FWD.us and New American Economy Host #iCodeImmigration in Salt Lake City

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Leading Entrepreneurs, Investors, Technologists, and Policy Experts Will Discuss the Critical Need for Immigration Reform in Salt Lake City and Across the Country 

Salt Lake City, UT – FWD.us will join with New Economy (NAE) to host an #iCodeImmigration event in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 25, 2014 at 10:00 AM (MT). Leading entrepreneurs, investors, technologists, and policy experts will discuss why immigration reform is critical to the tech and start-up community in Salt Lake City and across the country. Through the #iCodeImmigration campaign, stopping in multiple cities across the U.S., entrepreneurs will share why immigration reform is critical to the tech and start-up communities, and urge Congress to accelerate immigration reform this year.

#iCodeImmigration is part of the #iAmImmigration campaign to engage sectors across the economy and push for reform this year.  Learn more at icodeimmigration.org.

WHAT: #iCodeImmigration in Salt Lake City

WHO:

  • U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R – UT)
  • Amy Rees Anderson, Managing Partner & Founder of REES Capital
  • Ashok Joshi, President & CEO of Ceramatec
  • Bassam Salem, Chief Business Officer of inContact
  • David Elkington, CEO of Inside Sales
  • Darren Lee, EVP/GM Information Archiving & Governance Products Group of Proofpoint
  • Jim Dreyfous, Managing Partner & Founder of Pelion Ventures
  • Jordan Burke, Director of Silicon Slopes (Moderator)
  • Richard Nelson, CEO of the Utah Tech Council
  • Stan Lockhart, Government Affairs Manager at Micron/IM Flash Technologies

WHEN:

Friday, April 25, 2014
10:00 AM (MT)

WHERE:

Proofpoint Inc
13997 South Minuteman Drive
Suite 300
Draper, UT 84020

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