Succeeding in Sacramento: Celebrating our region's top technology companies, as well as SARTA's own 10th anniversary.

Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder, Apple Computer, Inc., will keynote SARTA Tech Index Luncheon   

Join us for the most exciting SARTA Tech Index Luncheon ever --

Lunch with The Woz -- Steve Wozniak, co-Founder of Apple Computer, Inc. and Chief Scientist, Fusion-IO.

Pioneer.  Innovator.  Visionary.  You won’t want to miss The Woz in Sacramento.

In addition, as we focus on Succeeding in Sacramento, we'll hear from CEOs at three Tech Index companies, who will provide their unique perspectives on their companies' successes in our regional technology sector.

This event will sell out, so register early to join our region's technology company executives, entrepreneurs, technologists, and all those who work with the sector.

Luncheon Program

10:30 - 11:30 am: 

• Exhibits, networking, and registration. 
  
• Exclusive VIP reception occurs simultaneously - limited to sponsors and VIP ticket-holders.
  

11:30 am - 1:30 pm:

• Luncheon, keynote speaker, and Tech Index awards

Tech Index Luncheon Sponsors

Executive Sponsor:            

Platinum Sponsor:

Gold Sponsor:

Silver Sponsor:

 
Five Star Bank
Moss Adams LLP
InterWest Insurance
StrataScale   
Aperio
Intel Corporation
Jenkins Insurance Group 
Pride Industries 
Rudolph & Sletten 
Unify Corporation 

Bronze Sponsor:

Branded Sac
UC Davis 
Meridian Systems
Le Rivage Hotel 
JDID Product Design
Gold Standard Diagnostics 
City of Roseville 

Keynote Speaker

A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than thirty years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak’s Apple I personal computer. The following year, he introduced his Apple II personal computer, featuring a central processing unit, a keyboard, color graphics, and a floppy disk drive. The Apple II was integral in launching the personal computer industry.

In 1981, he went back to UC Berkeley and finished his degree in electrical engineering/computer science. For his achievements at Apple Computer, Wozniak was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States in 1985, the highest honor bestowed on America’s leading innovators.

In 2000, he was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame and was awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for Technology, The Economy and Employment for single-handedly designing the first personal computer and for then redirecting his lifelong passion for mathematics and electronics toward lighting the fires of excitement for education in grade school students and their teachers.

Through the years, Wozniak has been involved in various business and philanthropic ventures, focusing primarily on computer capabilities in schools and stressing hands-on learning and encouraging creativity for students.  Making significant investments of both his time and resources in education, he adopted the Los Gatos School District, providing students and teachers with hands-on teaching and donations of state-of-the-art technology equipment. He founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and was the founding sponsor of the Tech Museum, Silicon Valley Ballet and Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose.

Wozniak currently serves as Chief Scientist for Fusion-IO and is a published author with the release of his New York Times best selling autobiography, iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon, in September 2006 by Norton Publishing. His television appearances include reality shows Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and The Big Bang Theory.

Featured Tech Index Company Speakers

Jeff Gray, CEO, Glue Networks

Todd Wille, CEO, Unify Corp

Michele Wong, CEO, Synergex and Clean World Partners

Registration Options

VIP All Access:

• Attend both the Luncheon as well as the VIP reception immediately preceding it -- usually open only to sponsors -- and in addition enjoy an exclusive photo opportunity with our keynote speaker.  All for a total price of only $300.
• These tickets are very limited in number, and will sell out, so act quickly!
  

Admission for One to Luncheon:

• From 10:30-11:30 enjoy the dynamic networking with Luncheon attendees and explore the exhibits, and then enter the Luncheon with your fellow attendees.
• These tickets are priced to reward early registration, so act quickly!
  • Before March 11: $100 non-members; $50 for SARTA members
  • March 12-24: $120 non-members; $60 for SARTA members
  • March 24 & 25 (subject to availability): $130 non-members; $65 for SARTA members

Admission for One to Luncheon + SARTA membership:

• Bundle a one-year Emerging Tech Company membership in SARTA ($100 value) with a ticket to attend the Luncheon for only $145