Fort Collins, Longmont to host Colorado Tech Tour stops

The Colorado Technology Association’s second-annual Colorado Tech Tour will include stops in Fort Collins and Longmont next week.

Run in conjunction this year with the Aug. 1-5 Tech Week — so declared by Gov. John Hickenlooper — the Tech Tour started last year as a media tour/storytelling platform to showcase the technology activity occurring in Colorado outside of just the Denver metro area.

The Colorado Tech Tour includes government partners such as the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the Colorado Workforce Development Center, the Colorado Innovation Network and Go Code Colorado.

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“It’s basically for us to advocate and showcase all of the work that’s happening all over the state,” said Amy Regnier, director of marketing and events for the CTA. “We’re going out and telling the stories of tech in the state of Colorado.”

This year’s tech tour will start with a stop in Colorado Springs on Monday, Aug. 1, followed by Frisco/Vail on Tuesday, Grand Junction on Wednesday, Fort Collins on Thursday and Longmont on Friday. Panels of local business leaders will be open to the public at each stop to highlight the tech scenes in each region.

The Aug. 4 panel in Fort Collins will be held from noon to 2 p.m. at Innosphere, 320 E. Vine Drive. Moderated by Innosphere CEO Mike Freeman, the panel is slated to include Derek Haynes, CEO of Scout Marketing; Ashley Colpaart, CEO of The Food Corridor; Mark Kollar, founder of St. Renatus; and Marshal Smith, managing developer at Radial Development Group.

The Aug. 5 panel in Longmont will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Xilinx campus, 1951 S. Fordham St., and be moderated by Longmont Economic Development Partnership vice president Wendi Nafziger. Participants are expected to include Greg Kleese, site director at Micron Technology, and SensorNova founder Jake Galbreath, as well as officials from Xilinx and Zayo Group.