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Events » Fall Membership Gala
Fall Membership Gala
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- Follow instructions on entering the promotional code, which is FXNCTCX
- Make sure you create a password so that you can access the archives, videos and future Trend Reports
- Missed the Gala but still want to see the 81 Reasons to Connect Video? Click here! (Don't forget the landing page!)
Announcement: Take the SmartWay Bus to the Fall Gala!
Enjoy more networking time, support regionalism, be environmentally friendly, and be SMART getting there. 
- SmartWay will leave the K-mart shopping center in Christiansburg at 4:05pm and arrive at The Hotel Roanoke at 5:10. (Don't worry, we'll open the bar 20 minutes early for our SMART people!)
- SmartWay will depart the Hotel Roanoke at 9:20pm and return to K-mart.
- The cost is $8 ($4 each way, the standard fare). No food or drink on the bus.
The NCTC Fall Membership Gala
A Salute to Technology: The Future That Was & Will Be
September 1, 2010
The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center
5:30pm Reception
7pm Dinner & Program
At this year's Fall Gala, we're nodding our cap to the technology of yesteryear while celebrating the possibilities of tomorrow. To salute the innovations of days past, we're hosting a showcase that will include items like the original Atari, the first Macintosh, a DeLorean, and who knows what else! And to celebrate the possibilities of what tomorrow may bring, we've invited our keynote speaker, David Houle. David is focused on the future - it's what he does, it's in his title (he's a Futurist), and he's an author (The Shift Age). David focuses his strategic thinking on "what will come to be" and his keynote address will focus on our transition from The Information Age to The Transformation Decade. This year's Fall Gala will be full of fun, a few surprises, and inspirational prognostication. View photos from last year's Fall Gala.
Do you have some nostalgic technology you want to share? Email us!!
This year, the NCTC Fall Gala is part of a weeklong event celebrating the energy and ingenuity of university students and their important contributions to the global economy. VT KnowledgeWorks inaugural Global Student Business Concept Challenge, which provides student teams from all over the world the chance to compete for $30,000 in prize money. To date, the Global Challenge has confirmed student representation from England, Finland, France, Israel, Italy, Mexico, and Uruguay. Learn more.
$65 for NCTC Members; $100 for Non-members
Table Sponsorship is $550 for NCTC members (includes 8 seats,
preferred seating, and table sign with your company name)
Black tie optional.
Keynote Speaker
 David Houle is a futurist, strategic advisor and speaker. Houle spent more than 20 years in media and entertainment and won two Emmys. He has worked at NBC, CBS and was part of the senior executive team that created and launched MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, and CNN Headline News.
Houle is consistently ranked as one of the top futurists and futurist keynote speakers and has keynoted numerous conferences across the country and internationally. He won a speaker of the year award from Vistage International, the leading organization of CEOs in the world. He is often called "the CEOs' Futurist" having spoken to or advised 1,200+ CEOs and business owners in the past two years. He writes the highly regarded futurist blog, www.evolutionshift.com, with the tag line "A Future Look At Today". Learn more about David Houle.
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