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1️⃣ Tech Bloc Announcements
2️⃣ San Antonio Tech News
5️⃣ Stay Engaged

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Tech Bloc Courtside Experience:
Spurs vs. Nuggets 🏀

San Antonio Spurs fans, get ready for an unforgettable evening of basketball excitement with your Tech Bloc community! Join us on January 4, 2025, at 4:45 PM CST as the Spurs face off against the Denver Nuggets.

✨ What makes this night special?
🎟️ Exclusive Courtside Experience: Arrive early to catch the warmups up close! Watch both teams prep for the big game from the Charter Level Sections (20, 22, 24) before heading to your seats.

🎉 Best seats, best vibes: Network with fellow tech enthusiasts while enjoying the action-packed game from amazing seats where we will all sit together!

Details:
📅 Date: Saturday, January 4, 2025
⏰ Doors Open: 5:00 PM
🏟️ Location: East Main Entrance (line up at 4:45 PM at the far-right doors)
💲 Price: Only $69 per person, including courtside access + game ticket

Don't miss out on this slam dunk of a night! Secure your spot now, and let’s cheer on the Spurs together in style. 🙌

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San Antonio Tech and Business News

From groundbreaking innovations to exciting developments, stay tuned for a tech-filled journey that promises to shape the future.

UTSA announces College of AI, Cyber and Computing

UTSA today announced plans to launch the College of AI, Cyber and Computing, advancing the university’s strategic vision to integrate emerging technologies with interdisciplinary approaches. This innovative college will build on UTSA’s leadership in artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, data science and related disciplines to address the demands of an increasingly digital and interconnected world.

The announcement follows recommendations from an advisory task force that launched in January, as well as deep and broad consultation with internal and external stakeholders over the past year.

Source: UTSA Today

Port SA to advance billion-dollar campus plan

The Department of the Air Force has issued a request for information regarding major innovation plans that could boost Port San Antonio’s push for a billion-dollar campus to house Air Force Cyber as well as other military and civilian development.

Port officials believe it’s an indication that there is heightened interest in the campus plan leadership first unveiled five months ago.

The campus would serve as a consolidated home for the 16th Air Force. It would include new buildings that would replace outdated structures at the port and house Air Force Cyber, as well as its associated missions and partner agencies.

Source: KSAT

2024 Minority Export Firm of the Year Award

Presented to the minority-owned company that has achieved outstanding success in penetrating domestic and global markets.

Minority Export Firm of the Year is presented to Knight Aerospace Medical Systems, LLC.

Knight Aerospace is an ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified, minority-owned, and women- owned business based in San Antonio, TX. The company has introduced an innovative solution, the FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND "FLYING E.R." in the healthcare industry that significantly improves aeromedical transportation, particularly for military cargo aircraft. The Hospital-grade modules designed and introduced to the market can successfully convert cargo aircraft interiors into flying medical facilities and even function independently on the ground to support field hospitals/remote areas. This innovation offered C-130 and C-17 interoperability and was immediately welcomed and acquired by Royal Canadian Air Force.

Source: MBDA

South Texas coal-fired power plant to switch to clean energy after receiving more than $1 billion in federal money

A South Texas coal-fired power plant will receive more than $1 billion in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to convert into a solar and battery facility, according to the agency.

The switch by San Miguel Electric Cooperative, located in Christine in Atascosa County, to a solar and battery plant will be funded by more than $1.4 billion of a $4.37 billion federal grant to support clean energy while maintaining rural jobs. With the co-op’s transition to a renewable energy plant, only 14 coal-fired power plants will be left in the state.

In September, the CEO of San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Craig Courter, told a local newspaper that with federal funding, the co-op can “virtually eliminate our greenhouse gas emissions while continuing to provide affordable and reliable power to rural Texans.”

Source: The Texas Tribune

San Antonio International Airport first in US to use parking garage AI technology system

San Antonio is the first airport nationwide to utilize a new advanced technology service for its parking garage.

With the airport expecting the busiest Thanksgiving travel period ever, they announced the parking technology on Monday.

“This is an entirely new experience, truly driven by frontier technology and advancements in artificial intelligence,” said Alex Israel, the CEO and co-founder of Metropolis.

Metropolis is a private company that runs the parking technology, and a team came to San Antonio on Monday to do some demonstrations for the press.

The first big change is parking without check-in or check-out.

The team showed the website where travelers can enroll their car through its license plate.

Source: KSAT

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