AeA Florida Council
Frequently Asked Questions What is AeA?
Who does AeA represent?
Who is eligible to join AeA?
What does AeA want
to accomplish for the high tech industry?
How does AeA decide what
legislation is significant?
What resource materials are
available through AeA?
How can I join?
How can I maximize my membership
once I join?
What is AeA?
AeA is the nation’s largest high-tech trade association. Membership spans the product
and service spectrum, from semiconductors and software services to computers, Internet and
telecommunications systems and services. With 17 councils and international offices in
Brussels and Beijing, AeA offers a unique global policy grassroots capability and a wide
portfolio of valuable products and services for the high-tech industry.
AeA's Florida Council, headquartered in Orlando,
Florida, services the entire state. It is one of several AeA councils with an active
state public policy program, primarily focused at the present time on education. The
program serves to support the high-tech industry by means of advancing AeA public policy
initiatives with the Florida Legislature.
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Who does AeA represent?
AeA represents all sectors of the high-tech industry nationally. Membership spans the
product spectrum and includes small, medium and large companies.
View our member list of leading technology companies. Membership spans the high
technology industry, including hardware, software, computers, Internet, semiconductors,
computers, medical devices and telecommunications systems and services.
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Who is eligible to join
AeA?
All businesses in the high-tech industry are encouraged to become members of AeA.
There are three types of AeA membership – Corporate, Associate and Non-Profit.
Corporate members are companies whose principal business is to design, manufacture and/or
conduct research in electronics, electronics components, telecommunications, software,
Internet or related information technology products and services. Associate members are
identified by AeA board members as premier service providers in both financial and
business organizations within the high-tech industry. Non-Profit members are comprised of
those institutions in the high-tech industry that serve within universities, vertical
groups, incubators and the like.
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What does AeA want to
accomplish for the high-tech industry?
AeA’s primary mission is to advance the business of technology as the voice of the
high-tech community in federal, state and local public policy initiatives. Businesses
should join AeA in creating a unified voice to promote the success of the technology
industry in Florida.
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How
does AeA decide what legislation is significant?
Since AeA is bipartisan, member companies make the decisions and set the legislative
agenda. AeA supports an extensive range of issues that reach a broad spectrum of
technology companies.
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What
resource materials are available through AeA?
AeA provides a myriad of tools to member companies that impact their top and bottom
lines. This includes legislative influence, visibility with corporate and government
prospects, valuable products and services to meet the needs of operational areas
throughout the company, access to capital through financial conferences and industry
information such as the award-winning Cyber publications and salary surveys.
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How can I join?
It's easy! Contact Maryann Fiala
at 407-882-2425 to put AeA to work for your company today!.
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How can I maximize my membership once
I join?
Participate on an AeA committee, attend or sponsor an event, update your member
listing, send us some company news to help you gain visibility, offer to speak at a
program -- the opportunities are limitless when you are an AeA member. Learn more.
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