SSTI’s 5th Annual Conference To be Held in Pittsburgh

Ben Franklin Technology Partners. Pittsburgh Technology Council. Industrial Resource Centers. Tech 21. Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse. Whether one is looking for examples of states’ efforts in workforce development, innovative university-industry research partnerships, effective technology councils, or practically any other tech-based economic development program, Pennsylvania is one of the first states to come to mind because of its long-standing tradition of supporting innovative approaches to building a tech-based economy.



With so many local, state, university, and federal efforts to cultivate science, technology and economic growth, it is only fitting that Pittsburgh will be the 2001 site of SSTI's annual conference on practical tools and policies for tech-based economic development. Building from the success of last year’s sell-out event in Chicago and the wealth of great resources in Pittsburgh — beginning with our host team of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, the Center for Economic Development at Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz Endowments, Innovation Works, the Pennsylvania Dept. of Community and Economic Development, the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, and the Pittsburgh Technology Council — SSTI is working to make sure our fifth annual event is the best conference yet for tech-based economic development practitioners and policymakers alike.



SSTI’s fifth annual conference will be held September 20-21, 2001. As in the past, several limited-seating, in-depth workshops and off-site tour options will precede the conference on Wednesday, September 19. The conference will be held at the historic Omni William Penn Hotel, located in the heart of the downtown business district. The 596-room hotel provides an intimate-yet-formal setting for the conference, a quality much appreciated by last year’s conference participants in Chicago. A special room rate of only $138 has been reserved at the hotel for SSTI conference registrants. (Mention the SSTI conference to get the discounted rate when calling 1-412-281-7100 to make reservations.)



For the conference, US Airways is also offering outstanding discounts for air travel to and from Pittsburgh (a U.S. Airways hub). Reservations can be made by calling 1-877-874-7687 (reference gold file number 13131883).



More information about the conference will be posted on SSTI’s website soon.



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