| The Economic
Development Administration’s Southwest Region—Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, and Texas—will focus its 1999 annual conference on Technology Communities:
Competing in the New Millennium. The primary theme of the conference will be effectively
using public and private know-how to foster and accelerate technology-based economic
development in distressed communities and for disadvantaged populations. Communities are at different levels of readiness to compete in the 21st century economy. Regions in the Southwest U.S. span the range from world leaders in entrepreneurship and technology-based job and wealth creation to technology- deprived areas with high unemployment, low per capita income, and under-skilled workforces. Resources and people are underutilized, while nearby companies search for trained workers. This conference will address issues of how communities build technological infrastructures and use talent, technology, capital, and know-how to compete and collaborate successfully in the increasingly global, technology-driven economy. Overview • Speakers/Panels • Agenda • Travel/Lodging • Register • Contact |