Downtown chips in for Medina tech event: "If tech entrepreneur Manny Medina is successful, next spring's eMerge Americas conference will put Miami on the map for technology, much as Art Basel has made it an art mecca. Modeled after Austin, Texas-based South By Southwest (which is branded SXSW), it will bring tech companies together with potential customers from Latin America and around the world May 4-6. The main venue is to be the Miami Beach Convention Center, with satellite events on Lincoln Road and other Miami Beach locations. "It's a fantastic opportunity," Mr. Medina told directors of Miami's Downtown Development Authority on Friday. "IBM, Cisco — their traditional markets are slow, and there's an immense need in Latin America." The conference is also Mr. Medina's way of giving back, he said. Since he sold Terremark to Verizon in 2012 for $2 billion, he has been searching for a project that would leverage Miami's significance as a center for tech. . . ." read more at link above
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