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From: Cristina Polesel
Thread: Press Release on CeBIT from Garett Ashley
Subject: Press Release on CeBIT from Garett Ashley
Dear CTP associate:
Have you seen the press release from Garrett Ashley of BTH on CeBIT?
CALIFORNIA SELECTED AS PARTNER STATE FOR CeBIT 2009
California’s Selection Marks First Time a State, Not a Country, Will Serve as Partner
(Long Beach, CA) – CeBIT, the world’s leading trade fair for digital business solutions and information and communications technology (ICT), has announced that the State of California has been selected the Partner State for next year’s event, which will run 3–8 March 2009 at the Hannover Fairgrounds in Hannover, Germany. The invitation to participate as partner was issued by CeBIT organizer Deutsche Messe AG and BITKOM (German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media); and accepted by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
California’s selection marks the first time that a state, not a country, will serve as partner at CeBIT. CeBIT 2008 featured 67 exhibiting companies from California as well as other California companies that registered through their international subsidiaries. California’s participation at CeBIT 2009 will spotlight the state’s innovative ICT technologies in several key industries, including: entertainment, Internet-based services, TeleHealth, security, consumer electronics, digital content generation and distribution, aerospace, and research and technology. Additionally, California will feature its Green IT initiatives.
Dale E. Bonner, Secretary of California’s Business, Transportation & Housing Agency, said, "California is not only one of the world’s ten largest economies, it is also a major source of information and communications technology and venture capital. We are honored to be the official 2009 partner state and look forward to demonstrating how ‘California’ is synonymous with technology innovation and thus a perfect fit for CeBIT."
According to a recent American Electronics Association (AeA) study, California's high-tech industry added 21,400 ...(more)
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