No central database exists for check and credit-card information. As a result, retailers, banks and police have few ways to share information. Imark Communications presents the 13th annual conference for information technology professionals featuring a keynote address by Jim Johnson, formerly Oregon site manager for Intel, and a security summit with Microsoft's chief security officer. Free for registrants.
Speakers compare thin-client server technologies and their administration.
Water St. Free. Meeting from 6 to 7 p.m. is free and open to public. Greenbrier Pkwy., Suite A1, Cornell Oaks Corporate Center, Ridgeview Complex, Beaverton. Sept. 28 is the deadline for entries to a robotics tournament for teams of youths aged 9 to 14. The competition will be held Dec. 1 at Wilsonville High School and involves solving a challenge with Lego robotics kits.