Miami High Tech, by Miami Today reporter Candice Ventra, condenses the latest news in the Miami Internet and technical worlds.

INTERNET PANEL: The Miami Internet Alliance will host a networking reception and panel discussion on "The Reinvention of the Agency in the Internet Economy" at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 29 in the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables. The panel will feature Laura Desmond, a chief executive for Starcom Media West Group Latin America; Irving Plunksier, managing director of the Media Edge Latin America, and Margot Bradley, senior vice president of Reiser Reiser GrupoUno International. Details: (305) 335-4619.

SITE AWARD: Absolutely Florida, a local website devoted to Florida travel and lifestyle, received the Flagler Award in the web-success category at the Florida Commission on Tourism's 33rd annual convention, promoters say. The award recognizes websites that promote the state. Absolutely Florida is at funandsun.com. Details: (305) 865-9420.

GOLF NEWS: Palm Beach Gardens-based PGA.com, website of the PGA of America golf tour, is making the site's services available to Sprint PCS Wireless Web customers. Users of the Sprint technology can access golf-related news from web-enabled phones, executives say.

SUPPLY & DEMAND: Supplyspot.com, a Boca Raton-based business-to-business site for the plumbing industry, has formed a strategic partnership with San Francisco-based Redladder.com, an on-line bidding, estimating and project management solutions site for contractors. Together, promoters say, the companies will allow Redladder customers to obtain competitive prices through Supplyspot. Details: (561) 620-7822.

FIERA IN LA: Fiera.com, an e-commerce site in Spanish and Portuguese, will participate in the Los Angeles Latino Book & Family Festival Aug. 26-27. Company executives will sponsor writers and participate in a panel discussion about the Internet industry, promoters say.

OPEN RELATIONSHIP: Sunrise-based OpenClose.com, a site offering solutions to real estate sellers and buyers, has formed a strategic partnership with First American Corporation Services, a California-based provider of business information and related products. Under terms of the pact, OpenClose will provide expanded product and service offerings to First American members. Details: (954) 838-5121.

INTERNET SEMINAR: BellSouth and Nortel Networks will present a free seminar, "The Power of Internet Marketing," at 8 a.m. Aug. 29 in the Hilton Miami Airport & Towers. The seminar, promoters say, will teach cover how to analyze Internet potential and marketing on the web. Details: (305) 262-1000.

EDUCATION DONATION: IBM — through its Re-inventing Education Program — is working with public schools in Broward County to provide Data Warehouse, a technology that promoters say lets school administrators recognize patterns of success and failure in key information. Among other things, IBM has donated the computer technology to the school district.