British Columbia Technology Industry Association

BC Tech Association
Founded1993; 31 years ago (1993)
HeadquartersVancouver, British Columbia
Location
Key people
Laurie Schultz, Board Chair
Websitewearebctech.com

The BC Tech Association (BC Tech), formally the British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA), is a not-for-profit member-funded trade association in British Columbia, Canada, which promotes the technology industry in the province. The technology industry in BC has been growing steadily since the late 1990s[1] and constituted 5.9% of British Columbia's economic output in 2007.[2]

BC Tech has a membership base of over 2,100 companies ranging from start-ups to established organizations,[3] and spanning a variety of technology-related sectors including education, hardware, software, life sciences, manufacturing, natural resources, web technology and green energy. BC Tech facilitates partnerships and programs within the BC technology industry, as well as advocating on behalf of association members and the industry as a whole.[4]

  1. ^ Industry Canada, Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), ICT Sector Regional Report - British Columbia Archived June 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine October 2008, Retrieved on 2008-10-28
  2. ^ Profile of the British Columbia High Technology Sector, Schrier, Dan; Hallin, Lillian (2008). BC Stats. Retrieved on 2008-10-28
  3. ^ Canadian Technology Associations. Archived June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Backbone Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-11-01.
  4. ^ BCTIA: About Us Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 2008-11-01.