Virginia may not have any structures as impressive as the pyramids, but its high technology infrastructure should make up for the lack of architecture. But Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be looking more for business cards than for picture post cards when he and Va. Gov. Jim Gilmore meet later today with northern Virginia's high technology leaders at PSINet Inc.'s headquarters in Herndon, Va.

Mubarak, on a state visit with President Bill Clinton, and other Egyptian government officials will attend a series of events in northern Virginia designed to develop the Middle Eastern country's technology infrastructure.

While the Middle East may be foremost on Gilmore's international agenda today, the Old Dominion's Governor already is looking farther east.

Gilmore plans to travel to East Asia in early June for a series of business development meetings with corporate leaders in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The climax of the trip will take place when Gilmore delivers Virginia's emerging technology leadership message to delegates at the 2000 World Congress on Information Technology in Taipei.

Gilmore will serve as a plenary session speaker at the 2000 World Congress on Information Technology in Taipei on June 13. Keynote speakers at the Congress include Microsoft Corporation Chairman Bill Gates and Cisco Systems President and CEO John Chambers. The Commonwealth hosted the last World Congress in Fairfax County in June 1998.

Secretary of Commerce and Trade Barry E. DuVal, who will assist the Governor during the 10-day trip, June 3-13, said events and prospect meetings in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan will promote inward investment, open new markets for Virginia products and services, and encourage activity for Virginia's ports.

DuVal said Virginia exported $2.2 billion in products to Japan, Korea and Taiwan in 1998. Collectively, Japan, Korea and Taiwan have invested over $1.3 billion in Virginia facilities, employing over 5,000 people.

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