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The January/February 2015 issue of Foreign Affairs includes a special series on entrepreneurship. To get a look inside the issue and discuss its ideas and implications, the California Technology Council spoke to Gideon Rose, Editor of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Congresswoman Jackie Speier spoke to the CTC about major technology policy issues she expected to drive dialogue in 2015.
Congresswoman Speier examined the prospects for cybersecurity in the year ahead.
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Congressman Mike Honda on Net Neutrality
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren looked ahead at 2015 and predicted that privacy and an open Internet would be major issues in technology policy.
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Congresswoman Jackie Speier Looks Ahead
Congressman Mike Honda on Net Neutrality
On January 9th, the CTC hosted its 2015 Tech Policy Preview. We asked leaders from government and the private sector what they viewed as the critical issues in tech policy in the year ahead.
Congressman Mike Honda spoke to the CTC about Net Neutrality - an issue he believes will be the technology policy issue of greatest importance in 2015.
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Congresswoman Jackie Speier Looks Ahead
On Friday, January 9th, the CTC will bring together a panel of tech policy gurus to look at the issues and challenges for the year ahead. From Sacramento to Washington, DC, the policy intrigue in 2015 promises to keep industry advocates very busy. Ranging from the device tax to another shot at intellectual property, and from data security to net neutrality and immigration, the tech perspective will rise to the top of the page with great frequency this year. Join us for this insider’s look at the technology policy agenda for 2015
Here they come. The California Technology Council, like more than 40 sister organizations around the continent, are built for the purpose of serving the innovation community very broadly. One of the common elements to virtually every tech council in the US is the provision of member services, particularly savings on products and access to specials crafted exclusively for member companies. This is made possible by unique dialogues with dozens of vendors. Watch this space for member benefit updates in the days ahead.
Starting with our new Tribune Daily, the Tech Council will be rolling out several new forms of content in the year ahead. Look for changes on our website and in the ways that we present news and research. Coming this summer, we’ll publish original research with a range of complementary content. Thanks to our Economic Advisory Board and a wide variety of innovators and entrepreneurs, we’re excited about the research and ideas we have coming your way.
Grassroots movement maker Change.org raised $25 million in December from the likes of Bill Gates, the Omidyar Network and Richard Branson. The company provides a service that allows a movement to build its own momentum based on crowd-sourced participation. Does this fundraise reflect the ultimate tech for good story? The CTC will have more on this in the near future.
Top company Trimble Navigation of Sunnyvale (NASDAQ: TRMB) joined the ranks of companies receiving FAA exemptions to use drones for commercial purposes this month. The exemption, called a Section 333 Exemption, brings Trimble and a number of engineering and infrastructure firms into a class that previously included a cohort of film production companies. Seven film companies have been granted FAA exemptions in 2014, beginning with six in September, thanks to efforts by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Many other leading multinational companies, ranging from Amazon to Domino's Pizza, have made strides in drone applications.
The CTC is pleased to add former Californian Brian McGowan to the list of distinguished Fellows who provide advice and a sounding board to the CTC on all matters in policy and strategy. McGowan is a national economic development and non-profit leader currently serving as Chief Operating Officer of the Metro Atlanta Chamber, one of the largest regional chambers of commerce in the country. Brian served in the Obama Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and previously served for many years in public roles in California's economic development community.
Dutch innovation leader Bart Sattler joins the California Technology Council as a Fellow. Bart currently serves as the coordinator for the network of innovation attaches throughout the global network of the Netherlands Office of Science and Technology (NOST). Bart is an old friend to US technology councils and previously served in the Silicon Valley and Washington, DC posts of NOST.
Top Bay Area real estate figure Edward Del Beccaro joins the California Technology Council's Economic Advisory Board. Ed is Managing Director of the Transwestern East Bay office. He brings perspectives in commercial real estate, innovation, economic development and growth. Ed is a leader in the community in many respects, including his on-going service to the boards of the East Bay EDA and East Bay Leadership Council. Ed will also play a role in the CTC Clean Acres Advisory Board.
The California Technology Council is pleased to welcome Gene Russell, CEO of Manex Consulting, to its Economic Advisory Board. Gene leads the Manex team tasked with supporting manufacturers of all kinds with innovating, improving process, investing in people and much more. Manex is the NIST-designated manufacturing extension partnership for Northern California.
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) referred to the US tax code as a "rotting economic carcass" this morning at a Digital Economy Roundtable in Palo Alto. He wasn't alone in pointing out the obsolescence of important pieces of US code.
Summit participant Chad Swaim gives his perspective from Summit held in September
I am currently the Director of Technology for the Wheatland School District. I recently attended the 2014 Education Technology Summit in Santa Clara put on by the California Technology Council. I was asked to write a short guest piece on the value I found in the meeting and with Education Technology startup companies and entrepreneurs. I believe it was time well spent. There were many great discussions and collaborations that came from this meeting. It is always good to know what companies are thinking when it comes to developing technology for education. It seems the struggles are real for both sides of the field.
