Since 2000, Data Connectors has been producing high-tech seminars and programs ranging from the e-Business/e-Security Expo and Conference, to programs on HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The firm has been extremely successful bringing these Silicon Valley type programs right into your own “backyard”. Program cities now include St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago and Nashville, with more on the way.Data Connectors is perhaps best known for its e-Business/e-Security Expo. Known as one of the largest technology events each year in the St. Louis area, the Expo is set for November 21, 2002. The show is expected to draw some 1,000 attendees. The full day event features many sessions on e-Business trends, CRM, e-Business applications, supply chain and web enablement. It also includes topics such as securing network infrastructure, wireless security, and network forensics, measuring IT security effectiveness, developing and implementing information security policies, and tools and techniques for auditing security risks. In addition to the seminars, there is an exhibitor showcase featuring a variety of high-tech e-Business and e-Security products and services open throughout the entire day. There is also a networking reception scheduled for 5pm, immediately following the show.
“The e-Business Conference features the hottest topics in the technology industry today,” said Kim Hakim, a partner with Data Connectors. “Any firm has to be concerned with security issues and protecting their assets. This program will look at the issue from all angles. Attendees will leave with a blueprint of how they can improve their e-security and also get a glimpse of the newest products and services in the world of technology.”
Hakim has booked several Silicon Valley type experts to speak at the conference. “We will have high-level executives from ORACLE, Bea Systems, and Macromedia, just to name a few. Where else can you find all this under one roof, in your own home town?”
In addition to the e-Business Expo, Data Connectors stages HIPAA Security and Privacy Conferences. These seminars focus on HIPAA regulations which are mandated by the federal government to protect the privacy of patient information. Set to go into effect in 2003, with full implementation by 2005, HIPAA will affect virtually every physician practice and insurance payer in the country. The regulations are designed to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of patient information among physicians, patients and health plans.
As healthcare organizations strive to leverage the Internet, they will deploy a security architecture to meet HIPAA regulations. Physicians, hospitals, and insurance providers must determine what changes are necessary in order to become fully compliant. That is where Data Connectors comes in.
The Data Connectors’ event brings together many experts on HIPAA regulations and related technology, and packages them together in a half-day learning seminar. Data Connectors has put-on the event in many cities and draws an outstanding mix of attendees from the legal, healthcare and IT industries.
“All our conferences are a big hit with sponsors because the attendees are a cut above of what you would normally find at a trade show,” Hakim said. She also said the feedback from those participating has been outstanding since the conferences are extremely informational.
Sponsors are in agreement. “Data Connectors consistently produces events that can only be called first class,” said Kim Morgan, marketing coordinator of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal a law firm with offices in the Midwest and frequent sponsor of Data Connectors’ events.
Suzanne Joyce, president of TechGuard Security, an Internet security firm, said the company has made many excellent contacts at events like the HIPAA conference. “Data Connectors has done an outstanding job of attracting a high-level audience. We’re very pleased with not only the large number but also the quality of attendees.”
For additional information concerning sponsorship or exhibitor space at the e-Business/e-Security Expo, or one of the HIPAA events, visit Data Connectors online www.dataconnectors.com or call 314-525-7140.