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AeA, founded in 1943, is a nationwide trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry and is dedicated solely to helping our 2500 members' top line and bottom line.

Council News

April 2, 2008:  AeA Report Shows that the D.C. Capital Region Is A Major High-Tech Hub
Nationally, Cyberstates 2008 shows that the high-tech industry added jobs for the third consecutive year. Tech industry employment totaled 5.9 million, after adding 91,400 jobs in 2007. This is on top of job gains of 139,000 in 2006 and 87,400 in 2005...read more.

New! Cyberstates 2008 provides 2007 national tech trends on employment and venture capital investments as well as the latest data on state employment, wages, establishments, payroll, and research and development.

Learn more about high-tech employment in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and the Capital Region.

March 19, 2008:  Network security, e-discovery, and data sharing are discussed at AeA's quarterly Government-Industry Executive Interchange..  Government speakers represented the Dept. of Defense, Dept. of Transportation, General Services Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and Veterans Affairs.  Industry speakers were from Adobe, Citrix, Microsoft, and PRTM...read more.


Panelists on the data sharing and security panel.

January 17, 2008:  AeA's quarterly Government-Industry Executive Interchange brought federal government and tech company executives together to share best practices regarding telework and identity management...read more.


Telework panel presenters Casey Coleman, CIO, GSA; David Smith, Citrix; and Tim Schmidt, CTO, Dept. of Transportation (L-R).

September 19, 2007:  AeA brings Government Procurement Officials together with industry leaders at the Quarterly Government-Industry Executive Interchange in Washington, D.C.,  to discuss E-Health and Data Sharing...read more.

New! Trade in the Cyberstates 2007: A State-by-State Overview of High-Tech International Trade provides comprehensive trade statistics at the national and state level, including 52 state overview pages with detailed graphs.

Learn more about high-tech trade in District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

June 5, 2007: Federal procurement leaders joined with high-tech executives at AeA's Technology 4 Government dinner. AeA’s Board of Directors hosted over 600 senior leaders from the private sector and government at the Annual AeA Technology 4 Government Dinner.  Jonathan Schwartz, President & CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc, delivered the keynote address at this event to a unique audience of government CIOs, senior contracting officials, technology company executives, foreign dignitaries, Members of Congress, senior congressional staff members, and leaders from the Administration...read more

National News

Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft, to Keynote AeA's Annual Technology for Government Dinner
Steve BallmerSponsor or attend the premier Washington, DC, technology networking event -- to be held on June 3 -- honoring Federal CIOs, Congressional high-tech leaders, and all government technology professionals...read more. 

AeA Applauds New York Governor Paterson for Signing Groundbreaking Child Online Safety Legislation
State Government AffairsOn May 14, Governor Paterson signed the AeA sponsored Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators (e-STOP) act into law, thus requiring convicted sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses and any names they use to identify themselves on social networking sites with the NY Division of Criminal Justice Services...read more

Governor Paterson Signs e-Stop Bill into Law
Governor Paterson signs the e-Stop bill into law with Justin Wright, AeA's Northeast Regional Policy Director; Attorney General Andrew Cuomo; Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; and bill sponsors Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol, Senator Dean Skelos in attendance

To Coincide with Earth Day, AeA Releases a Report Strongly Endorsing Telework Initiatives
Earth DayTelework is the practice of allowing employees to leverage information technologies to work remotely. The report, entitled Telework in the Information Age, is the 21st installment of AeA’s ongoing Competitiveness Series...read more.

Speaker Pelosi Celebrates AeA Leadership at April 9th DC ReceptionSpeaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, joined AeA at an informal dinner reception for retired-AeA President & CEO, William T. Archey.  Hosted by AeA’s new chief executive, Chris Hansen, the event was attended by high-tech executives, association heads, and government and congressional leaders...read more.

National Events

6/3/2008 - 6/5/2008: AeA Board of Directors Spring Meeting (Washington, DC) June Board of Directors Meeting.

Location at JW Marriott Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC.

Reserve your room by May 12, 2008 to receive discounted rate.

6/3/2008: AeA Annual Technology for Government Dinner (Washington, DC) The Annual AeA Technology for Government Dinner is the premier Washington, DC networking event bringing hundreds of industry, congressional, and government leaders together at one venue.

Government guests that attended previous years included Mike Wynne, Secretary, Dept. of the Air Force; Scott ...More

6/12/2008: AeA Salary Survey Tutorial Webinar (Via Online, Webinar) New Page 1

AeA's Salary Survey o...More

7/9/2008: Marketing 4 Business Committee Meeting (Washington, DC) The quarterly meeting of AeA's Marketing 4 Business Committee.

The purpose of this committee is to give AeA members the opportunity to guide the programs, events, strategy, and partners that the association develops to help all AeA members win more business and offer exclusive opportunities to n...More

8/22/2008: Quarterly Government-Industry Executive Interchange (Washington, DC) DC's premier executive networking event that brings Federal CIO's, Program Managers and Procurement Officials together with the leaders of the high tech industry. This forum is held for Government and Industry executives to discuss their similar experiences, share insights and exchange best practice...More

Additional AeA National Events

5/19/2008 - 5/21/2008: CIRCA 08 Conference (Saratoga, NY) Join global nanoelectronics and technology industry leaders by attending or sponsoring CIRCA 08, the second annual industry-leading conference on the convergence of international research and commercialization. The conference will be held May 19-21, at the Gideon Putnam Hotel and Resort in Saratoga...More

5/21/2008: Go Green! AeA Midwest Council Green Technologies Program (Chicago, IL) AeA’s Midwest Council Green Technologies: GO GREEN! is a comprehensive program to help you learn best practices, laws & regulations that may affect your company, implement cost savings while greening your company, and how you can make a difference by positively affecting the environment.

Please...More

5/27/2008 - 5/30/2008: 2008 SBIR/STTR National Spring Conference in Florida (Orlando, FL) In partnership with NASA the Florida SBDC Network and the Florida Small Business Development Foundation Inc. will co-host the 2008 SBIR/STTR National Spring Conference to celebrate the Silver Anniversary of the SBIR Program and 50 Years of NASA Space Exploration. AeA members will receive a discounte...More

6/1/2008 - 6/5/2008: CTSI Clean Technology & Sustainable Industries Conference (Boston, MA) AeA is pleased to be a supporting organization for Clean Technology 2008, a multi-sector conference on global sustainability addressing advancements in traditional technologies, emerging technologies and clean business practices. The event's mission is to bring together the entire Clean Technology e...More

6/9/2008 - 6/12/2008: AeA/Santa Clara University Management Development Program (Santa Clara, CA)

June 9-12, 2008
Santa Clara, CA

Cross functional educational program designed to turn high-tech managers into future leaders. Introductory coverage of Leadership Finance Accounting Product Development Program Management Market Strategy and Negotiation techniques.

  
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Contact Information

Goldy Kamali, Executive Director, Government and Commercial Markets Group
Juan Veizaga, Business Development Manager, Government & Commercial Markets Group

601 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 600, North Building
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202.682.9110
Fax: 202.682.9111
(Directions)

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