Hispanic Leadership Conference July 1, 2008 at The Yale Club

Hispanic Professionals Networking Group (HPNG) is a strategic partner of Latinos in Information Sciences & Technology Association (LISTA). Consider the registration fee an investment in your career or business. Attending this New York City conference will result in long term ROI for you and your team.

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The Hispanic Professionals Networking Group presents
a unique Leadership Conference for Hispanic Professionals.

July 1st — 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Reception to follow conference

The Yale Club of New York
50 Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, NY

Opening Keynote Speaker
The Honorable
Anna Escobedo Cabral
Treasurer of the United States

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Why Attend?
The insight shared by speakers and their story will inform and inspire this new generation of leaders and demonstrate how leadership extends beyond the corporate world and their decisions will have an impact on the Latino community as a whole.

This one-day conference will showcase the leadership styles, methods and practices of Latino leaders. Presentations will cover practical how-to advice along with innovative approaches to leadership development.

Who Should Attend?

• Executives who want to be better connected and build a more powerful network
• Individuals who want to turbo charge their personal and professional success
• Professionals who want to understand how to give and get the most from every relationship
  

A sample of companies registered to attend:

• Moody's Corporation
• Wal-Mart Corporate
• McGraw-Hill Education
• TechnoSphere, Inc.
• Educational Testing Service
• TowerGroup
• iHispano
• Northwestern Mutual
• Wachovia Bank Corporate
• Wakefield Talabisco International
• HSBC
• Microsoft
• Metlife
  

Presenters will show you how to:

• Develop a Personal Leadership Plan
• You should be recruiting new hires
• Be a Leader through people skills
• Get it Done - Critical thinking and Strategy Execution
• Build a solid strategy to enable long-term growth
• Make that decision to expand your sphere of influence RIGHT NOW.
  

Download the complete program and purchase tickets for you and your associates at www.hpng.net/LLC08.

LISTA 2nd Annual Humanitarian Mission and Hispanic Workforce Summit in Dominican Republic

For Immediate Release
Contact: Euralis Lopez
347 632 4542
lopeze@a-lista.org

Over 30 Corporate Executives to attend the LISTA 2nd Annual Humanitarian Mission and Hispanic Workforce Summit in Dominican Republic on May 28th – June 1st 2008

May 27, 2008, New York, NY--- LISTA will conduct it’s second Humanitarian Mission and Hispanic Workforce Summit to the Dominican Republic on May 28th in the city of Cabarete, Dominican Republic. This year LISTA and The Dream Project inaugurate the third technology center and for the second consecutive year will conduct a series of Teacher Training workshops on lesson planning, English as a second language, and the use of technology to enhance the teaching experience for the students of the Dream Schools. LISTA has secured the support of an impressive delegation including, Dominicans on Wall Street, Dominican American Chamber of Commerce of Georgia, HITN Television, Society of Hispanic Engineers and the Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce.

“LISTA and its partners continue to help bridge the digital divide and help develop new technology businesses in the Cabarete Area. Through these events we bring empowerment and knowledge transfer and with the help of big business we will develop this region into a thriving business community in the upcoming years,” says Jose Marquez, LISTA CEO. “This is a mission of hope and love, it is up to us to all to change the perception of technology in our community, the time is NOW!”

LISTA will also hold the second Annual Hispanic Workforce Summit to help develop the Dominican workforce community in Cabarete. “As the Dominican population continues to grow in the United States, it is clear that a significant part of the future workforce will be from the Dominican Republic,” commented Jon Wunderlich, Director of Operations at Project Dream, “this summit will help bring economic stability and sustainability of Cabarete business entrepreneurs, it is imperative to further develop the skills of Dominican students in order for them to change their future through technology.

“LISTA through these workshops and summit will make an economic impact and give the students the tech and business skills needed to embrace the opportunities which will be on the horizon when they graduate” said Jose Luis Rodriguez, LISTA Chair.

LISTA’s mission to educate motivate and empower continues to bring hope and the promise of highly skilled workers, young professionals and small business owners for the future of the region.”

“This is still a small program which has been supported strictly by our members. We can all do more to help develop one of the poorest areas in this country and turn it into a thriving business community,” said LISTA NYTC President Robert Abreu. “We truly believe that with more community involvement this mission will yield even more results.”

Corporate leaders, Hispanic non-profit executives from across the country are expected to come together at the Hispanic Workforce Summit to discuss technology usage in the class room, best practices, and explore strategies to develop skilled technology workers, professionals and better access to technology for small businesses. This summit continues to attract significant interest from local and national organizations across the country. There is a sense of anticipation of what viable solutions, recommendations or best practices will come out of this summit

LISTA’s Humanitarian Mission and Workforce Summit Speakers Include:

Ambassador Patricia Sortier, Canadian Ambassador to the Dominican Republic

Felix Ortiz, New York State Assemblyman

Robert Abreu, VP Goldman Sachs

Kevin Manning, Immediate Past President American Chamber of Commerce

Carlos Gonzalez, CEO, Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce

Jose Luis Rodriguez, LISTA Chair and President/CEO HITN

Dora Maria Abreu, SHPE Vice President

Jose Marquez, President and CEO, LISTA

Jon Wunderlich, Dominican Operation Director, Dream Project

Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association (LISTA) have donated computers to the area schools of Cabarete and Batey in the Dominican Republic through the Dream Project, as part of LISTA’s international outreach program for many years along with supplying educational instruction to further develop technology professionals in the area, conducting workshops for students and teachers in English as Second Language, math and sciences.

LISTA IS SPONSORED BY: AETNA, AT&T, COMCAST, CAPITALWIRE DELTA AIRLINES, MACY’s, MICROSOFT , NCTA, NIELSEN MEDIA, PHRMA, STAPLES, STATEFARM and VERIZON.

About Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association (LISTA) LISTA Mission is to educate, motivate and encourage the use of technology in the Latino community and empowering them to bridge the digital divide. Founded in 2004 LISTA promotes the utilization of the technology sectors for the empowerment of the Latino community. We are an organization that is committed to bringing various elements of Technology under one central hub to facilitate our partners, members and the community with the leverage and education they need to succeed in a highly advanced technologically driven society. www.a-lista.org

About The Dominican Republic Education And Mentoring (DREAM) Project is a US 501c3 nonprofit organization that provides equitable access to quality education for children born into poverty in rural areas and small communities of the Dominican Republic by combining volunteerism, international awareness, and community involvement into a sustainable support system” www.domincandream.org

LISTA New York Technology Trends Breakfast Series - May 7, 2008 8:30-10:30AM in New York, Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles

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LISTA New York Technology Trends Breakfast Series

Wednesday May 7th 2008 8:30 am -10:30 am

LISTA Announces Four City Tour to Bring Tech Training to the Hispanic Community

New York--- LISTA announced today the official launch of the Technology Trends Breakfast Series to promote computer literacy among Hispanics. LISTA an organization founded to close the digital divide in the Latino communities and prepare the next generation of technology professional, has put together a special Tech Trends Breakfast Series to educate, motivate and empower the Latino community with the use of technology. LISTA will offer workshops on technology literacy to Hispanics in Miami, New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The LISTA Tech Trends Breakfast Series is free to members and non members alike but registration is mandatory as Security is tight by the way please come early as the first event will be in the Empire State Building .

States and Dates for Upcoming LISTA Tech Trends Breakfast Series :

* New York, NY:(May 7th, Netcom Information Technology Offices)
* (Miami FL: (May 14th, Jobing.com Offices, 8:30am)
* San Francisco, CA: (May 20th, Hilton San Francisco, 8:30am)
* Los Angeles, CA: (June 11th, Jobing.com Offices, 8:30am)

New York Tech Trends Breakfast May 7th 2008:

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The role of today's Technology Executive and Business owner has evolved greatly. Integrated deeply into the fabric of the business, today's Technology Senior Executive and business owner are among top business executives strategically driving their business forward.

LISTA invites you to join other IT Professionals, Business owners and Executives for networking and participation in a discussion on topics “How technology can make your business more efficient that and impact your careers”.

Topics on the agenda for discussion include:

* The Importance of Certification both in your professional or business career.
* New Ideas to make your small business prosper through the use of technology.
* The Balance of technical and business skills in industries that highly leverage IT

Guest Speakers:

* Russell Sarder, President and CEO NetCom Information Technology
* Ramon Ray, Author of Technology Solutions for Growing Businesses.
* Robert Abreu, VP Goldman Sachs IT Security and Forensics
* Jose Marquez, National President/CEO LISTA

And Introducing Marcial Velez, LISTA CIO, Xperteks

What:

LISTA Tech Trends Breakfast

When:

Wednesday, May 7th 2008
8:00 am to 10:30 am

Where:

NETCOM Info Technology

Empire State Building
350 Fifth Avenue Suite 717 7th Floor
New York City, NY 10118

Space is Limited. Register Now!

LISTA Technology Trends Breakfast Series is Free for Members and Non Members alike. If you are not a member you can join on the day of the event.

For more information Call Euralis Lopez at 347-632-4542

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This LISTA Event is Sponsored by Aetna, Staples, State Farm and NCTA. www.a-lista.org

Broadband Milkshake – by Jose A Marquez

As it Appeared in the The New Jersey Times & The Washington Post

Monday, February 18, 2008

In the climactic scene of the Oscar-nominated film "There Will Be Blood," the ruthless oil tycoon played by Daniel Day-Lewis explains that he has drained all the valuable oil from a neighbor's land. "If you have a milkshake and I have a milkshake and I have a straw ... and my straw reaches across the room ... I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!" There could be no more apt analogy for the looming threat now facing our broadband infrastructure.

Today, a few savvy Internet users -- the bandwidth tycoons in this broadband Wild West -- are effectively draining everyone else's Internet connections by using special "peer-to-peer" (P2P) software to automatically search the Internet, mining enormous quantities of music, video, games and other digital files. During peak hours, this P2P traffic can severely slow other users' connections.

A debate about how to handle this bandwidth crisis is brewing in Washington, D.C. A group of political professionals claims the banner of equality is in fact spearheading a campaign to allow the P2P bandwidth tycoons to run amok on everyone's connections, legally tying the hands of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from taking steps to ensure a more egalitarian Web. At a time when the U.S. is ranked 15th in international broadband surveys and 70 percent of Latino adults don't subscribe to broadband at home, allowing one segment of users to degrade everyone else's on-line experience could set us even further back, slowing adoption rates in minority and low-income communities.

Popular at college campuses across the country, P2P applications are quite useful for the hardened download addict -- the software makes it easy to download hundreds of files by simply making a list in the program's "queue." The P2P program then actively searches for those files on "peer" computers, downloading them as they become available.

But this downloading ultimately takes a toll on the network: Experts at Cisco and Cachelogics have estimated that P2P transfers make up 50 percent to 90 percent of all Internet traffic. Thus, the P2P traffic from a few users can put a disproportionate strain on local broadband networks, degrading everyone else's on-line experience. If a few college students all download advance copies of "There Will Be Blood" at 7 p.m. on a Monday, it could effectively slow their neighbors' connections to a crawl, making it frustrating to even check e- mail.

Some Internet ISPs have taken steps to get all traffic flowing freely. One broadband provider recently announced a pilot program that charges users based on their bandwidth consumption, hoping to keep P2P users honest about the drain they put on the network. And most companies use some type of "net work management" technique, which channels Internet signals through "routers" much like traffic lights usher cars through intersections. In periods of maximum congestion, the signals "flash yellow," allowing P2P, e-mail and other types of traffic to flow without creating gridlock.

But the same political professionals behind the "net neutrality" campaign -- a somewhat naive push to outlaw efficiently managed networks -- have claimed that net work management is tantamount to discrimination: the disruption of an Internet utopia by meddling ISPs. There's certainly a surface appeal to this argument, but by ignoring how the Internet works, these campaign professionals are missing the virtual forest for the digital trees.

The ISPs aren't spying on which movies and music files users are sharing; they're simply identifying P2P streams and ensuring that this traffic doesn't bring other traffic streams to a screeching halt. That doesn't sound like discrimination -- it sounds like a set of reasonable rules that renders the on-line Wild West a safe place for everyone's traffic. On the other hand, the professional net-neutrality advocates are actually lobbying for a kind of net inequality -- regulations that would allow a handful of heavy downloaders to dry up the bandwidth for everyone else.

As this debate spirals out of control, it's important to keep an eye on the ball. How do we retake the position as the global broadband leader? Network investment, not regulation, is the answer. For those awaiting the arrival of affordable broadband, Internet regulations that would slow investment could not come at a worse time. Giving the "green light" to investment drives efficient and intelligent broadband networks deeper into communities and gives minorities, small businesses and independent media voices a chance to compete in the digital economy. The last thing we need are misinformed, fear-driven regulations that scare any kind of broadband investment away.

Jose A. Marquez is the president and CEO of LISTA, a national organization of information sciences, telecommunications and technology professionals serving the Latino community and helping conquer the digital divide.

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Respectfully yours,
Jose A. Marquez President and CEO




Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association
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5th Annual Holiday Celebration in Honor of Three Kings Day January 10, 2008

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"La Ultima Parranda Del Año"

You are Cordially Invited to Attend the Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association 5th Annual Holiday Celebration in Honor of Three Kings Day. Join LISTA on January 10th 2008 for a Night of Festivities and Holiday Cheer as we Celebrate the New Year among New and Old Friends and Celebrate the Lifetime Achievements of Great Humanitarian and Queens Businessman Ernest Cury When: Thursday, January 10th,2008 From: 6:30 pm – 10:30pm Where: Spy Club 17 West 19th St.bt 5th and 6th,New York NY Don't Forget to Bring your LISTA Membership Pin Bring Plenty of Business Cards This will be a great night to network. Members: $20.00and an unwrapped toy Non- Member: $30.00 and an unwrapped toy Toys to Benefit Stratford Community Center Food and Beverage will be served Music By Havana Central Yerason LISTA 3 Kings Fiesta Navideña is Quickly Selling Out Please RSVP BY JANUARY 8TH 2008... Register Today Special Guest Speaker NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER - William C. Thompson Invited Guest Speakers: RCN Business Solutions, President -Felipe Alvarez Sirius Radio, CEO - Mel Karmazin Goldman Sachs Vice President Global Diversity and IT - Roberto Abreu STAPLES, Regional Director- Kenneth Brooks Register Today!! Click Here!!

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"Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can

change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead