eMerge Americas Techweek, Tuesday, May 6, 2014, Miami Beach Convention Center
FIU has partnered with the Technology Foundation of the Americas to host eMerge Americas Techweek, a conference that brings together civic leaders, industry titans, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders with the purpose of establishing a technology hub for the Americas. The conference is an opportunity for entrepreneurs and investors to come together to develop and fund innovative projects and discuss the role of education in a tech-driven economy. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg together with J.P. Morgan’s head of U.S. Southeast Private Bank, Phil Conway, and Florida State Rep. Erik Fresen, will host a discussion about the use of innovation and technology in education reform at 10:20 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
On hand at the conference will be representatives of the Florida Small Business Development Center at FIU, who will be providing no-cost consulting to entrepreneurs and businesses. Representatives of the FIU Applied Research Center will be available as well.
At its pavilion, on May 5 and 6, FIU will showcase work recently funded by the National Science Foundation to develop greater network infrastructure in the Americas – OpenWave 100G project and Americas Lightpaths (AmLight).