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TechTalk enews: February 2021
TechTalk enews provides a monthly round-up of member updates, technological advancements, energy news, milestones and awards, industry news and featured content on the Council’s annual sponsors. Check out what’s happening in the Council’s January 2021 issue of TechTalk!
Attracting tech companies to Arizona is about more than taxes and regulations
PADT, Inc. Co-founder and Principal Eric Miller discusses how taxes and regulations are, in fact, smaller contributors in regard to attracting out-of-state tech companies to Arizona. If we want to attract more technology companies to our state, we have to take a measured approach and put as much or more emphasis on those other factors.
Honeywell Aerospace and Solugenix execs elected to Council Board of Directors
The Arizona Technology Council announced it has appointed Mike Stewart, vice president of Advanced Technology Engineering, Honeywell Aerospace, and Amit Bhandari, vice president of Strategic Relationships, Solugenix, to its board of directors. Stewart and Bhandari were elected unanimously to serve three-year terms at the Council’s quarterly board meeting held on January 28, 2021.
Technology crucial to AZ recovery from Covid
Over the past few decades, small businesses have gradually integrated more technology into their operations. But in the last year, digital infrastructure became more crucial than ever. Thankfully, the new year and new political leadership in Arizona present opportunities to embrace the industry that has kept businesses connected during the pandemic: technology.
TechTalk enews: January 2021
TechTalk enews provides a monthly round-up of member updates, technological advancements, energy news, milestones and awards, industry news and featured content on the Council’s annual sponsors. Check out what’s happening in the Council’s January 2021 issue of TechTalk!
INTERVIEW: AZTC + The Western Way say corporate partnerships will help stimulate renewables
Following a joint report from their two entities, Doran Miller, Arizona director of the Western Way and Steve Zylstra, president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council, think 2021 has the potential to be an important year for renewables in the state. The pair hope that the report can offer concrete methods to legislative officials following a rapid support for clean energy in the state, including new energy rules that call for decarbonization by 2050.
SciTech Festival unlocks the mystery of science and technology. It may boost our economy, too.
The Arizona SciTech Festival is entering its 10th year, a good time to look back on how we started and where we’re going. The festival is more than just an impressive array of events where you can build a rocket, experience river biology or gaze at the stars. What’s more, the festival is a convening place for Arizona’s STEM ecosystem. It’s an opportunity for teachers, professionals and industry leaders to meet, fly the STEM banner, and strategize how they can continue to build support for STEM and attract young people into the field.
2021 predictions from Arizona’s technology ecosystem
Despite the challenges we’ve faced, Arizona is still on the rise and can be compared side by side with the most influential and powerful technology hubs across the nation and even the world. There are many technology sectors that will continue to push Arizona’s explosive growth forward in 2021. What follows Steve Zylstra’s emerging technologies expected to impact Arizona’s technology ecosystem in the coming year and beyond.
New report sees Arizona leading the way on clean energy
A new report released by The Western Way, an environmental advocacy organization, and the Arizona Technology Council reveals that Arizona is on track to continue building on its booming carbon-free energy sector. According to the report authors, the innovation sector at-large is the most significant nexus between good business and good environmental stewardship.