Our region has a large number of organizations supporting the economic growth engine of the technology economy. These user groups, economic development entities, and academic-based workforce development groups are focused on making technology an important part of our region. This is the page to become better acquainted with others in our ecosystem.

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Business Incubation / Startup & Growth Assistance

• Alabama Launchpad
• Alabama Small Business Development Consortium
• Bessemer Business Incubation System
• Birmingham Business Resource Center
• Birmingham Venture Club’s Entrepreneur Accelerator Program
• Entrepreneurial Center of Birmingham
• Initiative for Life Science Entrepreneurship (ILSE)
• Innovation Depot
• Start-Up Alabama

Economic Development

• Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
• Alabama Development Office (ADO)
• Alabama Power Economic & Community Development
• Birmingham – Office of Economic Development
• Business Council of Alabama (BCA)
• Economic Development Association of Alabama (EDAA)
• Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA)
• Jefferson County Economic and Industrial Development Authority
• Metropolitan Planning Organization
• Operation New Birmingham
• Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingam
• Shelby County Economic & Industrial Development Authority (SCEIDA)
• TechBirmingham, the Birmingham Area Technology Leadership Alliance

Engineering Associations & User Groups

• American Foundry Society (AFS), Birmingham District Chapter
• American Society of Civil Engineers, Birmingham Chapter
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Student Chapter
• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Student Chapter
• ECOB (Engineering Council of Birmingham)
• IEEE Engineering Management Society, Alabama Chapter
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), Student Chapter
• Institute of Transportation Engineers, Alabama Section (ALSITE)
• Society for Entrepreneurship in Business and Engineering
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Birmingham

Industry Resource Organizations

• American Society of Training and Development (ASTD)
• Birmingham Society for Human Resource Management (BSHRM)

International Associations & Programs

• Alabama International Trade Center (AITC)
• Alabama World Trade Association (AWTA)
• AlabamaGermany Partnership
• Chinese-American Business Association of Birmingham (CABAB)
• Japan-America Society of Alabama (JASA)

Technology Associations & User Groups

• Agile Birmingham
• Alabama DB2 User’s Group
• Alabama Modeling & Simulation Council
• Alabama Small & Medium Business User Group (ASMBUG)
• Alabama Wireless Assocation
• Alabama-Mississippi Telecommunications Association (AMTA)
• American Nutraceutical Association
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Student Chapter UAB
• Association of Information Technology Professionals, Birmingham Alabama Chapter
• Biotechnology Association of Alabama (BAA)
• Birmingham .Net Users Group
• Birmingham Apple Core / Macintosh User Group
• Birmingham Area Linux Users Group (BALU)
• Birmingham Chapter of InfraGard
• Birmingham International Institute of Business Analysts (IIBA)
• Birmingham Microsoft Management Users Group (BMMUG)
• Birmingham Midrange Users Group
• Birmingham Sharepoint User Group
• Birmingham Software Developer Association (BSDA)
• Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA), Greater Birmingham Chapter
• ESRI GIS Alabama User Group
• Fusion LAN
• Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) North Alabama Chamber
• Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), Central Alabama Chapter
• International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP) Deep South Chapter
• International Game Developers Association (IGDA): Birmingham
• Internet Professionals Society of Alabama
• Magic City Java User’s Group (MCJUG)
• Overclockers Club (OCC)
• PMI Birmingham
• Rubyham
• Society for Information Management (SIM), Alabama Chapter
• Society for Technical Communications (STC), Birmingham Chapter
• Steel City SQL
• UAB Game Developers Club (GameDev)
• University Macintosh User’s Group
• VMware Users Group

Technology & Research Centers

• Environment Awarness Research Technology and Health (EARTH) Center
• Southeast Biosafety Laboratory Alabama Birmingham (SEBLAB)
• Alabama Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
• Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering (CBSE)
• Computational Simulation Laboratory (CSLab)
• Enabling Technology Laboratory (ETLab)
• Rapid Prototyping Laboratory (RPL)
• Southern Research Institute
• UAB Research Foundation (UABRF)

Venture Capital Funding Sources and Groups

• Arlington Partners
• Birmingham Venture Club
• Bonaventure Capital
• Castlebridge Technologies Inc.
• Greer Capital Advisors
• Founders Investment Banking
• Harbert Management Corporation
• Hickory Venture Group
• New Capital Partners
• Porter Capital Corporation
• Porter, White & Company
• Pretium Capital Group
• REDMONT Venture Partners
• Southeastern Technology Fund
• Southern Development Council, Inc. (SDC)
• Stonehenge Capital Company, LLC
• TechDrawl Blog
• Tullis-Dickerson & Co., Inc.
• Vulcan Medical Ventures

Workforce Development / Tech Education

• Alabama Association of the Technology Student Association (TSA)
• Alabama Center for Advanced Technology and Training (ACATT)
• Alabama Colleges for Electronic Technology Education Advancement (ACETEA)
• Alabama Educational Technology Conference
• Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative (AMSTI)
• Alabama Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Coalition (AMSTEC)
• Alabama Supercomputer Authority (ASA)
• Alabama Technology Network
• Alabama’s Career/Technical Education (CTE)
• Blount County Career Technical Center
• Kwanzaa Year Round
• National Math Bee
• T4 Alabama