Connecting Georgia's Companies

Connecting Georgia's Companies

May 5th, 1:30pm-6:00pm, TSRB Auditorium at 85 5th Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30308***

*** CIOs, CTOs, and other Technology Buyers are invited to Attend this unique event. To register, please contact Amanda Shook at ashook@tagonline.org or 404-920-2023.

Presented by Technology Association of Georgia and the Georgia CIO Leadership Association, The essence of the event is to match CIOs with pre-qualified technology providers. The providers will be selected based on their offering of products and/or services that meet the needs, challenges, and of Georgia's companies.

2009 Focus Areas:

Improving Business Processes
Reducing Enterprise Costs
Improving Enterprise Workforce Effectiveness
Attracting and Retaining New customers
Increasing the use of Information/Analytics

Selected Companies

 Benchmark Consulting - Reducing Enterprise Costs
Canvas Systems - Reducing Enterprise Costs
Clarus Information - Increasing the use of Information/Analytics
Cypress Communications - Reducing Enterprise Costs
Global 360, Inc. - Improving Business Processes
Juice Analytics - Increasing the use of Information/Analytics
OpenSpan, Inc. - Improving Business Processes
OpenSpan, Inc. - Improving Enterprise Workforce Effectiveness
ORTEC - Reducing Enterprise Costs

If you are a CIO or other technology buyer and would like to possibly RSVP yourself or any members of your team for the event, please send an email with your contact information to Amanda Shook at ashook@tagonline.org.

About the Event / Application Information / ATDC's Role 

Press Releases / Sponsorships, Exhibits, and Attendees

Event Agenda

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Registration and Networking
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM Introduction to Program and Speaker (10 Minutes)
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM Speaker from Gartner (20 Minutes)
2:30 PM – 3:20 PM 4 Presentations (40 Minutes)
3:20 PM – 3:40 PM Exhibitor Break (20 Minutes)
3:40 PM – 4:30 PM 5 Presentations (50 Minutes)
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Cocktail Reception (90 Minutes or longer depending on when we finish up) 

Program Sponsors

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About the Event

This event is the result of a partnership between the Georgia CIO Leadership Association (GCLA) and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). The goal of the event is to connect pre-qualified TAG-member companies with Georgia's CIOs. For the CIO it is a unique opportunity to hear from TAG-approved "vendor" companies. This program will also give CIOs the opportunity to hear about new technologies from smaller companies that would not usually be seen in a crowd. Following the event there will be a cocktail reception and an opportunity to visit our TAG member company exhibit booths.

For the companies, this is the ultimate opportunity. Three to five TAG-member companies will be selected to present their solutions to a prestigious group of Georgia CIOs and their teams, CEOs, CTOs, TAG Board Members, Sponsors, selected companies and special guests. Companies will be selected based on submitted RFIs and given support and counsel on their presentations preceding the event by the ATDC. On November 11th, the selected companies will present to a group of leaders from Georgia's best companies. Following the event, every company will receive a ‘report card' from the audience and will be noted on the TAG website as being a selected company.

ATDC will be working with TAG and GCLA on this event. They will be providing pitch/presentation training to the selected companies.

Interested companies must submit a completed RFI response by 5pm on March 27, 2009. To be eligible to participate, your company must be a TAG Corporate Level 1, Corporate Level 2, or Premier Corporate member.

Smaller companies and Start-up Members with less than $1 million in annual sales may apply for an exception to the membership requirement. To apply for the exemption, please include short justification within your RFI. All presenting companies, even those that are given an exception, must have, at minimum, an individual membership.

Your company must also be available to present on the afternoon of May 5th. You may be required to present for the selection committee prior to your selection and you should also be available for coaching in April.

Attendance to the actual event is limited to 2 guests, including all presenters.

RFI Deadline for Submission: 5pm, March 27, 2009 to ashook@tagonline.org in Word (.doc) format.

Download RFI Here

Sponsorships, Exhibits, and Attendees

Event Sponsorship, $1,000

Includes:
- Half page ad in event program.
- Company logo and link on event webpage.
- Company logo and sponsor recognition on signage
- Exhibit Table at Event
- 2 total guests from company may attend. 

Sponsorships are very limited. If yuo would like to be considered for one of our few spots, please email your information to ashook@tagonline.org. 

If you are interested in attending this event, sponsoring, or presenting, please contact Amanda Shook at (404)920-2023 or ashook@tagonline.org.

Past Press Releases

The Georgia CIO Leadership Association (GCLA) Partners with Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) to Connect Georgia Companies
November 26th, 2007 - ATLANTA - The Georgia CIO Leadership Association (GCLA), the preeminent association for senior technology leaders, announced today that they will partner with the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), the southeast's largest tech-membership organization, to connect Georgia companies. The two organizations will work together...

TAG and GCLA are now Accepting RFIs from TAG Member Companies for Connecting Georgia Event
ATLANTA (Mar. 10, 2008) - TAG and GCLA are soliciting "Request for Information" (RFI) from Georgia-based vendors who have innovative solutions to the "pain points" selected by GCLA's members. Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery, Reporting/Analytics, and Networking/Network performance were selected as some of the biggest challenges for Georgia's CIOs.