June 6th, 2012

HITEC Selected as Panelist for Advanced Technologies Symposium

Senator Richard Burr, the North Carolina Military Business Center, the North Carolina Military Foundation, University of North Carolina General Administration, and the Institute for Defense and Business will be  hosting the 2012 North Carolina Federal Advanced Technologies Symposium at the Friday Center at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill on July 16-17, 2012 at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

An expansion of the NCMBC’s Federal IT Symposia in 2010 and 2011, the Federal Advanced Technologies Symposium will focus on the future advanced technology needs of DoD and other federal agencies within the state.  The objective is to establish a dialogue between industry, academia and government and form partnerships to address the future needs of the federal government to meet the challenges ahead.

HITEC will be presenting information on Physiological Status Monitoring (PSM) – the real time visibility into the physical status of personnel operating in high stress and extreme environments, Remote Human Monitoring, and the role that Cloud Computing plays in the growth and development of these technologies.

Other companies who have been invited to participate on the panel include:

• Chair: NC State University – Dr. Michael Young
• University of North Carolina – Wilmington
• RTI International
• CommScope
• North Carolina Partnership for Defense Innovation (NCPDI)
• IEM
• TheraSim, Inc.
• CertiRex Corporation
• Montie Design / Montie Gear
• Smartrac Technology Group
• Epic Games