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A16 LOCAL
Thursday 26 OcTOber 2017

Loyal Guest Honored at the Casa del Mar Beach Resort

very much because of the
safety, the beautiful sun- ATECH 2017
sets, friendly locals, variety
of food and the feeling of
home-away-from-home. PALM BEACH - Aruba is
The certificate and com- once again hosting the
memorative Emerald Coin hottest tech conference:
were presented by Ms. ATECH Conference! ATECH
Marouska Heyliger repre- Conference is the first tech
senting the Aruba Tourism conference of its kind in
Authority together with the region.
General Manager Mr. Bob
Curtis and associates from With close to 500 attend-
the Casa del Mar Beach ees, the conference fea-
tures international speak-
Resort.q
ers, including the likes of
Justin Halsall of IBM, John
Henry of Harlem Capital
and J. Kelly Hoey (Investor
and Inc.com columnist),
PALM BEACH - Recently the Aruba Tourism Au- Jewel Burks (PartPic Found-
thority had the great pleasure of honoring a very
special guest who is a loyal and friendly visitor of er and Forbes 40 Under 40
in Tech), and Oscar Knep-
Aruba at the Casa del Mar Beach Resort as an
Emerald Ambassador. pers (Rockstart). Another
highlight of the confer-
ence was the Demo Pitch
The symbolic honorary title is presented in the Day where startups com-
name of the Minister of Tourism as a token of ap-
preciation to guests who visit Aruba for 35-or-more peted for $20.000.
This year the conference
consecutive years.
The honoree was Mr. Joseph Pellino from New promises to be bigger and
even better. ATECH Con-
York, celebrating his 44 consecutive annual visit
th
to Aruba! ference will takes place
from October 26 to 28 at
Joseph and his family are regular guests at the
Casa del Mar Beach Resort and they love Aruba the Hilton Aruba Carib-
bean Resort and Casino.
The program consists of
three days of keynotes,
panel discussions, break-
out sessions, a Startup Pitch
Competition, one-on-one
investors sessions, and of
course the productive and
entertaining networking
events. The main tracks for
the conference are Travel,
FinTech, and IoT (Internet
of Things). Leading up to
the conference the ATECH
team has appeared at a
number of conferences
and events, such as SXSW,
to raise awareness of the
topics being presented at
the conference. The AT-
ECH Road Trip has seen
stops in New York, Austin,
San Fransico, Amsterdam,
and cities in the region,
which includes presenta-
tions, hackathons, meet-
ups and workshops both on
the local and international
stage, and in collaboration
with partners such as We-
Work, Ouishare and Fiverr.
For tickets and more infor-
mation visit www.atech-
conference.com or follow
ATECH on Facebook, Twit-
ter, and Instagram.q