DATE: Tuesday, May 17, 2005

LOCATION: OPEN SQUARE, 10 Open Square Way, Holyoke (see directions below)

TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.

FOOD: Available for purchase at Herrell's Mill Cafe

PRICE: $5 at the door for viewers (see exhibitors prices below)

PARKING: Is available at the location. It will be patrolled.

Thanks to the backing of the City of Holyoke and Open Square, on May 17 Hidden-Tech companies will have a chance to display their products and services to a wide array of business, economic and political leaders from throughout the region and beyond. Many represent large organizations that might purchase your products or services.

ALL members from ALL market and industry sectors are invited to participate as showcase companies at Hidden-Tech-Connect: An Interactive Evening with the Valley's Hidden Talent. This is our chance to show the world who we are and what we do as virtual company owners. Results from the Skills Inventory and Financials/Customers Surveys will officially be released that evening to highlight the talent Hidden-Tech represents.

Open Square is donating us their fabulous restored mill space, which is large enough to accommodate 300 people or more. This means there is no limit to the number of Hidden-Tech members who can participate. Once again, we are hoping ALL of you will. The idea is to divide the membership by the market sectors delineated in the Skills Inventory so viewers will be able to walk the room and, at a glance, find the sectors that interest them most.

Herrell's Mill Cafe, located adjacent to the viewing room, will be open for munching and schmoozing throughout the event. Attendees will be responsible for purchasing their food and beverages.

VIPS already committed to attending are:

° Kathy Kottaridis, Director of the state Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship

° George Gendron, former editor of INC. magazine and Entrepreneur in Residence at Clark University in Worcester

° Georgianna Parkin, state director of the SBA Small Business Development Centers

° Mayor Michael Sullivan, the City of Holyoke

° Jeffrey P. Hayden, Director, Office of Economic and Industrial Development, the City of Holyoke

° Edgar Alejandro, Manager, Economic and Community Development, Western Massachusetts Electric Company, sponsors of the Hidden-Tech Skills Inventory and Financial/Customers Surveys

° Timothy Brennan, Executive Director of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission

° Mahmud Awan, President, Regional Technology Corporation

° Thomas Goodrow, Vice President, Economic and Business Development, Springfield Technical Community College

° Nancy Blair, Workforce Development Coordinator, Greenfield Community College

° The Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce
EVENT SCHEDULE:

5 - 6:30 p.m. - Company showcase by market sector and networking

6:30 - 7:15 p.m. - Program unveiling the Skills Inventory, introducing Hidden-Tech companies and remarks from VIPs

7:15 - 8 p.m. - Networking

EXHIBITOR FEES:
Fees may be paid with cash or by check made out to Hidden-Tech

° $15 "early bird" entrance fee

° $25 from April 16 - May 10

° $60 from May 11 on and at the door

Exhibitors should sign up at the Hidden-Tech-Connect registration page. They will be provided a space based on the market sector they select where they can display their products and services. They will be listed on a program distributed at the show and on the Hidden-Tech Web site. Please be prepared to arrive by 4 p.m. the day of the event.

* Note: We can not guarantee you will get a full table, electricity or Internet connection. Please be prepared to present without electronic equipment.

For more information on the program email Amy Zuckerman, Hidden-Tech founder/co-chair at
az@a-zinternational.com or call 413-253-4124.

DIRECTIONS TO OPEN SQUARE:

From Interstate 91 heading South: Take exit 17. Take left at bottom of exit. Then follow directions below:

From Interstate 91 heading North: take Exit 17 follow exit to right down hill, then follow directions below:

Continue onto Dwight Street through downtown Holyoke. Pass Heritage Park (contains the Children's Museum and the Volleyball Hall of Fame) on your right and cross the upper (first) canal before taking an immediate left onto the Open Square access road. The entrance to Hidden-Tech Connect is on your left facing the main entrance -- see the Cafe sign.

From the Amherst area:

Go south on Route 116. In South Hadley, take Route 202 South, and cross the bridge into Holyoke. Exit the Rotary in Holyoke onto Lyman Street. Follow Lyman Street and cross the bridge over the upper (first) canal. Take an immediate right onto the Open Square access road. The entrance to Hidden-Tech Connect is on your left facing the main entrance -- see the Cafe sign.

From Interstate 391 going North:

Take the Main Street Holyoke exit (exit 5). Go right at the lights onto Main Street. Take a left onto Dwight Street. Turn right onto the Open Square access road just before the upper (second) canal. The entrance to Hidden-Tech Connect is on your left facing the main entrance -- see the Cafe sign.