An industry organization, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO), lacks legal authority but ostensibly oversees the industry.
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), which on regulatory issues habitually adopts positions that defy common sense and sound science, also opposes the waiver.
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President Thomas Okarma, speaking on behalf of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, underscored the numerous benefits of human cloning research and expressed opposition to the all-out ban.
"There is a lot on the line--we don't just make widgets, we make drugs that save lives, " says James Greenwood, who heads the Biotechnology Industry Organization.
Almost half of 370 small-cap biotech companies have less than one year of cash left, according to the Biotechnology Industry Organization, and prospects for raising more funds are slight.
At the Biotechnology Industry Organization's annual conference, which began here yesterday, representatives from a host of states ranging from Florida to Missouri are pitching themselves as great locales for biotech.
BIO, the influential biotechnology industry organization, has said it is concerned with a provision of the House bill that seeks to reduce the amount of damages awarded in patent infringement cases.
Zack Lynch, whose Neurotechnology Industry Organization represents 50 smaller companies pursuing treatments for brain disorders, worries that if the downturn continues, "we may lose an entire generation of potential brain drugs" as companies vanish.
In National Journal's 48 pages, you'll find full-page ads from the likes of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Renewable Fuels Association (i.e. the ethanol lobby) and the International Franchise Association (think Dunkin' Donuts, as their ad mentions).
Marvell has also expanded its collaboration with Stanford University by announcing the formation of the SMILE Consortium, an industry organization dedicated to developing innovative education solutions on an open platform that enable "Classroom 3.0, " a connected, secure learning environment that simplifies and speeds the deployment of technology to students worldwide.
"Advocating discriminatory policies that uniquely focus on sugar-sweetened beverages is the wrong approach, " the industry trade organization said in a statement.
Even the securities industry trade organization, known as SIFMA, signed off on this matter years ago, yet the SEC still has not made the change.
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Although this is meant to be a global initiative, so far SIFMA, the U.S. securities industry trade organization, has not signed up any international partners among regulators or trade associations.
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Codon Chief Danner and John Mulligan, the founder of Blue Heron, have started an industry trade organization that will prevent misuse by flagging potentially dangerous gene sequences and doing checks on researchers who request DNA transcripts.
Who would expect to operate an industry-leading organization like that?
Cultural influences that permeate an organization and an industry and manifest in actions that can either promote and nurture a high reliability organization with high reliability systems, or actions reflective of complacency, excessive risk-taking, and a loss of situational awareness.
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How about the proposal to turn all investment advisers over to FINRA, the discredited brokerage industry self-regulatory organization?
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You have to talk about your accomplishments, get out there within your organization and industry, and build a supportive network around you.
The new operating system continually assesses the business, the industry, and the organization, and reacts with greater agility, speed, and creativity than the existing one.
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"These threads address major issues that have plagued assemblers, " says Charles Wilson, the director of engineering at the Industrial Fasteners Institute, an industry-funded standards organization.
Thursday, the industry's trade organization, the American Trucking Associations (ATA), unveiled a program it says will cut fuel consumption by 86 billion gallons during the next 10 years.
The industry's trade organization, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, frequently points out that the FDA already sets the worldwide standard for drug safety and that many of the medicines drug firms invent are lifesavers.
This work ethic in particular often gets drummed out over time working in environments where risk taking is held carefully in check, or maintaining harmony with others in the system, organization or industry is part of the organizational culture.
Every day, on some level, he is selling mind-bending change to the organization and the industry.
This is to confirm what I stated in our recent meeting with your organization and other industry representatives.
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She is married to Scott Cooper, a lobbyist for a nonprofit organization that monitors industry standards, and they have two children.
Vancouver eco-stylist Myriam Laroche, founder of the organization and an industry veteran, was distressed by her excessive wardrobe and wasteful lifestyle.
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Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), a national organization representing the industry, recently released the first-ever analysis of the national and global advanced energy sector.
It made me feel really good about having a small role and being a part of an industry that can have an organization like that within it.
The industry, however, viewed another organization for cybersecurity issues as a superfluous layer of bureaucracy, a telecom official said.
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