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PRESS RELEASE

Logikos is a Silver Sponsor for the
Engineering, Science and Technology Centennial

Northeast Indiana - May 26, 2008–Logokos is a Silver Sponsor of the Centennial Celebration held on August14, 2008. The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers’ Fort Wayne Section is inviting the community to celebrate 100 years of engineering, science and technology during its Centennial Celebration at the Grand Wayne Center. Professional development and technical advancement courses will be held in the morning and afternoon, an EXPO featuring area organizations will be held from 4-6PM and from 6-11PM the “GALA”.

Our featured keynote speaker will be Dr. Carolyn Porco, internationally known American planetary scientist recently featured on the NOVA PBS television series. She will be presenting a beautiful and dramatic multi-media extravaganza featuring unique photography from the Voyager, New Horizons, and Cassini planetary exploration probes – and she will describe the excitement of a career in high-tech work. Additional exciting speakers will also be presenting – this will truly be a memorable evening. A buffet dinner will be served, and live music will be on hand to enhance the atmosphere.

Engineering, science and technology has contributed to the business and commercial success of many of Northeast Indiana communities for the last century. Global business giants, national recognized businesses and small entrepreneur enterprises all call Northeast Indiana home. These organizations are enabled by thousands of engineers in our communities. The contributions of these engineers can be contributed to their hard work and ingenuity, their education from Indiana’s nationally recognized engineering schools and from professional engineering societies. The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Fort Wayne Section is using its Centennial in cooperation with other professional engineering societies, other science and technology organizations along with several area busienss to create an event to benefit the community.

Logikos is a custom software development and systems integration company with nearly three decades of experience. They offer full-cycle custom software programming services, from conception through development and implementation. Logikos is a private, employee-owned corporation with approximately 100 employees (80 engineers).Working with mid-range to Fortune 500 companies throughout the world, they design and develop custom software that integrates the latest technologies into their clients’ embedded, desktop, and mobile products. And, their state-of-the-art software testing facilities ensure that the programs we develop are reliable and deliver the desired results.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) pronounced “eye-triple-e” was established by uniting two organizations the American Institute of Electrical Engineers established in 1884 – four years after Tom Edison discovered the electric light bulb and the Institute of Radio Engineers established in 1912. It has approximately 375,000 world wide members. Within IEEE are 39 individual technical global organizations and 330 global geographic sections.

The Fort Wayne Section was established on August 14, 1908 as the 24th section. It has 350 members and covers the geographic region of Northeast Indiana.

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