Denver Biz Tech Expo aims to educate and connect.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: NOT JUST FOR TECHIES

The Denver Biz Tech Expo, a co-production of Colorado Technology Partners, a local consortium of IT consulting firms, and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, will be held at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver's Lowry neighborhood Oct. 24 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

"The theme is, 'Where can government help business owners and where can they stay out of the way?'" says David DeCamillis, president of the Denver Biz Tech Expo. "We want people to be engaged."

DeCamillis, whose day-job is heading up business development at Denver's Platte River Networks, says exhibitors will include representatives from such government agencies as the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Patent and Trade Office, as well as local and national providers, including title sponsors Latisys and Dell.

Numerous local app developers will also be in attendance, as well as a wide array of local IT providers. DeCamillis says he expects 1,200 to 1,500 attendees, representing as many as 1,000 different companies--more than double the 650 attendees and 400 companies in 2012.

"It's going to be a lot more interactive," says DeCamillis. "Dell's going to do an end-to-end solution demo area, desktop to switches to firewall to backup. They'll be able to show off that technology."

And $5 of every $50 registration fee goes to a pair of scholarships: "Young Women in Technology" and "Young Men in Technology." DeCamillis hopes to award more than $5,000 in all.

The agenda also includes a "Town Hall" panel at 1 p.m. with Winslow Sargeant of the Small Business Administration, Colorado Secretary of Technology Kristin Russell, and Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver...