Technolink Association Honors JPL's Larry N. Dumas; Outstanding Leaders in the Fields of Information Technology and Life Sciences to be Honored at Association's Annual Conference.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2001 The Technolink Association will be presenting Larry N. Dumas, deputy director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. , with their first annual "Outstanding Leader of the Year" award at their upcoming Visionary Forum 2001. Visionary Forum 2001 is an annual half-day conference and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. roundtable that introduces timely discussion topics to a distinguished list of panelists. The conference will take place on Wednesday, July 18, 2001 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Omni Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Hotel in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . The panelists include the following government leaders and industry executives: Tal Finney, director of policy, Office of Governor Gray Davis Kermit Black, director, Center for Housing and Urban Development, Texas A&M University Ross DeVol, director to the office of chairman, Milken Institute Larry Dumas, deputy director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Dr. Faye Eggerding, director, HMRI Molecular Oncology and Cancer Genetics Laboratory David Haight, vice president & general manager, AT&T Wireless Janel Huff, president, EDC Ventura County Dr. Wendy Johnston, director, Pasadena City College Biological Technologies Program Sabrina Kememy, CEO, Photobit Corp. Dr. Chris Landon, director, Pediatric Diagnostic Center Patrick Leier, superintendent, Pomona Unified School District Dr. William Opel, executive director & CEO, Huntington Medical Research Institutes Jeanne Phares, CPA, audit manager, Deloitte & Touche Dr. Edward Pope, founder & CEO, Solgene Therapeutics Richard Rosenblatt, chairman & chief executive officer, Prime Ventures; CEO, Drkoop.com Dr. David Rozzell, president and CEO, BioCatalytics Rose Sorensen, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Alex Suh, managing director, California Technology Ventures LLC Moderators Derek Andrade, Los Angeles Newspaper Group Laura Gregory, KFWB News 980 Steffan Tubbs, ABC News Technolink has become one of the premier forums for biotech and high-tech industry leaders in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . As Los Angeles continues its rapid growth as a main hub for the high-tech and biotech industries, the association has grown to meet the needs of these new players. The association's commitment to its mission of creating a resource hub for high-tech and biotech companies has resulted in significant gains in qualified membership as well as increased local and national media attention. Consequently, Technolink has become known to many as the voice of the high-tech and biotech industries. Founded in 1996, the Technolink Association, a coalition of government, business, and high-tech industry leaders, functions as a trade association and research center for emerging and start-up companies, supports the development of high-tech partnerships, and links the technological resources of universities and institutions with the business community to form a virtual high-tech corridor in Southern California. Its members include such renowned organizations as the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. , the Claremont Colleges Claremont Colleges, at Claremont, Calif.; including five liberal arts and sciences colleges and two graduate schools; founded 1925, known until 1961 as the Associated Colleges at Claremont. Their history began with Pomona College (inc. , USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , Huntington Medical Research Institutes, and the Milken Institute. The conference supporters include: AT&T Wireless; Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.; Krake Studios; MATECH; Milken Institute; National Association of Business Economics; L.A./O.C. Biological Technologies Program, Pasadena City College; EDC-Ventura County, Pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. Diagnostic Center, Stanislawski & Harrison, VivoMetrics and Zone Communications. In the past, the association has had such notable legislative speakers and supporters as Senator Barbara Boxer Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. A member of the Democratic Party, Boxer was first elected to the U.S. , Congressman J.C. Watts, Congressman Christopher Cox, Congressman David Dreier David Timothy Dreier (born July 5, 1952), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since January 1981, representing California's 26th congressional district (map). He was first elected to the U.S. House at age 28 in 1980. , Congressman Henry J. Hyde, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren Zoe Lofgren (born Sue Lofgren on December 21 1947), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995, representing the 16th District of California (map), based in San Jose. , Former Congressman Brian Bilbray, Former Congressman James E. Rogan, Congressman Adam Schiff and Mayor of Pasadena Bill Boggard, as well as keynote speakers Dr. Joseph Jacobs, chairman of the board, Jacobs Engineering Group Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC), a publicly traded company with annual revenues approaching $7 billion, provides professional technical services. Headquartered in Pasadena, CA, Jacobs offers support to industrial, commercial, and government clients across multiple Inc. and Harvey White, president of QUALCOMM Inc. Other notable speakers include CEOs and top executives from the following companies: Altair Investment Co. Adaptive Micro-Ware Inc. Airtouch Communications AT&T Wireless Services B2BHighway.com BizBuyer.com BDO Seidman LLP California Healthcare Institute (CHI) California Institute of Technology Chiron Corp. Clinical Micro Sensors Diamond K. Enterprises Earthlink Network Inc. FDP Technologies Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Globalstar USA Hughes Network Systems Huntington Medical Research Institutes Institute for Global Futures InterDyn L.L.C. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Kellogg & Andelson Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences Magellan Systems Corp. Milken Institute MCI Microsoft OnCare Inc. The O'Neill Co. Pediatric Diagnostic Center Reality Buy.com QUALCOMM Inc. Software Council Teledyne Electronic Technologies Traffic Station Inc. Washington Counsel Westmac Commercial Brokerage Co. Xencor For more information, contact Ssusan Forte O'Neill, Forte Designs at 949/443-4026. E-mail fortedesigns@intersonnet.co. |
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