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International Association for Technology Trade

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IATT
Company typeConsortium
IndustryTechnology Trade
Emerging Markets
FoundedNovember 2004
HeadquartersHeadquarters - 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
ProductsTrade Missions, Conferences, Symposia, Strategic Services
WebsiteIATT - 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. IATT runs ongoing trade missions to developing regions, sponsors and co-promotes conferences and symposia, and provides strategic services to companies entering and expanding into emerging markets.

Events

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2006 Guangdong Province Educational Technology Buyers' Summit

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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 100 companies. ISTE was a co-organizer of the summit, designed to introduce leading educational technology companies in North America to potential buyers in China.

First Sino-American Forum of Intellectual Property Rights

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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

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During the same timeframe, and with its EdTech association partner ISTE,[3] 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.[4]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Knezek, Don. " "CEO's Update on China Expo and Intellectual Property Forum", ISTE - News & Events, October 28, 2005
  2. ^ editor. "Dongguan - Foreign Direct Investment", Glosk.com, November, 2006
  3. ^ Knezek, Don. "Letter from the CEO—ISTE in China", ISTE - News & Events, October 7, 2005
  4. ^ 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