Pacific Northwest city touts its high-tech growth. AAAS has been holding national meetings since its founding in 1848, but it has not gathered in Seattle for nearly half a century.
Some people there think it's about time, given the region's high-tech success.
If you mentioned it 5 years ago, most people would know Boeing is here, but today we have hundreds of aerospace firms. And Microsoft is only one of over 1000 software companies here. Other major science and technology areas in the region, he noted, are wireless communications, biomedical research and health care, and environmental industries. Program director Mike Strauss said AAAS selected the site years ago as part of a plan to hold the annual meeting in growing regional cities around the country as well as in large metropolitan areas. From our perspective, attention on the Seattle area will be worldwide.