InterForum Membership Overview

InterForum's membership was made up of many of the best known and most influential suppliers and users of information and communication technologies in the UK, along with considerable representation from Government departments.
The combined revenues of all members (excluding Government departments) exceeded £100 billion.
InterForum offerred members a unique, 'closed-door' forum in which they came together to address issues facing the British digital economy, and establish ways to ensure that the education, legislation and technologies are in place to help British businesses profit from new and emerging ICT technologies.
All members belonged to the InterForum Council and participated in a wide range of activities such as:
- Lobbying Government, shadow ministers and high-level government officials
- Producing strategic white papers and business publications
- Closed-door forums with industry leaders in the user/supplier community
- Closed-door forums with Government ministers and senior civil servants
- Producing IT/telecoms buying guidelines
- Producing best practice guidelines for UK businesses.
Additionally, members had the opportunity to join the InterForum special interest groups. These six working party groups addressed specific areas such as providing a direct link to Government and Local Government, e-Security, Mobile Services, and issues facing Small Businesses and Corporates in adopting new technology.
Membership benefits
InterForum members enjoyed wide ranging benefits, including the opportunity to:
- Influence government, IT/ Telecoms suppliers and supplier consortia
- Contribute at a company and individual level to the advancement of the British digital economy
- Provide a customer focus in the development of the UK's information technology infrastructure
- Participate in high-profile national events such as the national UK online for business and InterForum E-Commerce Awards for SMEs
- Examine "hot topics" with other Council members in a non-sales environment
- Meet with formally and informally members with common interests at strategic, operational and technical levels
- Learn what others are doing, and plan to do, with ICT
- Identify new business development opportunities
- Improve company and individual knowledge on technical issues.
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For more details about InterForum membership please contact us:
Membership Services Manager InterForum Winkworth House 83 St Judes Rd Englefield Green Surrey TW20 0DF
Tel: + (44) 1784 473 005 Fax: + (44) 1784 473 006 E-mail: membership@interforum.org
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