Going Mobile: Washington's Future in Wireless Technology
Written by Mobile Future
Monday, 26 January 2009
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 26 -- The following was released today by Mobile Future:
WHAT: Luncheon forum featuring a panel of forward thinking small business and high-tech startup executives discussing how wireless technologies are providing Washingtonians twenty-first century tools to address twenty-first century issues, including home monitoring systems, rural communications solutions, and wireless fundraising applications for non-profits.
WHEN: Thursday, January 29, 2009
12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Red Lion Hotel
2300 Evergreen Drive SW
Olympia, WA, 98502
WHO:
-- Rep. John McCoy of Washington - Currently the Washington House
Committee Chair of Technology, Energy and Communications, Rep. McCoy
will begin the session discussing the importance of wireless
technology in Washington.
-- Ilya Billig, Lagotek - Lagotek is a leading Washington technology
company specializing in the development of wireless controlled
residential electric systems. Billig will discuss the newest home
monitoring systems available through wireless technology.
-- Jim Manis, Chairman and CEO, Mobile Giving Foundation - The Mobile
Giving Foundation brings the power and reach of mobile phones to
non-profit organizations as a fundraising and donor tool. Manis will
discuss how non-profits can leverage mobile technology to expand and
cultivate a new base of givers and create donor interaction.
-- Diane Smith, Co-founder and CEO, Auroras Entertainment - Co-founder
and CEO of Auroras Entertainment, an IPTV and advanced media services
company. Smith will discuss the role wireless technology played in
building her company in rural Montana.
-- Peter Marx, Analog Protocol - Analog Protocol specializes in online
virtual world development for MTV networks and other media companies.
A former CTO at Vivendi/Universal Games and former Vice President of
emerging technologies at Universal Studios and Vivendi Universal, Marx
will discuss the newest developments in digital technologies and
consumer entertainment products.
-- Jonathan Spalter, Chairman, Mobile Future - Spalter served as chief
information officer at the United States Information Agency during the
Clinton administration. He will introduce and moderate the forum.
Mobile Future is a broad-based coalition of businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals interested in and dedicated to advocating for an environment in which innovations in wireless technology and services are enabled and encouraged. Our mission is to educate the public and key decision makers on innovations in the wireless industry that have transformed the way Americans work and play and to advocate continued investment in wireless technologies.
Source: Mobile Future
CONTACT: Grey Gibson, +1-202-544-7881 (o), +1-202-701-6306 (c),
, for Mobile Future; or Allison Remsen of Mobile Future,
+1-202-494-5562 (c),
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