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AeA

6540 Lusk Blvd., #277
San Diego, CA 92121

858-452-9288, Fax: 858-452-2766

AeA San Diego represents over 200 high-tech and business service provider corporations comprised of firms from the software, semiconductor, computer, telecommunications, medical device, multi-media, instrumentation, legal, accounting, and banking/ investment business segments. The AeA is committed to providing numerous networking and educational programs for its members.

BIOCOM

4510 Executive Drive Plaza One
San Diego, CA 92121

858-455-0300 Fax: 858-455-0022

BIOCOM is the premiere life science industry association representing more than 450 member companeis in San Diego county and southern California. The association focuses on initiatives that positively influence the growth of the life science industry, including capital formation, public policy, workforce development, and scientific discovery and development.

ConVis

401 B St., Suite 1400
San Diego, CA 92101-4237

619-236-1212 Fax: 619-696-9371

The San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau (ConVis) is a private, non-profit, mutual benefit corporation of approximately 1,600 member organizations, businesses, local governments, and individuals seeking a better community through the visitor industry. ConVis members include tourism-related entities in such categories as lodging, dining, arts & attractions, shopping, and transportation, among others, as well as other companies indirectly involved in the visitor industry. The main objective of ConVis is to promote and market San Diego County as a vacation destination and convention site. ConVis represents and supports the interests of the visitor industry as a whole.

Food and Beverage Association of San Diego

2515 Camino del Rio South, Suite 220
San Diego, CA. 92108

619-298-1890 Fax: 619-298-1770

The mission of the Food & Beverage Association is to provide innovative services, resources, and representation designed for the success of its members. The Food & Beverage Association has been representing restaurants, bars and taverns, and clubs in San Diego County since 1945!

Healthcare Association of San Diego & Imperial Counties

707 Broadway, Suite 905
San Diego, CA. 92101-5391

619-544-0777 Fax: 619-544-0888

HASD&IC's mission is to support its members by advancing the organization, management and effective delivery of affordable, medically necessary, quality health care services for the communities of San Diego and Imperial counties. HASD&IC provides strong leadership, representation and advocacy with local governmental entities, business coalitions, the media, community organizations and the public.
Organized under the auspices of HASD&IC is the nationally recognized Community Health Improvement Partners (CHIP), a collaboration of San Diego health care systems, hospitals, community clinics, insurers, physicians, universities, community benefit organizations and the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, all of whom are dedicated to a common vision of improved health for the San Diego communities.

San Diego Hotel-Motel Association

1845 Quivera Way, Suite 5
San Diego, CA 92109

619-224-2811 Fax: 619-224-9314

The mission of the San Diego County Hotel-Motel Association is to serve the needs of its members with resources and communication on education, technology, human relations and other industry issues; and to provide advocacy and representation on legislative and regulatory issues at all levels of government. The Association also represents the viewpoints of the lodging industry to the public through a positive public relations campaign focusing on the local news media outlets.

San Diego Regional Technology Alliance

1775 Hancock Street, Suite 260
San Diego, CA. 92110

619-615-1050 Fax: 619-615-1058

The mission of the San Diego RTA is to promote sustainable technology growth in the San Diego region by fostering technology development, commercialization and competitiveness. The RTA fulfills this mission by providing four major services:
- Offering commercialization funding for technology R&D companies;
- Provideing entrepreneurship programs and business acceleration services to emerging
    tech and biotech firms;
- Delivers community technology services to help bridge the "digital divide" and create
    a more tech savvy workforce;
- Performs research on tech-related issues to inform public policymakers and support
    economic development efforts.

San Diego Telecom Council

10505 Sorrento Valley Road
San Diego, CA 92121-1608

858-535-5135 Fax: 858-535-5185

The San Diego Telecom Council is focused on developing and cultivating awareness of the region's telecommunications and information industry, as well as its unique environment for entrepreneurs, by providing a forum for exchanging industry knowledge and promoting local telecom industry goals.

- Building awareness within San Diego County and globally as the leading center for telecom
innovation in the world.

- Providing a forum for addressing the controversial challenges affecting the global telecom
market, through regularly scheduled keynote addresses and conferences.

- Providing networking opportunities for member companies to share business opportunities
in regional and global markets.

- Facilitating growth opportunities for member telecom companies by optimizing access to
high tech mentoring and sustained sources for capital.

- Forging stronger cooperative programs between the telecom community and higher education,
not only to drive innovation but to generate more advanced-degree engineers and scientists as well.

- Working to enhance the political and regulatory climate for San Diego regional telecom

companies by leading the efforts to positively impact state and federal policy and legislation

San Diego World Trade Center

1250 6th Avenue, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92101

619-615-0868 Fax: 619-615-0876

San Diego World Trade Center (SDWTC) is international business service organization committed to developing and expanding international trade and commerce opportunities for the San Diego rregion. The SDWTC is licensed by the World Trade Center Association in New York. Members and clients of the SDWTC are primarily small and medium sized businesses or organizations committed to world trade. The SDWTC is a private-public partnership, with the City of San Diego and the San Diego Unified Port District co-holding the license to operate. SDWTC staff report to a Board of Directors elected by the membership. San Diego business leaders and board members chair active committees. The SDWTC was licensed in 1994 and is a 501(C)6 corporation. Its affiliate, the World Trade Institute, was founded in 1997 and is a 501(C)3 organization.