"Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATAAlliance) is Canada's leading, most influential and entrepreneurial technology alliance. It is committed to growing the global competitiveness of its members, 80 of which are currently active exporters. The common purpose that unites the membership is CATAAlliance's commitment to members' business growth. With offices across the country, we are focused on the provision of business services and government relations programs that conserve and leverage member resources. Because members are action-oriented businesses, CATAAlliance responds with action when members need specific services or activities. The "Traditional Champion" of Canadian research and development, CATAAlliance's mission is to stimulate "Global Business Growth" through the forces of Canadian innovation and strategic partnership.

"SRI International, a nonprofit research institute, is a pioneer in the creation and application of innovative solutions for governments, businesses, foundations, and other organizations. Since our founding in 1946 as the Stanford Research Institute our name until 1977 we have been committed to discovery and to the application of science and technology for knowledge, commerce, prosperity, and peace. SRI provides valuable solutions to a wide range of clients in information, communications, and engineering technologies.

The MITRE Corporation is a not-for-profit organization chartered to work in the public interest. As a national resource, we apply our expertise in systems engineering, information technology, operational concepts, and enterprise modernization to address our sponsors critical needs. MITRE manages three Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) one for the Department of Defense (known as the DOD Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence FFRDC ), one for the Federal Aviation Administration (the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development), and one for the Internal Revenue Service (the Center for Enterprise Modernization). MITRE also has its own independent research and development program that explores new technologies and new uses of technologies to solve our sponsors' problems in the near-term and in the future.

The Research Institute for Energy and Nuclear Technology in Norway is an independent foundation established in 1948 with departments at Kjeller and in Halden. With a staff of about 550, IFE is an international research centre for nuclear and energy technology. IFE's nuclear technology comprises all activities that are directly or indirectly related to the Institute's two research. reactors, in Halden and at Kjeller.

Understanding and mastering complex systems â“ that is the motto of our research at Fraunhofer FIRST. The Instituteâ™s work focuses on developing information technologies for intelligent data analysis, embedded and safety-relevant systems and innovative human-computer interaction technologies.