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A Publication of the
California Community Colleges
Economic & Workforce Development
Visit our website at www.cccewd.net
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(Long Beach, CA) – CeBIT, the world’s leading trade fair for digital business solutions and
information and communications technology (ICT), has announced that the State of California
has been selected the Partner State for next year’s event, which will run 3–8 March 2009 at
the Hannover Fairgrounds in Hannover, Germany. The invitation to participate as partner was
issued by CeBIT organizer Deutsche Messe AG and BITKOM (German Association for Information
Technology, Telecommunications and New Media); and accepted by California Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger.
California’s selection marks the first time that a state, not a country, will serve as partner
at CeBIT. CeBIT 2008 featured 67 exhibiting companies from California as well as other
California companies that registered through their international subsidiaries. California’s
participation at CeBIT 2009 will spotlight the state’s innovative ICT technologies in several
key industries, including: entertainment, Internet-based services, TeleHealth, security, consumer
electronics, digital content generation and distribution, aerospace, and research and technology.
Additionally, California will feature its Green IT initiatives.
Dale E. Bonner, Secretary of California’s Business, Transportation & Housing
Agency, said, “California is not only one of the world’s ten largest economies, it
is also a major source of information and communications technology and
venture capital. We are honored to be the official 2009 partner state and look
forward to demonstrating how ‘California’ is synonymous with technology
innovation and thus a perfect fit for CeBIT.”
The California Centers for International
Trade Development will be coordinating
the following inbound trade missions
and trade events with its partners.
Wusata Branded Seminar
August 13–1