San Jose is home to the high-tech computer industry. It is unique for its diversity, great weather, and liberal attitudes. The city is considered San Francisco's younger sister with cutting-edge technology, five-star hotels, museums, cultural centers, and international cuisine.

Hailed as California's technology capital, San Jose is northern California's largest city with over 6,000 technology companies within its boundaries. While such high-tech power players as IBM and Google call it home, San Jose also carries a rich culture steeped in art, literature and music. With its year-round temperate climate, close proximity to the San Francisco Bay and its title as “The Safest Big City in America.”

For more information on the City of San Jose, visit www.sanjose.org.

San Jose McEnery Convention Center

The San Jose McEnery Convention Center, conveniently located in the heart of downtown San Jose. Framed by a 125-foot abstract tile mural, the San Jose McEnery Convention Center encompasses over 425,000 square feet of function space. Designed for convenience and versatility, it offers 143,000 square feet of column-free prime exhibit space divisible by three, an elegant 22,000 square foot ballroom, up to 30 meeting rooms capable of seating up to 2,400 theater-style, and can accommodate banquets to 5,000. In addition, the Convention Center has 30-foot-high finished ceilings, 12 loading bays with drive-on access to the exhibit hall floors, recessed utility boxes with electricity, water and drainage capabilities, complete audio-visual, sound and lighting services, cellular, standard and ISDN telephony services and fiber optic and copper cabling throughout the facility with DS-3 high-speed Internet access.

For more information on the Center, visit www.sjcc.com.