Working with the business community, in many different ways, is the main thrust of the ITRI's mission. Understanding and advancing information technology as a discipline requires a collaborative effort of academics and businesses, and the potential synergies provided by this relationship are enormous.

Membership is the mechanism for forming sound and lasting relationships between the ITRI and the business community. In return for its annual membership gift, a member company benefits from access to a number of activities and services sponsored by the ITRI. Members also enjoy many indirect benefits of their association with the University, such as peer networking and organizational visibility to the academic community.

Member involvement helps to build a strong infrastructure to attracting high caliber students and faculty to the University and to support the many activities and services of the institute. A strong, functioning institute generates benefits for all members.

If you would like more information about membership or about becoming a member, please contact us.

Member Benefits

• Links to the research and teaching programs of a major university
• Benefit from both the research process and the knowledge gained from it
• Access to some of the world's best researchers in a variety of areas in the Walton College and the U of A
• Members are given the opportunity to work collaboratively with faculty and students on emerging research issues
• Provided early notice of ITRI sponsored research and results.