Date: November 13, 2008
Time: 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Innovation Depot, 1500 1st Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203
This casual event will bring together Birmingham’s tech crowd to meet fellow professionals, network, and share ideas. Join us at Innovation Depot, the newest hotspot for Birmingham tech companies and a great place to throw a party!
Enjoy live music, finger food, and a cash bar while you meet and mingle with other tech-minded professionals in a fun and laid-back environment.
TechMixer events are attended by the metro area’s best and brightest companies who value the enrichment of the technical community. The Birmingham area consists of growing firms in many vertical markets including manufacturing, medical, financial, and law to name a few.
The entrepreneurial spirit thrives at Innovation Depot, a business incubation facility and program that focuses on the development of emerging biotechnology/life science, information technology and service businesses, and operates in partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Innovation Depot combines the expertise of business incubation professionals with a next-generation facility offering entrepreneurs the space and equipment needed to take businesses from concept to reality. Located in the heart of Birmingham, Innovation Depot is just minutes away from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, an internationally recognized research university and academic health center, and from the city’s legal and financial district.
TechMixer Unplugged attendees will have the unique opportunity to learn more about the companies who currently make Innovation Depot their home as they host an open house during the event.
Unplugged Update: The 2008 Unplugged event will play host to awards honoring technology companies in the region and through-out the state.
Technology Advocacy Groups
Recognize the Best of State and Local Tech
The two leading technology advocacy groups in Alabama are partnering for the largest single night of awards in Alabama history. The event will take place at the upcoming TechMixer Unplugged event.
TechBirmingham will feature three new awards, focused on Birmingham-based recipients:
• Innovative Product of the Year
• Startup of the Year
• Entrepreneurial Spirit of the Year
The Alabama Information Technology Association (AITA) will also present their annual “Leadership in Technology” awards which honor technology companies and individuals state-wide:
• Lifetime Achievement Award
• Small Technology Company of the Year
• Large Technology Company of the Year
• Technology Entrepreneur of the Year
• Executive Leadership in Technology
The TechMixer Unplugged event will be held at the Innovation Depot, from 5:30pm to 8:30pm on Thursday, November 13th. Awards will be announced throughout the evening.
