4th Draft of 2009 HTAH pitch copy

This year's theme: "Technology Threads - Connecting Our Community"

Founding sponsors: Oregon State University, Software Association of Oregon and the
Corvallis-Benton Chamber Coalition.

Join with technology and business leaders of the Willamette Valley. This is the ninth year of this important event that continues to grow even in this difficult economy. This year our high tech community is reaching out to connect with other groups in the Valley that value technology.

Get to know how tech can help your business and your people.

Explore the riches of innovation of the Willamette Valley and the great things regional companies are doing here.

Who do you know in your community? Here's a great chance to learn about how technology is helping increase the productivity of companies and improving the lives of our people.

Make real power connections in your back yard. Entrepreneurs, VCs, engineers, scientists and inventors and service providers who help make the Valley work. This year we are trying something new. We're expanding beyond the high tech community and are inviting other communities and business groups to join us at our premier annual event.

What do Manufacturing, Healthcare & Bioscience, Energy & Clean Tech, Agriculture & Forestry, High Tech and Education have in common? They are all touched by technology in important ways. Whether it is productivity, profits, promotions or people, technology touches all of us. There is a vast untapped wealth of talent and technology right here in the Willamette Valley. It is time to bring it together.

Quality of life means more than clean air, easy parking and taking the kids to soccer games. Successful companies hire graduates of our schools, pay taxes, support important civil programs and provide meaningful work for our people. Oregonians, by-in-large are modest, hard working people who would rather enjoy the fruits of their labors rather than talking about them, nor are they driven to succeed regardless of cost.



However, we sometimes miss the chance to network to create wealth and pass on the opportunity to those around us and future generations. Plus, there are many interesting people, companies and education programs that could help us grow and improve. HTAH will provide a unique venue to network with those outside your usual orbit to perhaps find new connections and synergy.

Why you should attend and your company or organization should show at HTAH

• Meet regional investors, potential employees, customers, entrepreneurs, technology suppliers, educators and other influential people.

• Make new business contacts and win new business.

• Learn about how others are using tech to improve performance and competitiveness.

• Show what your company does and how you're putting tech to work.

• Find business or technology solutions and demonstrate your solutions. By bringing together these different groups for the first time it's a great venue to cross-pollinate our products and experience.

• Get your company on our online social network and use it to promote your company and community here and around the world. Meet local, connect globally.

There will be a conference with dynamic speakers and stimulating discussions. An exhibit hall packed with informative company presentations. And this year we've invited leading groups in Manufacturing, Healthcare & Bioscience, Energy & Clean Tech, Agriculture & Forestry, High Tech and Education to be a part of the HTAH event.

We are bringing together leading people and businesses of the Willamette Valley and you are invited. Bring your company and your people - it's where you belong!

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