$35,000 Big Idea Business Plan Contest

Ben Franklin Venture Investment Forum, Ben Franklin Technology PArtners and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development are sponsors the $35,000 Big Idea Business Plan Contest. The Business Plan Contest is open to residents of the 34 counties in Central and Northern Pennsylvania. Entrepreneurs with an idea for a new business and business owners with a new company (one that did not have substantive sales before October 13, 2006) can compete to win $35,000 to implement their business plan. The application deadline is April 13, 2007.
Contact: (717) 948-6625 or by e-mail at BPContest@psu.edu.

Technology Council of Central PA events:
To Register visit www.tccp.org

Technology and Education Summit
January 18, 2007
Location: Harrisburg University, 215 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA
Networking/Breakfast/Registration: 7:45-8:15 a.m. Program from 8:15-11:30 a.m.

TechNet Networking Event
January 31, 2007
Location: Gullifty’s Underground in the Cedar Cliff Mall, Camp Hill
5:29 to 8:59 p.m.

Technology and Cyber Security Summit
February 16, 2007
Location: Central Pennsylvania College, Summerdale Campus-ATEC Building
Networking/Lunch/Registration: 12:15-12:55 p.m.
Program from 1-4 p.m.

The Pennsylvania Health Information Exchange
February 20, 2007
Location: Harrisburg Hilton-downtown Harrisburg
Networking/Breakfast/Registration: 8-8:45 a.m. Program from 8:45-11:30 a.m.

The Pennsylvania Chamber IT Security Roundtable:
Equipment End Of Life and IT Policies
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Holiday Inn Harrisburg-Hershey, Grantville, PA
8 a.m. to noon
The fee to attend is $35 for PA Chamber members, $50 for non-members, and includes a buffet breakfast starting at 8 a.m. The program will run from 9 a.m. to noon.
For your convenience, you may register in one of the following ways: PA Chamber's website; toll-free registration hotline 877 866-8965; secure fax 717 238-3316. Please use Priority Code E182 when registering.

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