The technology industry offers enormous opportunity for international collaboration. At the first annual U.S. / Mexico Technology Summit, one of the principal themes will be partnership development. Most of us recognize the importance of good partnerships but the ability to nurture a partnership to its mutually beneficial limits is a rare quality. In the spirit [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Technology Business’
August 11, 2010
See Robots Play Soccer and Hear Why Doing Business in DFW Is So Awesome
Below are some videos taken in the exhibit hall at the 10th Annual State of Technology event. We captured some great footage and are excited to share them with everyone! See South Grand Prairie High School‘s robotics team put their soccer playing robot to work while Phil Harris, sponsor and South Grand Prairie High School [...]
August 9, 2010
Hear Rich Templeton’s Speech as part of our 10th Annual State of Technology Recap
On July 27, The Dallas Regional Chamber’s Technology Business Council held their 10th Annual State of Technology event at the Dallas Sheraton. Highlights from the event included over 70 interactive exhibit booths, which showcased their latest and greatest technology products, and a speech by Texas Instruments CEO, Mr. Rich Templeton. To read more about the [...]
July 13, 2010
Chamber’s Largest Technology Event Features Long-Time Anchor Company Texas Instruments
Dallas Regional Chamber Checking Pulse of DFW Technology Business Economy and Featuring Long-Time Anchor Company During the 1990s, technology business in Dallas/Fort Worth was bustling. Profits were plentiful, IPOs abounded, companies were relocating to the region, and we had been dubbed the Telecom Corridor. But as September 11 shocked the nation, and the dot-com bubble [...]
June 22, 2010
Helping Small Businesses Navigate the New Healthcare Reforms
Last week, the Chamber hosted a meeting on health reform specifically geared towards small employers and what they need to do to prepare for changes due to health reform. Two experts, Steve Cagle of McQueary Henry Bowles Troy and Gary Short of Jones Day, took a timeline approach to explaining what businesses need to do [...]
March 22, 2010
Sweeping Health Reform for Tonight’s Dinner Discussion
As North Texans were getting ready to go to bed last night, legislators in Washington were busy making history by passing sweeping health care reform that just two months ago many considered was dead on the table. So, we thought it would be a good idea to give you some basic “talking points” of what has happened and what will potentially take place in the near future regarding health care reform.
March 4, 2010
Chamber Program Brings Together Technology Entrepreneurs
Over 80 technology and life science entrepreneurs and capital sources gathered on February 25 for the first Capital Connections workshop of the year. The Capital Connections Workshop series is a program hosted by the Chamber and sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Supporting entrepreneurial development is an important piece of growing the technology economy in North Texas. This [...]
February 19, 2010
A Panel Discussion on Health Care Reform
Last week the Dallas Chamber hosted an event that brought together community leaders to discuss federal healthcare reform and where it currently stands. Although there was snow falling outside the Park City Club, the event inside lived up to its’ name of healthcare “hot” topic series. The moderator and panelists discussed a wide variety of [...]
February 10, 2010
Technology Business Council Welcomes 2010 Chair
The Dallas Regional Chamber’s Technology Business Council is proud to announce that Sue Spradley, Head of the North America Region for Nokia Siemens Networks, is the 2010 Technology Business Council Chair. Spradley has taken over this leadership position from John Dupree, Vice President Enterprise and Federal Government for Sprint, who served as Technology Business Council [...]
December 4, 2009
Live Healthy North Texas
As you might have heard, momentum for Live Healthy North Texas is building in the region and with healthcare reform in the national spotlight now is a great time to get involved. Next week is a big week beginning with a Tuesday morning kick-off press conference on the campus of SMU to highlight the initiative [...]
