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The TechTour is a one-day event that enables high school students from the Central Virginia area to take tours of local technology companies. The students talk to and interact with technology professionals. TechTour is an initiative of the VPTC whose goal is to expand the tours into an annual program for 500 to 1500 students.  The Tech Tour will be hosted this year by Piedmont Virginia Community College and will kick-off and end at the Dickenson Center on their campus.
Students:
  • To expose students to the world of technology and work places
  • To encourage students to study technology or related fields of interest
  • To inform students about the requirements for work in technology
  • To educate students about employment opportunities with technology companies
Participating companies:
  • To have companies help students envision themselves as future technology employees or technology entrepreneurs
  • To enable companies to show-case their products and their presence in the community through the media, sponsorship, and direct participation
Students Companies
10th and 11th-graders from
Central Virginia schools		 Charlottesville/Albemarle area
technology firms
Albemarle
Amherst
CASBA
Madison
Charlottesville
Greene
Fluvanna
Shenendoah
Louisa
Computers4Kids		 A-Systems
Adelphia Business Solutions
Albemarle County
Aker Wade
Barton Malow
Biotage
Category 4
Charlottesville Airport
Crutchfield
GE Fanuc
Music Today
National Ground Intelligence Center
National Optronics
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
SNL Financial
Sperry Marine
UVa Library
UVa ITC
UVa Medical Automation Research Center
WCAV Channel 19

March 3, 2005 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The starting point will be the Dickinson Building at Piedmont Virginia Community College.

Four different levels of sponsors have been established with publicity related to the level of contribution. Visit the Sponsors Page for a list of this year's sponsors >>
    Founding TechTour Sponsors
    Platinum TechTour Sponsors
    Gold TechTour Sponsors
    Silver TechTour Sponsors		 $2,500
$1,000
$500
$250

Gail Milligan
VPTC, Executive Director
434-817-6303
gmilligan@vptc.org

John Peterson
University Of Virginia
Founder & Event Director
434-249-4219
tour@vptc.org

 
 
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