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Curtis Palmer, CEO of TechBirmingham is speaking today. The title of his presentation is Building a Tech-based Economy. He will be talking about the initiatives that his organization is working on.

Not trying to make Birmingham the next Austin or Raleigh. Trying to make it the next Birmingham, which has constantly re-invented itself.

The TechBirmingham Nutshell - 3 Pathways

• Grow the technology industry.
• Workforce development.
• Tech-friendly business environment.

E-cycling Day was a great success. Learn more at www.ecyclingday.com. 95% of people who donated heard about it through local TV. Had 14 locations for drop off spread throughout Jefferson and Shelby Counties. Collected over 17,000 items. 2 Locations had AS/400’s being dropped off.

Beginning a marketing campaign soon to promote Birmingham as a technology center.

Vulcan Park Public WiFi hot-spot. Went through about 3 different ideas of antenna placement before deciding on final location. They have seperate antennas for the office and conference center that is on a seperate VLAN channel than the publicly accessible wireless. They will soon have a small snack shop to serve coffee and snacks to people using WiFi.

Birmingham International Airport is also offering WiFi for $2 an hour.

The IPSA/Tech Birmingham WiFi list has grown to about 60 or 65 hot spots.

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