CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
Intl Trade
11-26-08
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
Governor Schwarzenegger announced California will be the first state to be the official partner
of the worlds largest trade fair for digital business solutions and information and communications
technology CeBIT. The trade fair only partners with nations but California will be highlighted as
if it were a nation.
California will spotlight the states innovative ICT technologies in several key industries
including green IT, entertainment, Internet-based services, TeleHealth, security, consumer
electronics, digital content generation and distribution, aerospace, and research and technology.
The star attraction of the Partner State program will be the Germany-California ICT Summit.
I am excited to officially announce that California will be the 2009 CeBIT partner state, a role
previously reserved only for nations, and we look forward to demonstrating Californias global
leadership in information communications technology, said Governor Schwarzenegger.
CeBIT 2009 will take place March 3-8, 2009 in Hannover, Germany. In 2008, CeBIT attracted
495,000 attendees from 96 countries, 5,900 exhibitors from 77 countries and more than 7,000
press and media representatives from over 72 countries
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute
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