All – this is a reminder to sign up for the NIDIA Winter Social at Club Soda on December 9th. We recently invited a guest speaker, attorney Joe Cohen (information below). We’ve asked Joe to provide us some information regarding pending state and federal rules & regulations regarding the vaccine mandate and what it means to our member companies. Joe will provide a brief presentation and then be available for questions and answers. Guest Speaker:H. Joseph CohenPartner | Barrett McNagny LLPhttps://www.barrettlaw.com/our-people/h-joseph-cohen When: Thu, December 9, 20215:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST Where: Club Soda235 East Superior StreetFort Wayne, IN 46802...
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NIDIA members! Please plan to attend our winter social. Free for members. When: Thu, December 9, 20215:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST Where: Club Soda235 East Superior StreetFort Wayne, IN 46802 Includes appetizers, dinner, and 2 drink tickets per person. This will be an informal social/networking opportunity. Please limit your request to 2 tickets per member company, Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nidia-winter-social-at-club-soda-tickets-209766967647
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The Northeast Indiana region needs YOUR help if we are going to attract, train, and retain our top young talent to fill local jobs, especially in technology, IT, digital marketing, manufacturing, and healthcare! TechFest is hosting more than 500 high school students from more than 20 regional high schools to spend a full day with us on Nov 19, 8am to 2pm, experiencing: Six inter-school tech competitions to win the coveted “TechFest Cup” for their school (website design, forensics, network assembly challenge, more) A huge “Career & College Expo”, with 30+ employers, start-ups, universities, and colleges showing off their cool...
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Join Lifeline Data Centers on Thursday, October 21, 2021 from 11:00am to 2:00pm at their Fort Wayne office – 7601 S. Anthony Blvd. Get a sneak peak into this historic facility. Co-owner, Rich Banta, will be giving a brief presentation on the data center’s EMP (electromagnetic pulse) and CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) defenses at 12:45 p.m. Lifeline Data Centers Ft. Wayne Data Center will be the first commercially available EMP and CME shielded data center in the United States. The facility will house 84,000 square feet of colocation and private cloud space that is protected through a reinforced structure with...
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All, Join the Northeast Indiana Base Community Council on Friday, September 24, 2021 for a day on the links at Brookwood Golf Club for the launch of Golf for the Warrior! Let us show you how we can turn a golf outing into an event celebrating our local military families and their bases. This inaugural military golf challenge will raise funds for the Northeast Indiana Base Community Council’s Military Support Fund, a microgrant program providing emergency financial assistance to military families in Northeast Indiana. The Golf for the Warrior Mission: 18-Hole Scramble 4 Player Teams 7:00 am – Registration &...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 2, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in the early morning, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) passed the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (FY22 NDAA.) Rep. Jim Banks sits on HASC which is responsible for authorizing funding levels for the military. Throughout this process, Rep. Banks was able to fight to ensure that the FY22 NDAA delivers on northeast Indiana’s defense priorities. “I’m proud of the work I did with this bill. I was able to use my seat on the Committee to help my colleagues understand northeast Indiana’s vital role in defense research...
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The Buy Indiana event scheduled for later this month has been postponed till 2022 (see below). We still plan to have a NIDIA booth at the event when it is rescheduled. The Bedford Chamber of Commerce regrets to announce that the 23rdAnnual Buy Indiana has been postponed. Upon reviewing the growing number of COVID-19 positivity rates across the country due to the Delta variant, NSWC Crane can no longer participate in the Expo. While we are very proud of this event and are disappointed that it will not be held this year, the safety of everyone involved must be a...
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Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne is offering a free course this fall addressing the fundamentals of cybersecurity. The course will empower everyone to protect their personal digital presence and also to understand the needs of corporations operating in today’s digital environment. The course is a free, non-credit course meeting on three concurrent Saturdays beginning September 11, 2021. “Cyber criminals infect millions of systems across the world and when you couple the ransom dollars, and the lost productivity of down-time, it can add up to multi-million-dollar losses for a company,” says Darrel Kesler, dean of the School of Information Technology...
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NIDIA Members, The following event is FREE for NIDIA members, simply enter the promo code “NIDIA” when getting your tickets! Growing Your Business IN DefenseEntering and Enhancing DoD Contracting The Northeast Indiana Defense Industry Association, in collaboration with Indiana’s Procurement Technical Assistance Center, invites Northeast Indiana business leaders to join “Growing Your Business IN Defense” at 5 p.m. on Aug. 12, at Parkview Field, 1301 Ewing St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802. During this event, business leaders will hear from a panel of leading industry experts regarding details on government contracting for Northeast Indiana businesses, followed by networking, dinner and a TinCaps baseball game. The expert...
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NIDIA Members – NIDIA will be staffing a booth at the 31 August “Buy Indiana Expo” in French Lick. This is a great opportunity to market your company to buyers from the US Government. We would like each interested NIDIA member company to provide a soft copy of marketing materials (1-2 pages) that we can make available at this event. Gil Perry will be our man in the booth. NIDIA will pay to have your marketing material printed and in the booth to give away to Government buyers. If you’d like to take advantage of this opportunity, please email your...
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