Mass Software Council Annual Meeting and Business/Economic Outlook Set for January 14.

Red Hat Chairman to Keynote

Economic, Business, Technology Leaders to Present 2005 Outlook

Breakout Sessions on Nanotechnology, RFID, Homeland Security, Bio/Health IT

WHAT:   Mass Software Council 2005 Annual Meeting and
            Business/Economic Outlook

   




				

				
				 
				


 WHEN:   Friday, January 14 -- 8:00 AM to 1:30 PM

    WHERE:  Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge

DETAILS:

The Massachusetts Software Council 2004 Annual Meeting and Networking Event will feature:

--a keynote address by Matthew J. Szulik, chairman, CEO, president of Red Hat, Inc.;

--regional/national economic outlook by Cathy Minehan, president & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston;

--IT purchasing outlook by Gary Beach, group publisher, CXO Media & CIO Magazine;

--technology and business outlook by John Landry, technology wizard and chairman/CTO of Adesso Systems;

--breakout sessions on nanotechnology, moderated by Jeff Crown, Essex Partners; RFID, moderated by Jim Daniell, Echelon Partners; Homeland Security, moderated by Eric Lundquist, eWeek; and Bio/Health IT, moderated by Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe;

--an announcement by Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance Eric Kriss relating to the state's open standards software.