The Honourable Shawn Skinner, Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, will speak at the 4^th annual Rock Solid Technology Conference tomorrow (Tuesday, October 6) at 12:45 p.m. at the Holiday Inn in St. John�s.

The Rock Solid Technology Conference is an event for information technology professionals and organizations and is produced by Triware Technologies Inc. The conference attracts approximately 100 professionals from a mix of public and private sector organization�s in the province�s advanced technology sector. The event also has a number of international vendors who participate in various capacities.

For more information on the conference, please visit www.rocksolidtech.ca.

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Media contact:

Scott Barfoot
Director of Communications
Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development
709-729-4570, 690-6290
ScottBarfoot@gov.nl.ca