British Government Agency Invests in Portland Internet Strategy Conference; Internet Strategy Forum Sponsorship Underscores Britain's Commitment to Supporting Innovation in North America and Europe.PORTLAND, Ore. -- The United Kingdom Trade and Investment Office (UKTI UKTI UK Trade and Investment ), which aims to forge business ties between the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Britain, is sponsoring the second annual Internet Strategy Forum The Internet Strategy Forum is a nonprofit professional association in the United States. ISF members have primary responsibility for driving Internet strategy and implementation for medium to large organizations. Executive Summit. The July 14, 2005 Summit is slated to draw more than 250 Internet strategists, marketing and IT professionals from leading organizations throughout the Northwest. Speakers from Google, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, , T-Mobile and WebTrends will discuss how integrating Internet solutions into business and marketing strategies can yield tangible benefits. "The UK offers a pro-business environment that drives innovation..." says Kim Chio, Vice Consul vice consul n. Abbr. VC A consular officer who is subordinate to and a deputy of a consul or consul general. vice-con of The British Consulate Seattle. "Our objective is to work with American companies whose business model is to expand internationally. UK Trade & Investment has noticed what ISF ISF - Information Systems Factory is doing in Portland and hopes to build on this newly formed partnership to increase awareness of the UK, as it remains the top investment location in Europe." UK Trade & Investment seeks to support the Internet Strategy Forum's efforts to increase peer-networking and information exchange. Dale Smith Dale Smith may refer to:
"What is nice about this relationship is that we didn't initiate it," said Steve Gehlen, Founder of the Internet Strategy Forum. "The British Consulate offices in both Seattle and San Francisco contacted us after hearing about what we were starting here in Portland. This is a good sign as we prepare to expand via chapters in a few other cities due to increased interest." Other sponsors of this year's Executive Summit include BetterManagement, Cisco Systems, EMC Corporation, Fortix, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel, Keynote Systems, NetScaler and WebTrends. About UK Trade & Investment UK Trade & Investment is the government organization that both supports companies in the UK doing business internationally and overseas enterprises seeking to locate in the UK. The organization provides access to all resources that international businesses need to start operating quickly and efficiently in the UK market. About the Internet Strategy Forum The Internet Strategy Forum is a non-profit professional association dedicated to peer networking, information exchange, professional development, research and thought leadership among senior Internet decision-makers at medium-to-large organizations across multiple industries. For more information and to register for the Executive Summit, please visit www.internetstrategyforum.org. |
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