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ARKLATEX CHAPTER CHAPTER - Feb 27, 2015

Symposium Highlights Mobile Applications

The chapter hosted dozens of business and civic leaders at the chapter's first ever Smart Cities Initiative Mobile Enablement Symposium in February at Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City, Louisiana. The symposium demonstrated how organizations can take advantage of mobile phones, applications and features to empower a business and a community.

On hand to share new practices that have helped their businesses grow were representatives from Bossier Parish Community College; Twin Engine Labs, an application developer; Red Ball Oxygen, a provider of welding supplies and equipment; KTBS Inc., a local television station; Thermopylae Sciences + Technology, an IT company; and import2, a data moving company. Breakout sessions allowed for questions and answers about mobile strategy execution, data integration and how to develop cities into "Smart Cities."

The symposium aimed to teach decision makers what mobile enablement does for ROI, the next steps for building a mobile strategy and relevant opportunities on which others have capitalized. Chapter member 1st Lt. Joey Arora, USAF, of the 2nd Operations Support Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, coordinated the event. He said the event was successful in that "people and businesses walked away with a better understanding of how to build a mobile strategy." The biggest challenge overcome was "educating business about the event and getting them to commit to showing up."

In a short, emailed survey following the event, attendees offered praise as well as constructive criticism, which will be used to guide the chapter in development of future events.

Event Photographs:

1st Lt. Joey Arora, USAF, 2nd Operations Support Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, takes the microphone during the Mobile Strategy and Smart Cities breakout session with Twin Engine Labs staff in February.
1st Lt. Joey Arora, USAF, 2nd Operations Support Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, takes the microphone during the Mobile Strategy and Smart Cities breakout session with Twin Engine Labs staff in February.
Tracy McGill, Bossier Parish Community College director of public relations, joins Senior Master Sgt. Barbara Schleben, USAF, and Lt. Arora during the chapter's February symposium.
Tracy McGill, Bossier Parish Community College director of public relations, joins Senior Master Sgt. Barbara Schleben, USAF, and Lt. Arora during the chapter's February symposium.

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