| Type | Consortium |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology Trade Emerging Markets |
| Founded | November 2004 |
| Headquarters | Headquarters - California, USA Key Affiliates - EU, Asia Key Markets - China, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, India, Pakistan |
Key people | David McKnight, president Christine Shaw, executive director Leslee Xu, software council chair Fanny Hwang, director asia-pac |
| Products | Trade Missions, Conferences, Symposia, Strategic Services |
| Website | IATT - TechnologyTrade.org IATT UK Mirror IATT China Mirror IATT EU Mirror IATT India Mirror |
The International Association for Technology Trade (IATT) is a consortium of information technology organizations, strategic advisors, government agencies and corporate members seeking to generate successful global business opportunities – with a key focus on China and emerging economies.
Events
2006 Guangdong Province Educational Technology Buyers' Summit
In June 2006, IATT hosted a high-level delegation from the Guangdong Province Department of Education, visiting North America at summit meetings arranged by IATT in Toronto, ON; Washington, DC and San Jose, CA. Highlights included meetings with representatives from Discovery Communications, the Oracle Education Foundation and Adobe Systems among other ISTE companies.
First Sino-American Forum of Intellectual Property Rights
Efforts in 2005 to forge a partnership with the Patent Protection Association of China (PPAC) under the direction of China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) resulted in the first-ever Sino-American Forum of Intellectual Property Rights, held in China’s booming Pearl River Delta.1 Attracting more than 500 government officials, business leaders and academics from throughout China and North America, IATT and PPAC co-organized the event.2
2005 China Educational Technology Conference & Expo
In 2005, IATT co-organized what was identified as the world's largest educational technology conference and expo in Dongguan, attracting nearly 40,000 attendees in its first year with leading EdTech speakers and a small number of non-China exhibitors from the US, Canada and UK.3
Notes
Notes
- Knezek, Don. " "CEO's Update on China Expo and Intellectual Property Forum", ISTE - News & Events, October 28, 2005
- editor. "Dongguan - Foreign Direct Investment", Glosk.com, November, 2006
- editor. "Business Opportunities in China – Find Out More During The Heller Reports' July 15th Roundtable Discussion", The Heller Reports/Quality Education Data News Alert, July 8, 2005