ABCtech #154 28MAY12 Annual themes 2005 through 2012

ABCtech #154 28MAY12 Annual themes 2005 through 2012

Research Extended to Private Sector 

Athabasca University is involved in a number of R&D initiatives to enable research to help private sector product and service development. If your company is involved in – or wants to learn more about – EdTech, eLearning, Analytics, or related areas.  Contact Deanna Douglas at deannad@athabascau.ca / 780 977 2819.

Job Search – Asia interests

Seeking BD and marketing opportunities with companies seeking Asian markets. Offering 18+ years of combined Canadian and Asia hands-on-experience across several industries, e.g.: SE Asia Manager level to Global Director of major accounts.  Markets of special interest and experience are China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam and Singapore. Referrals welcome.Contact info@ABCtech.ca and Quote Asian213DH

ABCtech Subscriber Survey – introducing paid Membership

The Alberta Council of Technologies is currently 100% voluntary, without government funding.  It’s subscriber-base now exceeds over 10,000 “Subscribers.”  Subscribers receive QuikTech Notes as a periodic newsletter about ABCtech’s events, reports, seminars, and notices.  We are.seeking your input to a proposal to further improve our services requiring the introduction of a paid Membership with expanded benefits. The new category of individual “Members” will receive over $250 of annual benefits:1.  Financial – event discounts for ABCtech hosted events, 2. Marketing – a public directory for special interests and extending the commercial use of QuikTech Notes and Web-TV, and 3. Advocacy – community-building by promoting common interests and collaboration among diverse interests in Alberta’s technology industry and contributing to diversifying Alberta’s economy by improving the commercial environment for emerging technologies.  Subscribers will continue to receive QuikTech Notes. For input please contact info@ABCtech.ca and Quote Survey Mem21

Background
The Alberta Council of Technologies Society is comprised of over 10,000 subscribers, sharing “an interest in the commercialization of emerging technologies.” Through our 20 special interest groups and affiliates, we have access to and can generate rich content panAlberta on a wide range of science and technology, management and finance, social and economic, entrepreneurial and innovation issues and innovations.

Annual Themes
2005 – Access to Capital                  2006 – Rural Broadband
2007 – Fusion Energy                       2008 – CleanTech
2009 – Stem Cell Therapies              – Electrifying Transportation
2010 – Artificial Intelligence              2011 – AB CampusTech
2012 – Analytics, Big Data, and The Cloud

By expanding our communications by introducing Web-TV to our existing newsletter, periodic media releases, and co-hosted industry events, we will further:

• extend our reach for “diversifying Alberta’s economy through technology”
• establish a low cost medium for our subscribers as viewers and program/content contributors
• deepen our panAlberta subscriber-base and pivot globally
• increase our presence and appeal for generating revenue from subscribers, members, sponsors and patrons