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September 23, 2008: Minnesota's High-Tech
Exports Are among the Top Ten in the Nation |
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New!
Trade in the Cyberstates 2008
examines high-tech trade flows at the national level and tech goods
exports for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
The report shows that nationally,
high-tech is the largest merchandise export sector in the United States,
reaching $214 billion in 2007. |
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Minnesota. |
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June 24, 2008: Minneapolis-St. Paul’s
Tech Employment Totals 98,100, Says AeA Report |
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Cybercities 2008
examines the high-tech industry in the nation’s 60 largest
metro areas focusing on tech employment, wages, establishments,
payroll, employment concentration, and wage differential. The
report compares different U.S. regions and delves into the 16 sectors
that comprise the high-tech industry for these 60 cities. |
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Minneapolis-St. Paul.
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April 24, 2008: MHTA Annual High Tech
Spring Conference in Minneapolis
Steve Kelley,
University of Minnesota, moderates a panel
with Minnesota Senate Minority Leader David
Senjem; Dan McElroy, Commissioner of the
Department of MN State Employment and
Economic Development; and Art Rolnick, VP
of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
in Mid-April.
Robert
Stephens, founder of Geek Squad, keynotes
the Minnesota High Tech Spring Conference
on April 24 in Minneapolis. Over 700
technology leaders from the Gopher State
attended this annual event.
April 18, 2008:
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty visited
Thomson Reuters to sign historic broadband
legislation into state law.
Thomson Reuters
is a member of the
AeA Minnesota
Council, MHTA, and was instrumental in the
bill's passage. April 2, 2008: AeA Report Shows that Minnesota’s
Tech Industry Adds 600 Jobs
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.
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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
Minnesota. November 6, 2007:
Have You Seen Who Recieved a
2007 Tekne Award?
More
than 1,000 technology leaders, public officials, and educators celebrated
innovation at the Minnesota Tekne Awards last Thursday evening.
Click here for a list of
the 2007 Tekne Award recipients.
More than
$21,000 was raised to support the Minnesota High Technology Foundation (MHTF)
Scholarship Fund for college students in STEM disciplines and K-12
teachers delivering innovative technology-related curriculum in the
classroom through the Tekne Award Silent Auction.
View a
Star Tribune
column on Fabcon, the recipient of the first ever Tekne Green Award
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view an article from The Business Journal here.
July 17,
2007:
Minnesota's Tech Exports Grow $1.8 Billion Since 2000, Says
AeA's New Report
Nationally, Trade in the Cyberstates 2007 shows that international
trade of high-tech goods continues to rise. High-tech goods exports grew
by 10 percent for a total of $220 billion in 2006, representing 21 percent
of all U.S. exports to the world...read
more.
Learn more about high-tech trade in
Minnesota.
May 1, 2007:
AeA Launches H-1B Grassroots
Initiative to Reform U.S. High-Skilled Visa Cap
 Tell
your U.S. Congressman & Senators to support
high
skilled visa reform by raising the H-1B cap and learn how you can
become involved in AeA's efforts on this issue...read
more.
January 4, 2007: AeA Releases Special
Report: The New Congress & High Tech
AeA has
received a number of requests from member companies asking us to issue a
report on what the new 110th Congress, with the Democrats in
charge, will likely do and what it means for high tech. Issues
covered include Competitiveness, Environment, Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404,
Tax, Technology Policy, and Trade...read
more.
November 16, 2006: Democratic
Leadership Visits AeA to Discuss Top House Congressional Priorities for
the High-Tech Industry
Speaker of the House Elect Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and
Rep. George Miller (D-CA), visited AeA's David Packard Conference Center
in Washington, DC, for the new House Leadership's first public meeting
with the business community off of Capitol Hill since the November 7
Mid-term elections...read more.
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AeA and ITAA Announce Merger Discussions
The Boards of Directors of AeA and the Information Technology Association of
America (ITAA) have announced that they are in discussions to merge the trade associations’ memberships and programs. The merger would bring together the technology industry's leading trade associations...read more.
New AeA Report Shows that U.S. Technology Exports Totaled $214 Billion in 2007
AeA's report Trade in the Cyberstates 2008: A State-by-State Overview of High-Tech International Trade provides data on high-technology trade at the national level and for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico... read more. Washington State Governor & Republican Challenger to Discuss Tech Agendas at AeA
 Join AeA for our Executive Leader Forum and meet the Gubernatorial Candidates, Incumbent Chris Gregoire and Challenger Dino Rossi, who will discuss their vision for Washington's Technology Industry on October 10...read more.
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MHTA Weekly Electronic Newsletter -
An online publication of the Minnesota High Tech Association.
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10/7/2008: CEO Briefing with Tom Stinson and Tom Gillaspy (Eden Prairie, MN) Though many say they can predict Minnesota's economic future for Minnesota State Economist Tom Stinson and Minnesota State Demographer Tom Gillaspy it is their job. Years of research have yielded chilling statistics about changes in Minnesota's work force and the impact those changes will have on th...More
10/30/2008: Minnesota Tekne Awards (Minneapolis, MN) The Tekne Awards highlight individual and company leaders in the innovation development commercialization and management of technology. Tekne Award recipients represent technology innovators who have made lasting contributions to enhancing the quality of life and competitiveness of Minnesota.
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12/11/2008: AeA Salary Survey Tutorial Webinar (Via Online, Webinar)
New Page 1
AeA's Salary Survey o...More
Additional AeA National Events
10/14/2008 - 10/16/2008: AeA Board of Directors Fall Meeting (San Jose, CA) Board of Directors October meeting. Location at The Fairmont San Jose, CA. Reserve your room by September 18, 2008 to receive discounted rate.
10/22/2008: Environmental Compliance Webinar (Via Online & Telephone Conference, NJ) Get the latest information on environmental rules and regulations in the states and internationally from the experts and from a company that lives it. This program is designed for managers compliance executives legal departments and environmental and facilities professionals to better under...More
11/2/2008 - 11/5/2008: 2008 AeA Classic Financial Conference (San Diego, CA) The 38th Annual AeA Classic provides public member technology companies with access to 400+ investors in one location. At this exclusive conference, company executives present their technologies, strategic missions, trend analysis and other significant information to a focused group of investors. Th...More
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Minnesota
High Tech Association
300 North Interchange Building, Suite 400
300 South Highway 169
Minneapolis, MN 55426
Phone: 952.230.4555
Fax: 952.230.4550
AeA Headquarters
Santa Clara, CA
Phone: 408.987.4200 - 1.800.284.4232
Washington, D.C.
Phone: 202.682.9110
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