Virginia Senator Mark R. Warner Will Speak at the GrowSmartBiz Conference

Senator Mark Warner (Photo Courtesy of U.S. Senate)

Network Solutions® is pleased to announce Virginia Senator Mark R. Warner as the special keynote for the GrowSmartBiz Conference.

Senator Warner was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2008, and serves on the Senate’s Banking, Budget, Commerce and Rules committees. He served as Governor of Virginia from 2002-2006 after spending 20 years as a business leader in the high-tech industry. He also is the co-founder of telecommunications firm Nextel Communications, now known as Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S).

“Senator Warner has been a well-known leader in the high-tech industry for more than 20 years,” said Melina Formisano, vice president of marketing at Network Solutions. “He will provide GrowSmartBiz Conference attendees with a unique perspective due to his vast experiences.”

The GrowSmartBiz Conference will be held on September 29 at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. The event was created as a result of the Small Business Success Index (SBSI) – an ongoing measurement of the overall health of small businesses commissioned by the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and Network Solutions. The conference will focus on key areas of business that small businesses view as critical to their success, including:  access to capital, marketing and innovation, and computer technology.

In addition, Wired Editor-in-Chief and author Chris Anderson will keynote the conference.

For more information or to register for the event, visit the GrowSmartBiz Conference site. Don’t forget to follow the conversation on Twitter at http://twitter.com/growsmartbiz and #growsmartbiz.

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