Technology Transfer Organizations
Notice to SIG-07 Members: Please
identify technology transfer organizations (with link) you believe
should be included on the SIG-07 website. [Please email this information
to: smbauer@buffalo.edu] SB
Short Listing [in-page
links to short descriptions]
Organizations
 "The
mission of ATIA is to serve as the collective voice of the Assistive
Technology industry so that the best products and services are
delivered to people with disabilities. ATIA represents the interests
of its members to business, government, education, and the many
agencies that serve people with disabilities."
Association for the Advancement
of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE
website)
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"The AAATE is the interdisciplinary pan-European association
devoted to all aspects of assistive technology, such as use, research,
development, manufacture, supply, provision and policy. Over 250
members from all over Europe and throughout the world currently
tale part in the AAATE."
Association of Small Business
Development Centers (ASBDC
website)
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 "The
mission of the Association of Small Business Development Centers
is to represent the collective interest of our members by promoting,
informing, supporting and continuously improving the SBDC network,
which delivers nationwide educational assistance to strengthen
small/medium business management, thereby contributing to the
growth of local, state and national economies.
Association of University Technology
Managers (AUTM
website)
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"AUTM® is a nonprofit association with membership of
more than 3,200 technology managers and business executives who
manage intellectual property-one of the most active growth sectors
of the U.S. economy. AUTM's members represent over 300 universities,
research institutions, teaching hospitals and a similar number
of companies and government organizations."
"The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC®) is
the central facility for the collection and dissemination of scientific
and technical information for the Department of Defense (DoD).
As an element of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA),
DTIC serves as a vital link in the transfer of information among
DoD personnel, DoD contractors and potential contractors and other
U.S. Government agency personnel and their contractors."
Federal Laboratory Consortium
for Technology Transfer (FLC
website)
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"The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
(FLC) is the nationwide network of federal laboratories that provides
the forum to develop strategies and opportunities for linking
the laboratory mission technologies and expertise with the marketplace.
The FLC was organized in 1974 and formally chartered by the Federal
Technology Transfer Act of 1986 to promote and to strengthen technology
transfer nationwide. Today, more than 700 major federal laboratories
and centers and their parent departments and agencies are FLC
members.
The Consortium creates an environment that adds value to and
supports the technology transfer efforts of its members and potential
partners. The FLC develops and tests transfer methods, addresses
barriers to the process, provides training, highlights grass-roots
transfer efforts, and emphasizes national initiatives where technology
transfer has a role. For the public and private sector, the FLC
brings laboratories together with potential users of government-developed
technologies. This is in part accomplished by the FLC Laboratory
Locator Network and regional and national meetings."
Information Technology and Technical
Assistance Training Program (ITTATP
website)
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"Advances in the electronic and information technology (E
& IT) industries have revolutionized the way we work, play
and communicate. Current and emerging technologies have created
opportunities for some but barriers for others in our society.
To address the barriers faced by people with disabilities, landmark
legislation - Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act - was passed
stating that Federal departments and agencies would work through
their procurement and development processes to ensure equal access
to E&IT-based information and services for their employees
and members of the public with disabilities.
The Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training
Center (ITTATC) is charged with providing accessibility training
and technical assistance related to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act and Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act. We want to
help our audiences - industry, state officials, trainers, and
consumers - to understand the requirements of Sections 508 and
255 and to achieve success in their efforts to develop, market,
and buy accessible E&IT."
"The Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. & Canada),
Inc. is a professional society comprised of over 5,000 members
who are involved in the transfer, use, development, manufacture
and marketing of intellectual property, including professionals
in the field of law, academics, science government and the private
sector. LES is a member society of the Licensing Executives Society
International (LESI), which has a worldwide membership of close
to 10,000 members in more than 25 national societies, representing
over 80 countries.
National Institute for
Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR
website)
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 "It is the mission of NIDRR to generate, disseminate and
promote new knowledge to improve the options available to disabled
persons. The ultimate goal is to allow these individuals to perform
their regular activities in the community and to bolster society’s
ability to provide full opportunities and appropriate supports
for its disabled citizens. Toward this end, NIDRR conducts comprehensive
and coordinated programs of research and related activities to
maximize the full inclusion, social integration, employment and
independent living of individuals of all ages with disabilities.
NIDRR’s focus includes research in areas such as employment;
health and function; technology for access and function; independent
living and community integration; and other associated disability
research areas."
"Tech Watch seeks to monitor developers, researchers, standards
agencies, and manufacturers of mainstream technologies and to
work to bring those technologies that have importance to AAC and
AT devices. Based on our previous work, our State of the Science
conference ,and the Demand-Pull Forum, we will begin immediately
with the following activities."
"The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology
Transfer facilitates the introduction of new products and technologies
into the marketplace benefiting persons with disabilities. The
T2RERC is funded under a five-year grant from the National Institute
on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of
Education."
"The RERC on Mobile Wireless Communication "promote[s]
universal access to mobile wireless technologies and explore their
innovative applications in addressing the needs of people with
disabilities."
"With an overall goal of promoting independence and autonomy
of people with disabilities, the RERC has two primary aims: 1)
ensure equitable access to mobile wireless products and services
by people with disabilities of all ages and abilities; and 2)
investigate promising applications of mobile wireless technologies
in support of employment, independent living and community integration
of people with disabilities."
"Maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by aiding,
counseling, assisting and protecting the interests of small businesses
and by helping families and businesses recover from national disasters."
"The Technology Transfer Society is a professional society
of diverse and active practitioners who share methods, knowledge,
and opportunities in order to achieve desired end results in technology
transfer. The Society was organized in 1975 and now consists of
a national organization with local, regional, and student chapters."
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