressing demands for spectrum, differences in U.S. and foreign mobility innovations and challenges, and a vision of your mobile future delivered

Patty Colvin, Business Partner, Intel Corporation on Cloud Vision 2015, the result of Intel working with 70+ large companies across the world to define the requirements and how cloud technologies impact devices across the Compute Continuum be it servers, handheld devices or the embedded technology in your car (Presentation)

Ryan McCaigue, Strategic Technology Communications (STC) will show the best in mobility devices and applications, bringing it home for managing your business on the go in the information age (Presentation)

Mike Golden, Director of Broadband Planning, Arizona Government Information Technology Agency (GITA) on the State of Arizona's new broadband portal and public availability map, as well as broadband deployment barriers and innovative solutions plus broadband advances that matter or will (Presentation)

Simon Rohrich, Elliptical Mobile Solutions on the evolution and diffusion of the data center with micro modular data center platforms (Presentation)

ATIC Public Meeting 5/19/11 Recap, Mark Goldstein's Photos

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:

Bill Bolin, Chairman of the Arizona Telecommunications & Information Council (ATIC)

Joan Koerber-Walker, President & CEO, Arizona BioIndustry Association (AZBio)

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

Speakers:

Janet Major, Arizona Telemedicine Program (ATP) on
Telemedicine & Telehealth Technology Resources (Presentation)

Mike Holcomb, Associate Director, Information Technology, Arizona Telemedicine Program (ATP) was unable to join us, but his slides on the
American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Technology Special Interest Group are being made available (Presentation)

Melissa Rutala, MPH, Chief Executive Officer, Arizona Health-e Connection (AzHeC) on
Arizona's Health IT Initiatives: An Update on the REC, HIE & More (Presentation)

Joan Koerber-Walker, AZBio on
Institute for Advanced Health (IAH) Overview

Alan Pitt, MD, Barrow Neurological Institute on
Care in the Cloud: Sustainable Business Models in Telehealth (Recent Similar Presentation by Dr. Pitt)

Sustainable Business Relations Panel with Q&A included:

Representative Eric Meyer, MD, Arizona State Legislator (District 11)

Shez Partovi, MD, CMIO, St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center

David Young, Representative, United HealthCare Services

Donna Zazworsky, Vice President of Community Health & Continuum Care, Carondelet Health Network

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

Please plan to join us for our next ATIC Public Meeting with important updates about Cyber Security in partnership with Arizona InfaGard. Our planned speakers are:

Anthony Cox, State Hazard Assessment Officer, AZ Division of Emergency Management on State of AZ Threat Update

Brett Scott, CTO, LiveSquare Security on Cyber Security Threat Update & Cyber Warfare Briefing

Hoyt Kesterson, Terra Verde Services on Cyber Threats and Financial Fraud

ATIC Public Meeting 11/17/11 Recap