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February 19, 2021
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After the Luncheon: Innovation Partnerships for Virginia
Member News: Cadence Achieves Bronze Medal from EcoVadis for Sustainability
InnoVault Pitch Night | Winchester (2/26)
DIGITAL: Dukes Inspiring Girls in Technology Across Limits| Free Webinar for High School Girls (2/27)
Tech Bytes 2021: Social Media OPSEC, Targeting Analysis and Countermeasures | Free Webinar (3/1)
Your Voice Is Power | Student Coding Competition and Learning Experience (first round closes 3/12)
Robotics Camp | Ages 9 - 12 | Harrisonburg (March)
Have a Virtual Technology Event? We'll Share it in our Newsletter and Calendar!
Shenandoah Valley Open Tech Jobs
Rocktown Tech Slack Channel Link
David Ihrie of the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) joined us virtually on February 18th to discuss CIT Smart Communities, the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority (VIPA), and what projects might lend themselves for development in the Shenandoah Valley. 

For those who were unable to attend or want to refer back to the content, take a look at his slides (PDF) or watch the video from our Luncheon Presentation page: https://svtc-va.org/luncheon-presentations/. 


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Staunton, VA (February 17, 2021) - Cadence, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a bronze medal for sustainability from EcoVadis, the world's largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings.

Cadence's rating derived from EcoVadis' sustainability scorecard that provided performance data in four main categories - environment, ethics, labor and human rights, and sustainable procurement.
 
"We are extremely proud of the bronze medal from EcoVadis," stated Chris McHugh, Vice President of Operations.  "Corporate Social Responsibility is important to our customers and this award confirms our commitment to sustainability for the betterment of our customers, stakeholders, employees, and the environment."
 
Founded in 2007, EcoVadis has created a global network of more than 75,000 companies in over 160 countries that are sustainability rated. EcoVadis is the world's most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, intelligence, and collaborative performance improvement tools for global supply chains. 
 
About Cadence, Inc. - Cadence is a full-service contract manufacturer for medical device, diagnostics, aerospace, and commercial companies worldwide.  Our services range from initial product design through manufacturing, supply chain management, and full warehousing and logistics.  Cadence employs approximately 500 people with its corporate headquarters in Staunton, Virginia and additional locations in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.  For more information on Cadence, please visit our website at cadenceinc.com.    

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February 26, 2021 | 5:30 pm | Innovault, Winchester

Reserve your seat as an audience participant by getting one of the Attend tickets or apply to pitch by getting one of the Apply to Pitch Tickets.

Pitch Applicants
Do you have a business idea but you're just not sure how or where to begin? Do you know there's an opportunity to scale your current business but just need some expert advice or funding to get you there? Do you have questions about patents, intellectual property, manufacturing, distribution, marketing, getting investors?

This is your opportunity to pitch your idea for a new Product, Service, Business OR your idea to scale your current business to a panel of business experts and investors! Innovault, Winchester's Idea LaunchPad, TechTeam, Virginia's IT Support Experts, and Crystel Clear Business Strategies, Virginia's Most Sought After High-Performance Business Coach is launching Pitch Night 2021!

Application & additional information: https://crystelclearbusiness.com/pitchnight/ 

3 Selected entrepreneurs (and or people with cool or crazy ideas) will be provided with
  • Live training, (via Zoom) with Alex Skinner, economic anthropologist, CFO of startup IP Haus, and Founder of InnoVault Coworking, through his proven Pitch Masterclass
  • Alex's step by step template to creating and perfecting your pitch
  • Opportunity to Pitch to Investors, Entrepreneurs, Financial Gurus and other Business Experts
  • Feedback from the experts
  • Exposure on any of the following media platforms utilized for Pitch Night 2021
  • Social Media
  • Television
  • Radio
  • Newspaper
The winner of Pitch Night 2021 will receive:
  • One-Month of business coaching with High-Performance Business Coach and Best-Selling Author, Crystel Lynn Smith ($1,200.00 value)
  • One -Year Flex-Time Membership at Winchester's sought after Innovault ($2,388 value)
  • AND $1,000!
Audience Members
Due to COVID restrictions seating is limited to 30. Reserve your audience seat: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pitch-night-2021-tickets-128499127349 


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February 27, 2021 | 1:00 pm

Dr. Nicki Washington, Professor of the Practice at Duke University, will be the speaker for this year's DIGITAL event! Dr. Washington is the author of Unapologetically Dope, and she will be sharing her advice on surviving and thriving in technical fields. Her talk will run 30 minutes and then attendees will have the opportunity to join small breakout discussions. We're excited to facilitate conversations with young women interested in technology and our university students and alumni working in tech fields.

Be one of the first 70 registrants and you'll receive a free copy of Dr. Washington's book, Unapologetically Dope, a short hands-on activity, JMU swag, and a treat!

Dr. Washington talks about her book- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVgubGuLYRQThis event will be held via Zoom. 

Questions? Contact Melissa Heatwole at heatwoml@jmu.edu or 540-568-4226. 


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March 1, 2021 | 6-8 pm

Voya Financial Chief Security Architect Rich Wickersham will be presenting a free online presentation "Social Media OPSEC, Targeting Analysis and Countermeasures" 6-8 p.m. March 1st. His talk will review the continuing need for employee and corporate operations security (OPSEC) on social media platforms, focusing on LinkedIn.
 
Wickersham has more than 20 years of experience designing, implementing and securing resilient architectures for both public and private organizations. He has held previous leadership roles at AIG, Fannie Mae, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. His presentation will focus on threats and attacks in the social media age and measures to counter those threats.
 
This is the first presentation in the Tech Bytes 2021 series, which is partly funded by a gift from the National Center for Women & Information Technology's Learning Circles Program designed to attract more women and minorities to the computer science field. Funding is also coming from Delti Phi, LFCC's chapter of the international technology honor society Epsilon Pi Tau, as an effort to provide networking opportunities to students.
 
If interested in attending, please contact Computer Science Professor
Melissa Stange at mstange@lfcc.edu by 9 a.m. March 1.
 
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Pharrell Williams, Georgia Tech, and Amazon invite you to engage your students in an inspiring new learning experience that explores the ways music, computer science, and entrepreneurship can be tools to advance racial equity.

Students explore how computer science, music, and entrepreneurship can advance equity. Using Georgia Tech's EarSketch platform, students code a 30 second - 3 minute musical remix using Pharrell's new song "Entrepreneur". Submitted remixes will be judged based on quality of music, code, and messaging by a panel of industry professionals.

Students can compete with their class or on their own from January 15 to June 4, 2021. Five students will win a $5,000 scholarship or grant to start a business, and five teachers will receive $1,000 for above and beyond instruction.

There will be two rounds: 
  • Round one opens on January 19, 2021 and closes March 12, 2021
  • Round two opens on March 15, 2021 and closes June 4, 2021

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March 3 - 31, 2021 (Wednesdays) | 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
JMU Ice House, Harrisonburg

Curious? Competitive? Detailed? Enjoy using computers and machines? If you answered yes to any of these, this exciting robotics camp is for you! Each day you'll use the latest robotic arm technology to learn a variety of technical skills required to complete robotic task challenges that will have your heart racing!

All children will be required to wear a mask, and the camp will be practicing guidelines in keeping with CDC recommendations. Students may not participate unless they are symptom free per CDC guidelines.


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