Corporate Sponsors

Building on 20 years of innovation, Adobe helps people and organizations communicate better through its world-leading digital imaging, design, and document technology platforms for consumers, creative professionals, and enterprises.

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative medicines to improve the lives of people with diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.

Amgen is a leading human therapeutics company. For 25 years, it has tapped the power of scientific discovery and innovation to improve people's lives. Amgen pioneered the development of products based on advances in recombinant DNA and molecular biology and launched the biotechnology industry's first blockbuster medicines.

Apacheta's mission is to guarantee mobile transaction integrity. To accomplish this Apacheta developed complete mission-critical end-to-end solutions for the commercial and industrial marketplace.

Boeing is the world's leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft. With rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, rocket engines, satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information systems, the company reaches 145 countries.

As a multi-dimensional company with businesses in biopharmaceuticals, vaccines and blood testing, Chiron has been at the forefront of improving lives around the globe.

Edwards Lifesciences is a global leader in products and technologies to treat advanced cardiovascular disease and is the number-one heart valve company in the world. Headquartered in Irvine, Ca., Edwards has more than 5,000 employees worldwide, selling medical technologies in more than 100 countries.

Intel's donation to California Teach is part of the Intel Innovation in Education initiative, a sustained commitment in collaboration with educators and government leaders to help today's students develop the higher-level thinking skills they need to participate and succeed in a knowledge-based economy.

Invitrogen provides products that support academia, government and biotech companies. Invitrogen's life science technologies improve research, drug discovery, and commercial bioproduction.

QUALCOMM technology enables enterprise, network operators and manufacturers, developers and wireless end-users by providing technology innovation and leadership in the telecommunications industry worldwide.

SBC is a Fortune 50 company with 161,000 employees worldwide that serves nearly 52 million access lines nationwide. SBC companies trace their roots to the original Bell Telephone Co. and have served customers since the birth of the telecommunications industry.

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision —"The Network Is The Computer" — has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work.

U.S. Bancorp is the 6th-largest financial services holding company in the U.S. and operates 2,377 banking offices providing a full line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions.