South Sound Technology Conference 2009

Entrepreneurship and the South Sound Technology Cluster

Next Friday, November 20th, join us for the 10th annual South Sound Technology Conference at the University of Washington Tacoma. This annual technology showcase for the Tacoma and the South Puget Sound region brings together campus, civic and industry leaders, government representatives, university faculty and students. This year, panels and speakers will present on entrepreneurship, building technology companies in the South Sound and leveraging the commonalities of the companies that are here.

Bruce Kendall, CEO of the Economic Development Board of Pierce County will kick things off with a discussion of entrepreneurship and the economic development of the South Sound Region. The morning panel that follows will pick up the topic with Tacoma entrepreneurs such as Mark Briggs, Brian Forth, and me. I will be there to speak about the creation and growth of Seasonal View – our rarely-mentioned-here technology services company. Graham Evans of the Washington Technology Center and John Dimmer of the Tacoma Angel Network will talk about funding and innovation.

A lunch keynote from the CEO of Corporate Privacy Group, Richard Purcell, former Chief Privacy Officer of Microsoft and chairman of the board of TRUSTe will highlight the middle of the day.

The afternoon panel will feature companies from the area that represent the data integrity, information assurance and Cybersecurity cluster that is growing in Pierce County, including Vadium, NewTec and InternetIdentity. Breakouts will include discussion of how to support that infrastructure and will also give attendees the opportunity to view student research projects at the Institute of Technology.

The yearly event is made possible by the hard work of many volunteers and the generosity of corporate and community sponsorship.

More information at www.sstconference.org.