On behalf of the organizing committee of TANA (Telugu Association of North America) 2007, we invite you to the "Destination AP: Capitalizing on a Flat World" conference from July 5-7, 2007 at the Washington Convention Center, Washington DC. 
 
For those who are not familiar, the Telugus hail from the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.  More than 25% of all Information Technology talent from India in the US originates from the state of Andhra Pradesh (there are more than 300,000 Telugus in the US). The US Presidents, George Bush and Bill Clinton; the Google Founders, Larry Page & Sergey Brin; the Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates & CEO Steve Ballmer; the Motorola CEO, Ed Zander and many other global business & technology leaders have visited Hyderabad, the state Capital, during the past few years.
 
For this year's conference the confirmed guests of honor / keynote speakers include the former US President, Bill Clinton, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu (the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh), Sri Sri Ravi Sankar ("The Art of Living"), Vikram Akula (TIME 2006 list of 100 most influential people on the planet), Janaki Akella (McKinsey, Silicon Valley), Srini Akkaraju (Forbes Midas List 2006 & 2007), etc...this year's event is shaping up to be the biggest & best Business Forum in the history of TANA. In addition to the keynote addresses, the Business Seminar includes panels on Biotech/Pharma/Healthcare, IT/Outsourcing, and Infrastructure/Real Estate featuring some of the prominent business and technology leaders amongst the NRI Telugus as well those from AP.

The Business Forum influential and inspirational speakers include Srinivas Achanta (Patent Art), Satya Akula (Nortel Networks), Srinivas Akkaraju (Panorama VC), Venkat Jasti (Suven), Krishna Kurapati (Sipera), Raju Mantena (Icore Inc.), Radhakishore Pandrangi (US Const.-HYD), Bala Rajashekharuni (Movie Producer), Varaprasad Reddy (Shantha Bioech), Rajesh Setty (Life Code) and Ram Yalamanchi (Hi5.com).

For further information, please contact Durga Paruchuri, Ph.D (Chair)at 301.613.5698 / paruchd@yahoo.com or Sanjay Kadaveru (Co-Chair) at 703.581.8650 / sanjay.kadaveru@gmail.com

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