Rural Development News—Vol. 25 No 1, 2001

Conferences

Go for the Goal The 19th Annual Entrepreneurship Forum, Go for the Goal!, will be held November 3-6, 2001 at the Marriott Downtown in Salt Lake City, Utah. This conference provides opportunities for professional development, expanding your resources, enhancing achievement of your students, and sharing ideas with leaders in the nation. Conference registration is $245. To register or for more information, contact Cathy Ashmore, The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, (614) 486-6538, ashmorec@aol.com, http://www.entre-ed.org/. Midwest eBusiness Conference The Midwest eBusiness Conference will be held September 26-28, 2001 at the Scheman Conference Center on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The conference is designed to help participants understand the opportunities that eBusiness offers in today’s digital economy. This year’s conference will be available as a one-, two- or three-day package. Four distinct tracks will be offered: a general track covering both strategic and technical topics, a “how-to/success stories” track, an education track for service providers, and an industry-specific track. For more information contact Paul Gormley, conference director, (319) 721-5357, gormley@iastate.edu, http://www.ebusinessconference.org/index.html.   eVision Your Future The Docking Institute of Public Affairs will present the 10th annual Telepower® conference on September 26-27, 2001 on the campus of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. Telepower® 2001: eVision Your Future is designed to provide community leaders and businesses with a better understanding of the tremendous potential telecommunications and information technologies offer small towns for economic and community development. This year’s event will include information on supply chain management, eManufacturing, IT workforce training, community success stories for IT access, recruitment of information-based businesses, and electronic medical records. In addition, an afternoon of personal development workshops will be offered. A public policy panel on statewide economic development strategies will also be presented. Conference registration is $99. For more information contact Cathy Drabkin, Docking Institute of Public Affairs, (785) 628-5952, cdrabkin@fhsu.edu, http://www.fhsu.edu/docking/telepower.