Mabel Guimaraes

IDCC

Integrated Dual-use Commercials Companies (IDCC) was formed in 1991 as a consortium of US global Fortune 1000 technology rich commercial firms that are leaders in their industries. The members sell commercial items (directly or indirectly) to the Government and perform a limited (when compared to their total R&D investment) amount of government R&D. Many of the technologies under development in their laboratories have substantial potential benefit for government applications. To help make available to our government the best leading edge technologies, IDCC has worked extensively on issues that affect the availability of commercial technologies to the government, particularly R&D and Intellectual Property. In addition, a new strategic focus for this group is sustainability and how the member companies may work with the other industrial and government partners to further the sustainability of their companies and that of their customers. Based on 2015 earnings reports, the aggregate sales of the IDCC Members was $118 Billion and they invested $3.3 Billion in IR&D. See www.idcc.org for more information about IDCC. Our membership is controlled to a maximum number of companies to assure that our meetings are small, allowing for more effective networking and discussions about best practices.