Public Policy

OUR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND STATE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTS ARE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING

As a technology entrepreneur, you need to ensure your interests are being driven through these changes. The Council is your vehicle to build a pro-growth environment for innovators and entrepreneurs. In addition to our efforts to positively influence public policy, we also work to help you understand existing public policies and their implications for your business. Through our ongoing public policy event series, we regularly host key speakers, including elected officials at all levels of government, to speak on a broad array of topics, including healthcare, energy, cybersecurity, immigration and technology acquisition.

Advocacy for Innovators: The Tech Council promotes the creation of a pro-growth environment to support the success of regional technology businesses.

The Council is currently working to:

Reduce Pennsylvania’s corporate net income tax.
Create an angel investment tax credit to accelerate the flow of growth capital to regional entrepreneurs.
Target the Commonwealth’s limited economic development resources on efforts that support organic growth of local start-up businesses.

Business to Goverment Series: Federal and state governments are among the largest consumers of technology. They often require solutions that have yet to be invented. As the trade association representing the region’s innovators, the PTC works to educate businesses about R&D and procurement-related opportunities at all levels of government. Through our Business-to-Government Series we have hosted the following leaders:

CIO – Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Director of DARPA
Secretary of the PA DEP
Undersecretary of the U.S. DOE
Chief Commercialization Officer of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security