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SUMMARY:Leaders in Green Technology - May 5, 2010 at Heartland GreenUp
  Symposium and Expo
DESCRIPTION:HP, Gartner, Google, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
  others presenting in person and virtually\n\nJoin us for the Technolo
 gy Association of Iowa’s first hybrid conference—where you can att
 end virtually or in person at the Meadows Events and Conference Center
  in Des Moines. The Heartland GreenUp Symposium & Expo showcases best 
 practices in reducing energy consumption and carbon footprints in info
 rmation technology and provides a forum for discovering and sharing in
 novative green products and services in the Midwest.\n\nKeynote speake
 rs confirmed for The Heartland GreenUp include:\n• Randy Mott, Execu
 tive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, HP\n• Simon Minga
 y, Research Vice President, Gartner Research\n• Bill Weihl, Green En
 ergy Czar, Google\n• Andrew Fanara, United States Environmental Prot
 ection Agency, Climate Protection Partnership Division and Team Leader
 , ENERGY STAR Product Specifications Development Group\n\nTHREE WAYS T
 O ATTEND\n\nTAI is harnessing the web and new immersive technology to 
 reach out beyond the Heartland -- enabling virtual attendance at their
  event by professionals and key thought-leaders on both coasts and aro
 und the world. Virtual registrants can attend Heartland GreenUp throug
 h a simple web interface providing realtime session video, popup slide
 s and interactive text-chat; or in our fully-immersive, 3D convention 
 center in Second Life™, opening March 25, 2010. Either way, you'll g
 et full benefit of Heartland GreenUp's presentations, panels and semin
 ars via live streaming video; network with other virtual attendees, vi
 rtual speakers and sponsor representatives; and get a first-hand look 
 at how technology is expanding our 'event horizon,' while adding only 
 minimally to Heartland GreenUp's carbon footprint.\n\nThe Symposium of
 fers sessions in four tracks – green computing, alternative energy, 
 public/private green initiatives and forecasting technology’s impact
  by 2020. A complete list of presenters is available at http://www.the
 heartlandgreenup.com today. Online registration is available at http:/
 /www.theheartlandgreenup.com including a discount offered through Apri
 l 1, 2010.\n\n“Participation in Iowa by industry leaders like HP and
  Google reinforce the importance of pursuing green technologies here a
 nd around the world,” said Leann Jacobson, president of the Technolo
 gy Association of Iowa. “The Technology Association of Iowa looks fo
 rward to sharing the innovations of our presenters and exhibitors in D
 es Moines in May.”\n\nHP is the Principle Sponsor for The Heartland 
 GreenUp. Major Sponsors include Net Direct Systems and Vital Support S
 ervices.\n\nTechnology Association of Iowa is a member-based, not-for-
 profit organization accelerating the success of Iowa’s technology in
 dustry. The association creates and sustains a positive environment fo
 r technology-based economic growth and job creation through innovation
 , advocacy, and leadership. Association members are included in organi
 zations of every size, involved in virtually every aspect of technolog
 y creation, production, application and education in Iowa. Visit http:
 //www.technologyiowa.org for more information about the Technology Ass
 ociation of Iowa.\n\n---a World2Worlds immersive and hybrid virtual pr
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 vents/leaders-in-green-technology
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CATEGORIES:symposium, on, green, technologies
LOCATION:Second Life and Des Moines, Iowa
WEBSITE:http://www.theheartlandgreenup.com
URL:http://www.theheartlandgreenup.com
CONTACT:(206) 310-6866
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