Virtual BizTech Expo launches Tuesday; live events Wednesday

Beginning 10 a.m. Tuesday, Business Report‘s BizTech Expo will open for 100 hours as a virtual marketplace for attendees and exhibitors. Except for two special live events on Wednesday, the entire expo is being held online this year. The BizTech Expo portal is designed to give visitors direct access to a select group of south Louisiana’s top business and technology companies. An estimated 50 exhibitors will provide information, photos and videos of their products and services in their virtual “booths.” Attendees can also chat with exhibitors live via text or video in the BizTech Expo Hall area. Featured speakers will discuss a wide range of business and entrepreneurial issues in video seminars, and prizes will be given away to visitors daily. Live events taking place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Wednesday include the Louisiana Technology and Innovation Breakfast at 7:30 a.m., featuring an address by Josh Linkner, the New York Times bestselling author of Discliplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity. The breakfast will be followed by a series of seminars, concluding with the Top 100 Private Companies Luncheon at 11:45 a.m., featuring LSU economist Loren Scott. Scott will unveil his economic forecast for 2012-13. Sponsors of the BizTech Expo include Gulf South Business Systems & Consultants, Hancock Bank/Whitney Bank, Mercedes Benz of Baton Rouge, Superior Office Products and WAFB-TV. Registration and more information on all BizTech events is available by clicking here.