"Duraswitch (DSWT) joined AeA in 1999 primarily to take advantage of the financial conferences and the relationship building atmosphere they offer. In retrospect, that was a smart move that catapulted us into the lime light and enabled us to get to the public market for funding to execute our licensing business model of a patented enabling technology! At our first private company conference, we met the investment banker who within 60 days put together a public offering raising $10 million and within the next 120 days, a listing on the American Stock Exchange. The next year, we built our investor base by attending the AeA Micro Cap Conference in Monterey, CA. Today, as a Nasdaq-listed company, we continue to build strong relationships through both the AeA Micro Cap and the AeA Classic Conferences. With a targeted audience of high-quality investors, AeA's financial conferences are among the best we have attended."
Bob Brilon, President and CEO
Duraswitch

"The AeA Classic is the most organized and efficient technology conference I attend. The quality of presenting companies is extraordinary and the format allows for small group interaction with their management teams. I always come away from the AeA Classic with many new ideas and relationships. I would recommend the AeA Classic to anyone serious about technology investing."
John Moriarty, Managing Director
A.G. Edwards & Sons

"I have attended the AeA Classic over the past several years and have found it to be an invaluable conference. As an industry sponsored event, it provides me with an unbiased opportunity to meet and network with senior executives from a broad range of technology companies in one location. The small meeting format is conducive to gathering information and developing relationships."
R. Elise Baum, Senior Portfolio Manager
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers

"I have been attending The AeA Classic for more than 15 years. This is a unique opportunity for me and my colleagues each year to spend quality time with the key executives of dozens of leading middle-market companies who are active in our focus sectors of technology: software, network infra-structure, components and services. We have a chance to discuss corporate strategy, market and financial issues and business conditions. Most useful are the networking opportunities in the hallways, at breakfast or cocktails or in breakout sessions during the day."
Robert McNamara, Managing Director
Broadview International

"The AeA Classic Financial Conference provides a great opportunity to spend quality time with senior executives of middle market companies across a variety of industries - a rewarding investment for our firm."
Chris Coetzee, Managing Director - Investment Banking
Robert W. Baird & Company

"The AeA Classic continues to be one of the only forums where the focus is exclusively on technology and technology companies. The Classic provides us with that rare opportunity to talk with investors in a relaxed atmosphere and bring them up to date on FLIR's recent developments. From the campaign against terrorism, to the campaign for economic development, technology leads the way. We wouldn't miss the AeA Classic."
Earl R. Lewis President and CEO
FLIR Systems, Inc.

"The AeA Financial Classic was our first conference as a public company. And it paid dividends for us right away. We met investors at the conference that remain friends of and investors in PEC to this day. I highly recommend it as a forum to meet investors and tell your company story."
Dr. David Karlgaard, President & CEO
PEC Solutions

"Internet Security Systems has participated in the AeA Classic conference for four years now. The greatest benefit that ISS gains from the AeA Conference is the opportunity to present and meet with a broad audience of institutional investors, particularly in the small to mid-sized profile range, that would otherwise be difficult to reach in our market."
Rich Macchia, Chief Financial Officer
Internet Security Systems

"RF Monolithics, Inc. has found the AeA Micro Cap Financial Conference to be an excellent, well attended forum for small public companies to get exposure to the investment banking community."
Buddy Barnes, CFO
RF Monolithics, Inc.

"We find the AeA Micro Cap conference to be the most effective way to reach the greatest number of interested institutional investors in one place in one day. Every year we see an increase in the number of visitors to our presentations. We plan on coming back year after year."
Hugh T. Regan, Jr., CFO
inTEST Corporation

"The AeA conferences are one of the best opportunities of the year to see a broad number of technology investors in a single setting. The conference yields great leads on potential new investors year after year."
Matthew Kreps, Investor Relations
Intrusion Inc.

"The AeA Micro Cap event brought us a focused list of investors that came and listened to our presentation. The relationships that we established at the forum have generated a list of interested contacts and proved successful in bringing Hoover's several new investors in the company's stock."
Frank Milano, Investor Relations
Hoover's, Inc.

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