As Maryland’s unemployment rate hovers just above 7 percent, the state’s leading tech trade associations are joining forces again to show legislators in Maryland’s General Assembly that technology is vital to the economy because it is at the epicenter of Maryland’s future job growth and prosperity. Hosted by the Tech Council of Maryland (TCM), Greater Baltimore Technology Council (GBTC), Chesapeake Regional Tech Council (CRTC), and the Maryland Computer Services Association (MCSA), the second annual MD IT Day Showcase will bring together key legislators and tech executives from around the state on February 24, 2010, at the Governor Calvert House in Annapolis.

More than 30 Maryland IT companies will participate in the 2010 MD IT Showcase, which is an intimate trade show that enables these businesses to educate legislators about their products and services. Legislators also will have the opportunity to meet with senior IT executives to gain a better understanding about what laws and issue are impacting them.

WHO: Leading Maryland IT Executives & Maryland’s Legislators
WHAT: MD IT SHOWCASE 2010
WHERE: Governor Calvert House, 58 State Circle, Annapolis, MD
WHEN: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

To learn more about reserving an exhibit table or to obtain a list of exhibiting companies, please call Steve Kozak at 410-327-9148 or e-mail him at stevek@gbtechcouncil.org, or visit here.

As reported by Bmore Media:

Maryland beat the odds when it came to technology-related jobs in 2009. The state saw growth in the computer systems design and related services adding 5,3000 jobs in 2009 as well as the management, scientific and technical consulting, where 4,500 jobs were added, subsectors and in fact, led the nation in both.

The 8.7 percent growth in computer systems design and related services and a 13.8% increase in management, scientific and technical consulting meant Maryland accounted for almost half of the jobs added nationally in those areas.

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