SSTI Annual Conference Agenda Set

We recognize that SSTI's annual conference quickly has become the premier professional development event annually for the tech-based economic development field. It's quite an honor, but it is also quite an obligation. Our conference participants have come to expect a level of unsurpassed quality. At least, that's what they tell us in the evaluations.

It presents a challenge, but SSTI staff seem to like challenges. We always strive to exceed expectations, so for the 7th annual conference we...

• polled our sponsors and affiliates to develop an agenda that is packed with 24 dynamic breakout sessions on topics that are extremely timely, filled with useful information for most of the field, and led by some of the top thinkers and practitioners in the field;
• lined up and confirmed as many of the presenters and speakers as we could before we begin to publicize the event so that you know exactly what you're getting for your money; and,
• secured great sponsors to ensure the SSTI conference continues to have one of the lowest overall registration fees (which includes most meals) for any national professional development event for economic developers.

SSTI's 7th annual conference, Building Tech-based Economies: From Policy to Practice, will be held in Seattle on October 21-22. The agenda is impressive. The participants will be top-notch. The conference facility, hotel, city and host organization are wonderful.

In short, we are confident SSTI's 7th annual conference is exactly what you and your tech-based economic development efforts need this year. The conference will be intense but Seattle's an excellent place for unwinding before or after the event.

A detailed 20-page brochure describing Building Tech-based Economies: >From Policy to Practice will be mailed in the next week or so, but is available now as a PDF document on our website: http://www.ssti.org/conference03.htm [expired]

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