Steve Forbes to Keynote NVTC’s Premier Titans Series
HERNDON, Va., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), the largest technology council in the nation, announced today that Steve Forbes, Chairman & CEO of Forbes Media and Editor-In-Chief of Forbes magazine, will officially kick off the fall Titans Series on September 15.
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Forbes’ presentation titled “What Now for the Economy?” will lend insight into the current status of our nation’s economy and where it is headed. During his keynote speech, he will address the following areas including how big is the recovery; areas of the economy that will boom, and those that will lag; status of small businesses and how they still face credit constraints; how regulatory reform of the financial system will evolve; and the impact of the coming military showdown between Israel and Iran.
Steve Forbes is President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine. Since Forbes assumed his position in 1990, the Company has launched a variety of new publications and businesses. The company’s flagship publication, Forbes, is the nation’s leading business magazine, with a circulation of over 900,000, with Forbes and Forbes Global together reaching a worldwide audience of nearly five million readers. Forbes writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading “Fact and Comment.” A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious Crystal Owl Award four times. The prize was formerly given by U.S. Steel Corporation to the financial journalist whose economic forecasts for the coming year proved most accurate.
DATE: Tuesday, September 15
TIME: 7 – 7:45 a.m. – Registration & Networking
7:45 – 9:15 a.m. – Program featuring Steve Forbes
LOCATION: West Belmont Place at The National Conference Center; Leesburg, VA
(Directions to West Belmont Place)
REGISTRATION: To register as a member of the press, please contact Kristine Gager at
703 218 3555 or via e-mail to kristine@w2comm.com
Free for press but must register in advance; Press credentials will be required for entry
The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) is the membership and trade association for the technology community in Northern Virginia and is the largest technology council in the nation. NVTC has about 1,100 member companies representing more than 200,000 employees. Its membership includes companies from all sectors of the technology industry and the service providers that support these companies, as well as universities, foreign embassies, non-profit organizations and governmental agencies. NVTC is recognized as the nation’s leader in providing its technology community with networking and educational events, specialized services and benefits, public policy advocacy, branding of its region as a major global technology center, initiatives in targeted business sectors and in the international, entrepreneurship, workforce and education arenas, the Equal Footing Foundation is a 501 C (3) non-profit charity that serves local area youth, and The Entrepreneur Center @NVTC to mentor new technology entrepreneurs. Visit NVTC at www.nvtc.org
SOURCE Northern Virginia Technology Council