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Alberta ICT Industry Association Mandate
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Vision
Alberta is recognized internationally as a leader in the strategic application of ICT to create new wealth and economic advantage.
Mission Statement
The Alberta ICT Industry Association works to strengthen Alberta’s ICT sector through programs that promote industry capabilities, strategic applications of ICT, and development of world-class ICT-based products and services .
Core Principles & Values
- The association mandate is to grow Alberta’s ICT sector and companies within the sector
- The association is a not-for-profit industry association that represents Alberta’s ICT sector
- The association is Industry Driven
- The association ensures its programs are coordinated and serve the entire province of Alberta
- The association leverages collaboration between sub-sector groups within Alberta’s ICT sector
- The association does not interfere with the competitive balance of ICT companies within Alberta
- The association's impact is measured by its ability to grow companies, markets, and ICT jobs
- The success of the ICT sector impacts productivity of other Alberta industry sectors
Association Goals
- Strengthen Alberta’s economy directly through company growth and employment within the sector, and indirectly through increased productivity and ICT-led opportunities for change within Alberta’s broader economy
- Position Alberta as an internationally recognized region for innovation and world-class products
- Increase the quality and accessibility of programs that support Alberta’s ICT sector
- Strategically use industry statistics and research to support the growth of the ICT sector
- Long-term Goals:
- Alberta’s companies are sophisticated users/consumers of ICT products
- Alberta's educators and skilled labour force attract and enables ICT-based companies
- Alberta’s dynamic and growing ICT sector will be $30B in revenue by 2013
- Returns for ICT investors exceed those in the oil and gas industry
- Reduce barriers that hinder the development and adoption of ICT-based products and services