The Association for CompetitiveTechnology ACT is a trade association representing over 3,000 application software developers and small and mid sized technology companies in the United States and in Europe . ACT was founded in 1998 by independent software developers who were concerned that the Microsoft antitrust case would cause great disruption of the platform for which they wrote software. The organization has evolved to become the leading voice of app developers whose issues primarily involve A competitive ecosystem in the mobile marketplace providing app developers with the best opportunities Strong support for intellectual property rights Limited government involvement in technology such as antitrust actions or mandates to use free software open source software instead of proprietary alternatives and Concern that governance of global internet infrastructure maintain a balance of government and industry interests The Association for CompetitiveTechnology has played a prominent role in educating lawmakers and regulators on technology issues affecting app developers. The organization has testified multiple times before House and Senate Committees and has briefed White House and administration officials about the challenges and concerns app developers face. ACT has also been prominent at conferences across the country speaking to developers about privacy issues that confront this nascent marketplace. The group has sponsored hackathons, developer camps and regularly encourages app makers to go to Washington DC to meet their elected officials. In 2011, ACT testified before the House Judiciary Committee on children s online privacy protections, before the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy and location based services, before the Senate Commerce Committee on mobile privacy issues, and before the House Administration Committee on improving Congress s use of tablets and other ...?title Association for CompetitiveTechnology SourceWatch entry for ACT http www.tbray.org ongoing ... more details
The Association of Independent Competitive Eaters AICE is a competitive eating organization in the United States . It is run by competitive eaters and all proceeds and profits go to the founder of the organization. It was founded 2004 by competitive eaters Arnold Chapman and former IFOCE member Coondog O Karma . The association s slogan is A competitive eating organization with a heart ... as big as its stomach One feature of the AICE s contests is its picnic style rules, which requires food to be eaten as normally presented. No separating, mashing, dunking, or other mutilation of the contest food, humorously termed picnic profanities by the association, are allowed. External links Official AICE website http www.competitiveeaters.com Category Competitive eating US org stub ... more details
Infobox Organization name Technology Student Association image Tsalogo.png image border size 100px caption ... statement The Technology Student Association fosters personal growth, leadership, and opportunities in technology, innovation, design, and engineering. Members apply and integrate science, technology, engineering and mathematics concepts through co curricular activities, competitive events and related ... Our Story title Our Story publisher Technology Student Association work TSAweb.org date ... Competitions title Competitions publisher Technology Student Association work TSAweb.org date ... web url http www.tsaweb.org History title History publisher Technology Student Association work TSAweb.org ... Student Association, due to the shift of Technology Education s focus from Industrial Arts to mainstream ... organizations. TSA s Mission Statement The Technology Student Association fosters personal growth ... Service Project publisher Technology Student Association work TSAweb.org date accessdate 2010 08 20 ... Tech Technology Students Association accessdate 2010 08 20 ref . At the 2011 National Conference ... as location Dowingtown, Pennsylvania Technology Student Association Pennsylvania unknown 1989 TSA ... Towers 1998 TSA Same as location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Technology Student Association Pennsylvania ... Oregon TSA Pennsylvania Technology Student Association Pennsylvania TSA http www.amersol.edu.pe hs ... student organizations Category Honor societies de Technology Student Association ... title leader name main organ parent organization AIASA American Industrial Arts Student Association affiliations num staff num volunteers budget website http www.tsaweb.org TSAweb.org remarks The Technology Student Association TSA is an international Career and Technical Student Organization made up of over 150,000 Middle School and High School Technology Education Students. TSA is the premier CTSO dedicated to STEM fields STEM Standards Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Students ... more details
Multiple issues unreferenced October 2009 orphan April 2010 notability October 2009 Minnesota Technology Education Association MTEA is the professional organization of technology education and industrial technology teacher s in Minnesota an affiliate of the International Technology Education Association ... Resources whatistechteaching.htm References Reflist MINNESOTA TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ... www.mtea.net pdf MR 208710 204850.pdf International Technology Education Association AFFILIATE WEBSITE ... Education Association http www.mtea.net International Technology Engineering Education Association ... year colleges . MTEA dates back to 1956 and has a constitution that outlines the structure of the association ... of the MTEA are to promote quality technology and industrial technology programs in schools provide staff developmen t for teachers of technology promote policies that support technology education programs and provide Minnesota students with the best technology education experiences possible. WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY TEACHING? Technology is how people modify the natural world to suit their own purposes ... Literacy Content for the Study of Technology, ITEA, 2000 What is technological literacy Technological Literacy ? The ability to use, manage, understand, and assess technology. What is Technology Education? A study of technology, which provides an opportunity for students to learn about the processes and knowledge related to technology that are needed to solve problems and extend human capabilities. What do Technology Teachers Teach? Technology teachers teach a curriculum called technology education, which is problem based learning utilizing math, science, and technology principles. Technological ... Working individually as well as in a team to solve problems Where do Technology Teachers Work? Technology is taught in grades K 12. In grades 6 12 technology is taught as a subject by certified technology teachers. In grades K 5 teachers may incorporate technology concepts into other subjects. Read ... more details
Image ESTA logo.gif thumb right 200px Logo of the Entertainment Services and TechnologyAssociation. The Entertainment Services and TechnologyAssociation ESTA is a live entertainment industry organization . From their website ESTA is a non profit trade association representing the entertainment technology industry dedicated to a core mission of Building the Business of Show Business. ESTA promotes professionalism and growth in the industry and provides a forum where interested parties can come together to exchange ideas and information, create standards and recommended practices, and address issues of training and certification. One of their upcoming standards is Architecture for Control Networks ACN Architecture for Control Networks . See also DMX512 A RDM lighting External links http www.esta.org ESTA The Entertainment Services and TechnologyAssociation Category Trade associations business org stub es Entertainment Services and TechnologyAssociation nl Entertainment Services and TechnologyAssociation ... more details
Notability date August 2009 The China Association for Science and Technology CAST is a non profit, non governmental organization of Chinese scientists and engineers, which is composed of 167 national professional societies and hundreds of local branches at various levels. ref http english.cast.org.cn n1181872 n1257426 index.html ref ref http www.adlerplanetarium.org pressroom sesame pdf ADLER OneWorldOneSky China Association for Science and Technology.pdf ref The major tasks of CAST are i to promote the advancement of science by means of scientific exchanges ii to popularize scientific knowledge among the general public iii to safeguard the legitimate rights of scientists and engineers and organize them to participate in the political life of the state iv to award scientists and engineers with outstanding contributions v to provide decision making advice and other services to the government and industry on science and technology related problems so as to contribute to the nation s economic development vi to develop cooperative relations with the international science and technology communities ... http www.country data.com cgi bin query r 2833.html China Association of Science and Technology 1987 http www.cistc.gov.cn englishversion China ST China ST4.asp?column 150&id 201 China Association for Science and Technology 2003 References reflist External links http www.cast.org.cn Official website ... of China Association for International Science and Technology Cooperation International Council for Science DEFAULTSORT China Association For Science And Technology Category Organizations based in China Category Science and technology in the People s Republic of China zh ... organizations. ref http english.cast.org.cn n1181872 n1182063 index.html ref Journal Science & Technology Review was begun in 1980 in the USA and now is the journal of China Association for Science & Technology CAST . Charged by CAST, Science & Technology Review is edited and published by Science & Technology ... more details
The Association for Retail Technology Standards ARTS is an internationally reaching standards organization dedicated to reducing the costs of technology through Technical standard standard s. Since 1993, ARTS has been delivering application standards exclusively to the retail industry. ARTS has four standards The Standard Relational Data Model, UnifiedPOS , ARTS XML and the Standard RFP s. It is a division of the National Retail Federation . Membership is open to all members of the international technology community, retailers from all industry segments, application developers and hardware companies. External links http www.nrf arts.org Association for Retail Technology Standards http www.nrf.com content default.asp?folder home&file main.htm&bhcp 1 National Retail Federation http www.nrf arts.org UnifiedPOS default.htm UnifiedPOS Category Retail POS systems org stub ... more details
www.lita.org ala lita litahome.cfm Library Information and TechnologyAssociation http www.ala.org American Library Association library stub Category Library associations Category Library associations ...Deleted image removed Image LITA logo.gif right framed LITA Logo The Library and Information TechnologyAssociation LITA is a division of the American Library Association , which is the oldest library association in the world. LITA became a division of ALA in 1966 in response to the changing technological environment in libraries. Originally called the Information Science and Automation Division, the name was changed in 1978 to the Library and Information TechnologyAssociation. LITA is headquartered in the Chicago ALA offices. Mary Taylor is the current LITA executive director CEO . LITA Conference Programming LITA sponsored sessions are a part of the annual and mid winter meetings of the American Library Association. In addition, LITA sponsors the LITA National Forum which provides technology focused programming in a small conference setting. First held in 1998, the LITA National Forum has become a highly regarded annual event for those whose work involves new and leading edge technologies in the library and information technology field. Information Technology and Libraries ITAL Information Technology and Libraries ISSN 0730 9295 is the refereed journal published quarterly by LITA. ITAL content includes feature articles, communications, tutorials and reviews related to all aspects of libraries and information technology. Content is accessible at the http www.lita.org ala lita litapublications ital italinformation.cfm ITAL Homepage . Current issues are only available to members and subscribers. However, after six months, the e versions of the articles are open to all. ITAL is abstracted in Computer & Information Systems , Computing Reviews , Information Science Abstracts and Library & Information Science Abstracts . It is indexed by a number resources including Computer ... more details
multiple issues advert April 2009 primarysources April 2009 The York TechnologyAssociation was established in 1983 as an economic development community supporting the growth of technology companies in the greater Toronto Region. The Association has evolved into a cluster of economic activity, drawing together technology and key Service economics service companies supporting sustained economic development. The YTA draws its members from the Region considered to be at the centre point of Canada s most economically active technology corridor according to the independent Branhan 300 list of technology companies. The YTA provides a connection to more than 5,000 leaders and influencers of the technology cluster in the Greater Toronto Region in Ontario Ontario, Canada . http www.yorktech.ca The goal for the YTA is a simple one to foster a healthy Ecosystem eco system of inter related executives, companies, technologies and services to build sustainable business success. A Non profit organization not for profit group, the YTA is a member driven community offering peer collaboration, innovation, education and economic development opportunity key to technology businesses and their people. Membership is company based with all members in an organization having access to the programs, services and events to help build community and support innovation and economic development. Category Organizations based in Toronto Category Science and technology in Toronto ... more details
The Business TechnologyAssociation BTA is an international not for profit trade association serving independent dealers, value added resellers, systems integrators, manufacturers and distributors in the business equipment and systems industry. It is based in Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City , Missouri , United States. It is the result of a merger in 1993 between the National Office Machine Dealers Association NOMDA formerly the National Association of Typewriter and Office Machine Dealers and Local Area Network Dealers Association LANDA . BTA publishes Office Technology magazine and BTA Hotline Online and provides benchmarking studies and reports and educational offerings. See also Glass break detector Westminster Group ADT Security Services Chubb Locks Yale company Broadsword Security Services Westminster Group Chubb Locks Chubb Electronic Security Security lighting Fire alarms Burgalar alarms External links http www.bta.org Official site. Category Technology trade associations Category Local area networks Category Organizations based in Kansas City, Missouri business org stub ... more details
Image OSTA logo.png thumb The OSTA s website logo The Optical Storage TechnologyAssociation OSTA is an international trade association which promotes the use of recordable optical technologies and products, and most notably it is responsible for the creation and maintenance of the Universal Disk Format UDF specification. Representing more than 85 percent of worldwide writable optical product shipment s manufacturers and resellers, it was Incorporation business incorporated in 1992. In the autumn of 2007, OSTA spearheaded a campaign to encourage families and photographers to back up their digital photographs on compact discs. Since it is estimated that one out of seven computer hard drives crash within the first year Citation needed date August 2008 , OSTA believes it is dangerous to merely rely on storing irreplaceable pictures on a hard drive alone. Optical discs CD, DVD, BD , are an economical and reliable way to back up pictures and to make extra copies for greater protection and to share pictures with others. External links http www.osta.org OSTA http www.osta.org technology dvdqa Understanding Recordable & Rewritable DVD http www.osta.org technology cdqa.htm Understanding CD R & CD RW http www.osta.org specs pdf opc.pdf Running Optimum Power Control Data Integrity in CD Recording Category Trade associations Business org stub de Optical Storage TechnologyAssociation es Optical Storage TechnologyAssociation ... more details
Infobox organization name The Association for Manufacturing Technology image The Association for Manufacturing Technology Logo.jpg image border size default 200 alt alt text see WP ALT caption map optional msize map size, optional, default 200px malt map alt text mcaption optional abbreviation AMT motto formation 1902 extinction date of extinction, optional type NGO status ad hoc, treaty, foundation, etc purpose American Manufacturing Technology Interests headquarters McLean, Virginia location United States coords coord 38.923706 N 77.218378 W region US VA type landmark display inline region served membership American Manufacturing Technology Providers language leader title position title for the leader of the org leader name name of leader main organ Board of Directors parent organization if one affiliations if any num staff num volunteers budget website http www.amtonline.org AMT Online remarks The Association for Manufacturing Technology AMT is a trade association based in McLean, Virginia in the United States founded as the National Machine Tool Builders Association NMTBA in 1902. It represents and promotes the interests of American providers of manufacturing machinery and equipment. ref cite web url http www.amtonline.org AboutAMT title About AMT accessdate 2009 12 16 ref The AMT s most visible activity is its management of the International Manufacturing Technology Show IMTS , which is held on even numbered years at McCormick Place in Chicago , Illinois . ref cite web url ... References Reflist 2 External links http www.amtonline.org Association for Manufacturing Technology DEFAULTSORT Association For Manufacturing Technology Category Industry trade groups based in the United ... and participation in standards committees, including National Fire Protection Association NFPA ... AMT Technology & Standards accessdate 2009 12 16 ref Annual Technology Forums in cooperation with the National .... Providing manufacturing statistical data for publications. AMT also supports their membership with technology ... more details
technology related legal issues and recent court cases of interest. ref http www.itechlaw.org ... relevant to technology lawyers, analyses of recent case law and with news and updates on the ITechLaw ... more details
Wikify date November 2010 The Association for Educational Communications and Technology is an academic and professional association dedicated to the effective use of technology to improve learning. Members provide leadership in the field by promoting scholarship and best practices in instructional technology . AECT s headquarters is in Bloomington, IN , moved from Washington, DC in 1999 for financial reasons. AECT publishes three journals TechTrends a bimonthly for leaders in technology and education , Educational Technology Research and Development a bimonthly academic journal and The Quarterly Review of Distance Education a quarterly academic journal . AECT sponsors the International Student Media Festival ISMF , and sponsors an annual academic conference ref http www.aect.org events default.asp ref . AECT s membership has dropped considerably, from over 12000 in the mid 1980s, to about 2000 today. Like many nonprofit academic and professional associations, AECT s membership rolls have suffered through tough economic times and competition from newer organizations and technology conferences. The organization has its origins in traditional audio visual design and development. AECT and its related academic fields place the emphasis on theory rather than on physical technology. This was symbolized with the removal of the production division of AECT in the 1990s, the division previously home to anyone who would produce or develop the actual technology used in application of theory ... Category Educational technology Category Supraorganizations Category Educational organizations based in the United States tr Association for Educational Communications and Technology ..., namely instructional technology. Most recently, ACM abandoned the definition effort in computer science. The flagship publication The Handbook of Research in Educational Communications & Technology ... in 2012. The Association has a variety of activities including the FutureMinds initiative which ... more details
Multiple issues citation style January 2011 COI January 2011 The Assistive Technology Industry Association ATIA is a not for profit membership organization of manufacturers, sellers and providers of technology ... as the collective voice of the Assistive Technology AT industry so that the best products and services ... Employment of Persons with Disabilities through Accessible Technology . Scholarly Publications ATIA produces the Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits Journal ATOB in a collaborative scholarly partnership with the Special Education Assistive Technology Center SEAT Center at Illinois State University . ATOB publishes articles related to the outcomes and benefits of assistive technology for persons ... organization by a group of leading Information Technology IT and Assistive Technology ... ATIA partners with other organizations in the technology and disability fields to promote adoption and awareness of the ways that technology can benefit people with disabilities. ref Exceptional Parent, January 2010 ref Alliance Partners are Alliance for Technology Access ATA American Federation for the Blind AFB American Occupational Therapy Association American Occupational Therapy Association AOTA American Speech Language Hearing Association American Speech Language Hearing Association ASHA Assistive Technology in Higher Education Network ATHEN Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs ATAP Association on Higher Education and Disability AHEAD Center for Applied Special Technology Center for Applied Special Technology CAST Chicago Lighthouse The Chicago Lighthouse DAISY DAISY Consortium ... FDLRS Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School Iowa Braille School IBS National Assistive Technology Technical ... Institute for the Deaf NTID Pass It On Center PIOC Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America RESNA State Leaders in Assistive Technology in Education SLATE The Technology and Media Division ... more details
The Association of Science Technology Centers ASTC is an international organization of science center s and science museum s. Members are located in more than 40 countries. Founded in 1973, the organization is headquartered in Washington, D.C. , USA . ASTC holds an annual conference, publishes books and reports, provides professional development, and supports online communities for people who work in and with science centers. ASTC also is home to the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education CAISE , which was founded in 2007 with support from the National Science Foundation. Science centers and museums that are part of the ASTC Travel Passport Program honor the memberships of other Passport participants, as long as the museums are 90 miles apart and the visitor shows their membership card. Restrictions based on residency also apply. External links http www.astc.org ASTC official website http astc.org sciencecenters find scicenter.htm Find a Science Center http exhibitfiles.org ExhibitFiles , ASTC s community site for exhibit developers and designers http astc.org iglo ASTC s IGLO initiative International Action on Global Warming http insci.org Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education References http www.ibm.com ibm ibmgives grant education tryscience.shtml IBM Try Science worldwide, online science and technology center, is a collaboration of the New York Hall of Science, IBM, and the more than 500 member institutions of the Association of Science Technology Centers. Category Science museums Association of Science Technology Centers Category Organizations established in 1973 Category Organizations based in Washington, D.C. Category International nongovernmental organizations Category Science and technology in the United States ja ... more details
orphan date July 2010 unreferenced date December 2009 The Brazilian Rubber TechnologyAssociation abbreviated ABTB in Portuguese language Portguese is Brazil ian non profit entity dedicated to the development and spread of rubber technology in Brazil. ABTB has an extensive library about rubber and its processing, which is accessible through the group s website. ABTB was founded on May 26, 1975 with the objective to congregate all rubber and rubber like activities on Brazil. ABTB holds a congress every two years the next congress will occur in 2012. ABTB is member of Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society as Brazil Rubber Group, and is member of IRCO. ABTB will issue the IRC2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this will be the first IRC conference on Latin America. External links official http www.abtb.com.br Category Trade associations Brazil stub ... more details
Refimprove date May 2009 The Association of Information Technology Professionals AITP is a Professional organization professional association that focuses on information technology education. The group is a non profit national group, but its activities are performed by about 200 local chapters organized on a geographic basis, and a similar number of student chapters at college and universities. History The group was first organized in Chicago in 1949, as the National Machine Accountants Association, NMAA. ref cite book last Johnson first Charles title Data Processing 1958 Proceedings year 1958 publisher National Machine Accountants Association location Paris, Illinois pages 412 ref It soon had over 20 chapters. Harvey W. Protzel, systems manager for Protzel s Company, was elected the first International President at the 1952 First Annual Convention in Minneapolis . In 1962 it adopted the more inclusive name, Data Processing Management Association DPMA , and in 1996, the present name. The Association began its certification program with the Certificate in Data Processing CDP professional examination, first held in 1962 in New York . In 1970 it added the Registered Business Programmer RBP examination. In 1974, the Association joined in establishing the Institute for the Certification ... is now called Certified Computing Professional CCP The Association created in 1969 the annual DPMA ... Sciences Award. Ethics The Association requires its members to abide by a http www.aitp.org organization ... Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA and Sarbanes Oxley legislation. The Association ... specifics. ref http www.aitp.org organization about conduct conduct.jsp standards ref See also Association ... of the National Machine Accountants Association NMAA , later the Data Processing Management Association DPMA . He describes how the changes in business data processing in the 1940s and 1950s ... Management Association Records , Charles Babbage Institute , University of Minnesota. Category ... more details
Infobox Non profit Non profit name Australasian Language TechnologyAssociation Non profit logo File Australasian Language TechnologyAssociation logo .jpg Non profit type professional organization founded date 2002 founder location this parameter modifies Headquarters origins key people area served Australia and New Zealand focus computational linguistics method conferences, publications revenue endowment num volunteers num employees num members owner Non profit slogan homepage http www.alta.asn.au www.alta.asn.au tax exempt dissolved footnotes The Australasian Language TechnologyAssociation ALTA promotes language technology research and development in Australia and New Zealand. ALTA organises regular events for the exchange of research results and for academic and industrial training, and co ordinates activities with other professional societies. ALTA is a founding regional organization ref http www.bdc.com.tw kysu AFNLP afnlp constitution.htm AFNLP Constitution Annex B ref of the AFNLP Asian Federation of Natural Language Processing AFNLP . Every year early December ALTA organises a research workshop gathering together the growing language technology community in Australia and New Zealand, both from the academic and industrial world. The workshop welcomes original work on any aspect of natural language processing, including both speech and text. Accepted papers are published in the ALTA proceedings, which are also included as part of the Association for Computational Linguistics ACL Anthology. ref ACL Anthology, A Digital Archive of Research Papers in Computational Linguistics http www.aclweb.org anthology ref Since 2008 ALTA has been involved ref http ozclo.org.au sponsors OzCLO sponsors ref in organising the Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad ref http ... combined conference of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia ALAA and the Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand ALANZ , as well as the 42nd Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistics ... more details
todo logo Information TechnologyAssociation of Canada or Association canadienne de la technolgie de l information is an advocacy group representing members companies of Canada s information technology information and communications technologies ICT industry. ITAC is the voice of the Canadian information and communications technologies ICT industry in all sectors including telecommunications and Internet services, ICT consulting services, hardware, microelectronics, software and electronic content. ITAC s network of companies accounts for more than 70 per cent of the 579,000 jobs, 137.6 billion in revenue, 5.2 billion in R&D investment, 22.6 billion in exports and 11.5 billion in capital expenditures that the industry contributes annually to the Canadian economy. Sectors represented include Telecommunication s and Internet services ICT consulting services Computer hardware Hardware Microelectronics Computer software Software Electronic media Electronic content Promoting growth in the ICT industry, ITAC policy and advocacy currently covers Computer security Cyber security and privacy Environmental issues Finance and Tax taxation Government procurement Health care Healthcare and ICT Innovation commercialization International trade Lawful access Outsourcing Offshoring Productivity economics Productivity Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Credit Program SRED Telecom infrastructure External links http www.itac.ca ITAC home page http www.itac.ca MemberCentre RegularMembers.asp List of regular members http www.itac.ca ICTFederation Canadian ICT Federation canada stub Category Organizations based in Canada Category Lobbying organizations in Canada Category Information technology organisations Category Technology trade associations ... more details
The Association for Learning Technology ALT is a United Kingdom professional body and scholarly association. Founded in 1993 as a Registered Charity ref cite web first Charity Commission title ALT s details on the Charity Commission website publisher The Charity Commission date 2012 url http www.charity commission.gov.uk Showcharity RegisterOfCharities CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber 1063519&SubsidiaryNumber 0 accessdate 2012 03 03 ref , ALT brings together people and organisations with an interest in the use of learning technology . Membership ALT has over 200 organisational and sponsoring members, and over 900 individual members ref cite web first ALT title See page 11 of 2010 2011 Annual Report and Accounts for membership numbers url http www.charity commission.gov.uk Accounts ... Wiliam. Responding to consultations relating to learning technology and e learning ref cite web ... scheme, see http www.alt.ac.uk cmalt . Working in partnership with other organisations, such as the Association ... 2011 publisher Association of Colleges date 2011 url http www.webcitation.org 65ssKC249 accessdate ... version of partnership page on the TEL website publisher Technology Enhanced Learning Programme date ... technology have at the heart of modern learning support member organisations to achieve their missions ... reach and leverage. Publications Research in Learning Technology , an international peer reviewed Open ... technology, encouraging research that informs good practice and contributes to the development of policy ref cite web first Research in Learning Technology title Aims and Scope of Research in Learning Technology url http www.researchinlearningtechnology.net index.php rlt about editorialPolicies focusAndScope ... of interest to the learning technology community ref cite web first ALT title ALT wiki publisher ... ALT web site official http www.researchinlearningtechnology.net Research in Learning Technology http ... Kingdom Category Educational technology ... more details
The Association of University Technology Managers AUTM is an organization devoted to promoting technology transfer between universities and colleges and private enterprise and or the government. Membership consists primarily of technology transfer professionals that work for universities. The organization is primarily US based. The association was founded in 1974 as the Society of University Patent Administrators to address the objective of getting research out for public use. The first meeting in 1974 had 75 participants. Today, the association claims over 3,500 members worldwide. US universities collectively produce about 3000 US patents per year. These patents are licensed to outside firms or start up companies in order to have these third parties commercialize the inventions. Licensing revenue received by US universities from licensing in 2006 was over 1.25 billion. ref AUTM FY2006 U.S. Licensing Activity Survey http www.autm.net events file AUTM 06 US 20LSS FNL.pdf ref By way of context, in FY2007, US university expenditures for federally funded science and engineering were 30.4 billion. Universities reported total funding for science and engineering of 49.4 billion. Of that amount, 2.7 billion, or slightly over 5 , came from industry sources. ref Ronda Britt, Universities Report ... www.tandemLaunchtech.com TandemLaunch Technologies http techentrepreneurship.com Technology Transfer Blog DEFAULTSORT Association Of University Technology Managers Category 1974 establishments Category ... web offices pac mpep documents appxl 35 U S C 200.htm ref ref Elizabeth Popp Berman, Redefining Technology ... Dole Act, many universities and other non profit research organizations have developed technology ... Bayh Dole.pdf ref . AUTM provides support to these offices and to technology licensing professionals ... technology transfer via patent licensing appears to vary in its effect by industry and model ... Category Technology transfer ... more details
100 companies. ISTE was a co organizer of the summit, designed to introduce leading educational technology ... Property Rights Efforts in 2005 to forge a partnership with the Patent Protection Association ... with a reporter from CCTV 9 in China, October 2005 2005 China Educational Technology Conference & Expo During the same timeframe, and with its EdTech association partner ISTE ref Knezek, Don. https ... was identified as the world s largest educational technology conference and expo in Dongguan , attracting ... more details
File Itaa logo.jpg thumb right 200px Logo of the ITAA The Information TechnologyAssociation of America ITAA is a leading industry trade group for information technology companies. The Association s membership contains most all of the world s major Information and communications technology ICT firms and accounts for over 90 of ICT goods and services sold in North America. Former Under Secretary of Commerce Phil Bond became the association s President in August 2006. He replaced Harris Miller who ... with the Government Electronics and Information TechnologyAssociation GEIA , and that the combined association would retain the ITAA name. ref cite web url http www.informationweek.com news showArticle.jhtml?articleID 212300435 title Groups Merge To Form TechnologyAssociation Of America publisher ... TechnologyAssociation of America publisher Govtech.com date 2001 02 22 accessdate 2010 03 ... TechnologyAssociation of America web site http www.shusterman.com itaa.html ITAA CALLS ON CONGRESS ... in ADAPSO which became Information TechnologyAssociation of America. DEFAULTSORT Information TechnologyAssociation Of America Category Information technology organisations Category Technology trade ... College Association in February 2007. ref cite web url http www.career.org Content NavigationMenu About CCA Directories Executive Staff Harris Miller.htm title CCA Career College Association publisher ... desire in merging ITAA with another high tech trade association. ref cite web url http www.itaa.org ... 2010 03 04 ref Until earlier in the year GEIA had been an affiliate of EIA a trade association ... states through CRITA and its role as Secretariat of the WITSA World Information Technology and Services ... across America and around the world. On a policy front, the Association plays a leading role ... online 1 1 31487 1.html title ITAA to Congress cut a check for Real ID now publisher Washington Technology ... World Information Technology & Services Alliance web site http www.crita.org Council of Regional ... more details
A broad definition of competitive intelligence is the action of defining, gathering, analyzing, and distributing ... for an organization. Key points of this definition Competitive intelligence is an ethical and legal ... centers, and competitive intelligence which is a perspective on developments and events aimed at yielding a competitive edge. ref name Gilad, 2008 Gilad, Ben. The Future of Competitive Intelligence Contest for the Profession s Soul , Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 2008, 11 5 , 22 ref The term CI is often viewed as synonymous with competitor analysis , but competitive intelligence is more than analyzing competitors it is about making the organization more competitive relative to its ... data etc. Historic development The literature associated with the field of competitive intelligence is best exemplified by the detailed bibliographies that were published in the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals refereed academic journal called The Journal of Competitive Intelligence .... Knip. Chronological and Categorized Bibliography of Key Competitive Intelligence Scholarship Part 1 1997 2003 , Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management, 1 1 , 16 78. ref ref name Fleisher ... of Key Competitive Intelligence Scholarship Part 4 2003 2006 , Journal of Competitive Intelligence ..., Victor, and P. Dishman. Bibliography and Assessment of Key Competitive Intelligence Scholarship Part 2 1990 1996 , Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management, 2003, 1 2 , 11 86. ref ref ... of Key Competitive Intelligence Scholarship Part 3 The Earliest Writings 1989 , Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management, 2003, 1 3 , 10 79. ref Although elements of organizational intelligence collection have been a part of business for many years, the history of competitive .... Porter Michael Porter published the study Competitive Strategy Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors which is widely viewed as the foundation of modern competitive intelligence. This has ... more details
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