The 44th Annual Technology Think Tank was a most interesting one in that it focused on where industry is expected to be in the very near future. It was one of the most exciting and informative conferences we have had in our 44 years of existence where some of the keenest minds in Canada, Switzerland, and the United States exchanged ideas on how industries must change in order to survive in global competition.

Some of the highlights of the 2006 ATTT Conference and attendees were as follows:

• Authors and publishers who record and publish meaningful, applicable and valuable information and pass it along to the general public.
• Industry Canada and the National Research Council who research and set the standards for industry so we may continue to remain on the leading edge of technologies with the most progressive countries in the world.
• Corporate and university executives who share their valuable expertise and research which have identified them as being among the world's leading experts.
• Speakers representing leading companies in world class executive training, new software technology, and business solutions.
• Speakers who are defining interesting and innovative ways of incorporating advanced technologies into the education systems with the goal of creating tomorrow's industrial leadership.
• Speakers who shared their experiences in Bolivia and the Far East in helping less fortunate people improve their standard of living through advanced industrial processes.

Global competitiveness and economic pressures are driving industrial leaders to expand their thinking beyond the constraints of day-to-day business. For 44 consecutive years, the ATTT has provided an avenue for other futurists to contribute and share knowledge and experience with the goal of finding effective and sustainable solutions. The annual informal Advanced Technology Think Tank (ATTT) is a unique, innovative and effective forum that takes the pressure off the presenter and makes him feel as though his contribution is a valuable component of the overall proceedings. One of the attendees (Brian Malloch) described his first experience as an exercise of advanced thinking “imagineering” for everyone at the Conference.

It was my fortunate pleasure to meet so many interesting and concerned individuals who shared freely of the knowledge that in many cases has taken them a lifetime to accumulate and still fit into what I considered to be one of the best Think Tanks ever.

I have had the pleasure of hosting and being a part of a group of individual who were all just one of the boys. Thanks must go to each of you for making ATTT 2006 a resounding success. - Steve Krar