FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The inaugural Tech Yeah convention started Monday, with organizers hoping to showcase the alternatives out there to potential employers contemplating a transfer to West Virginia.
Monday’s occasion was a welcome reception on the Marriott at Waterfront Place in Morgantown. A number of displays will occur Tuesday on the Robert H. Mollohan Analysis Heart in Fairmont.
Occasion organizer Randy Cottle mentioned the middle’s location on the I-79 Expertise Park permits firms to grasp the enterprise potentialities in West Virginia.
“We truly reside on Silicon Mountain,” Cottle mentioned on Monday’s “MetroNews Talkline.”
“They’ve Silicon Valley out in California, however right here we now have all these authorities know-how companies, and we actually wish to make sure that individuals are conscious of this as a result of we try to convey extra jobs and alternatives to our state.”
Cottle mentioned he needs firms to be taught extra in regards to the work occurring on the I-79 Expertise Park and the relationships between non-public companies and the general public sector.
“You see these large satellites on the hill and surprise what it’s,” Cottle mentioned. “With the climate happening, they don’t understand many of the information that’s being collected is popping out of there.”
Organizers have bought all out there tickets for this yr’s convention. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Gayle Manchin, the federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Fee, will ship remarks Tuesday morning.
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The inaugural Tech Yeah convention started Monday, with organizers hoping to showcase the alternatives out there to potential employers contemplating a transfer to West Virginia.
Monday’s occasion was a welcome reception on the Marriott at Waterfront Place in Morgantown. A number of displays will occur Tuesday on the Robert H. Mollohan Analysis Heart in Fairmont.
Occasion organizer Randy Cottle mentioned the middle’s location on the I-79 Expertise Park permits firms to grasp the enterprise potentialities in West Virginia.
“We truly reside on Silicon Mountain,” Cottle mentioned on Monday’s “MetroNews Talkline.”
“They’ve Silicon Valley out in California, however right here we now have all these authorities know-how companies, and we actually wish to make sure that individuals are conscious of this as a result of we try to convey extra jobs and alternatives to our state.”
Cottle mentioned he needs firms to be taught extra in regards to the work occurring on the I-79 Expertise Park and the relationships between non-public companies and the general public sector.
“You see these large satellites on the hill and surprise what it’s,” Cottle mentioned. “With the climate happening, they don’t understand many of the information that’s being collected is popping out of there.”
Organizers have bought all out there tickets for this yr’s convention. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Gayle Manchin, the federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Fee, will ship remarks Tuesday morning.
