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Upcoming Research Industry Forum:

MRA's Fall Conference & RIF 2008
November 2 - 4th
Las Vegas

MRA's 2009 Annual Conference & RIF
June 3-5th, 2009
Chicago

MRA’s 2009 Fall Conference & RIF
November 4-6, 2009
San Diego


Showcase your company at the Research Industry Forum, the premier tradeshow of the the industry. Display your company's products and/or services before those who need it most! Reach hundreds of professionals from end-user to interviewer - our ever-increasing foot traffic represents the full spectrum of the industry!

Promote your company to the right people!

What is the Research Industry Forum? An exhibit forum for companies with any products or services that are of direct interest to the opinion and marketing research profession. The exhibit forum is designed to offer Exhibitors the opportunity to interact with marketing research practitioners in an informal setting. (This exhibit is no longer limited only to technology related products and services)

WHERE THE ACTION IS! As per our Exhibitors' request, Research Industry Forum hours will be arranged to afford maximum exposure and less competition with educational sessions. Special program scheduling will encourage traffic in the Exhibit Hall bringing Conference attendees to your booth!
RIF Exhibitor Registrants AC08
  • Advitek (Booth # 113)
    Advitek is a data collection company with a difference. Equipped with a unique combination of marketing research, data processing and software development expertise and the exclusive use of Tapestry, the next generation of marketing research software, Advitek is able to consistently deliver a premium quality package of data collection services. Tapestry includes such innovative features as on-site interviewing with hand-held computers and touch-screen telephone interviewing, both with recorded verbatim responses. Visit the Advitek booth and see how we have overcome the key challenges of face-to-face interviewing … accuracy/completeness of data, data reliability, interviewer integrity, robustness of verbatim responses and timing to delivery of results.
  • Artafact, LLC (Booth # 4)
    Online focus group software and bulletin boards. As a certified partner of Webex/CISCO (CSCO), Artafact offers Webex hosted online focus groups with more advanced capabilities than all chat software such as: -Embedded teleconferencing for integrated phone/web online groups -Drawing tools for marking up images, ads and web pages
    -Remote website navigation and annotation -Global reach -Multiple languages supported. Artafact Diaries (bulletin boards) are non real-time chat focus groups with advanced features supporting photographs, video and web pages.
    Our customers are market research firms and qualitative marketing research professionals licensing our software for conducting Artafact branded and private label online focus groups.
  • Authentic Response (Booth # 1)
    Authentic Response, formerly known as Survey Direct, is Return Path's online Market Research Solutions division. Since 1998, Authentic Response has led the market research industry with best of breed solutions for global online sample, including its Authentic Recruitment™ panelist recruitment technique, its patented double opt-in permission standards, and its Authentic Validation™ techniques to ensure the most legitimate, secure survey responses. With a panel of more than four million highly qualified respondents, more than 200 market research firms look to Authentic Response for their global online sample needs.
  • C&C Market Research (Booth # 110)
    C&C Market Research is the premier marketing research field service company with thirty locations, specializing in advertising, consumer, and sensory testing. With over 25 years in the business and nation wide coverage, we have the experience and exposure meet all of you data collection needs. Using our proprietary software, we can program your study to allow for immediate tracking of study progress, automatic reporting, and facilitating quicker data retrieval.
    Our staff is dedicated to giving our clients the quality and attention they expect in a market research firm. We conduct onsite interviewing, focus groups, mall intercepts, mystery shopping, and computer programming, all carried out by experienced and highly trained individuals. C&C offers competitive prices, quick turnaround and quality work. C&C Market Research – Surveying America….One person at a Time
  • Centurion Marketing Systems Limited (Booth # 117)
    MARSC is Centurion’s software tool for sampling and panel management in market research. Many of our customers are online panel providers and they use MARSC for list selection, panel management and contact control. MARSC is able to link to any survey package and can offer online recruitment and prize handling for panel providers. The MARSC sampling tool can also be used for list selection in CATI or any other research methodology. It is the ideal tool for handling sample selection, holding as many data points as you like in order to choose exactly the right groups of people for well targeted research.
  • CETRA, Inc. (Booth # 107)
    CETRA, a corporate member of MRA, specializes in translation and interpretation services for marketing research companies. You can be sure your cross-cultural communications will always be accurate, on time and culturally sensitive, because our experienced professionals have the specific expertise your business requires. Choose CETRA for your translation and interpretation needs and be treated to professional, friendly service that saves you time, simplifies the process, and makes working with us a pleasure. MRA members receive a 5% discount.
  • CfMC Research Software (Booth # 221)
    CfMC Research Software provides tools for data collection and analysis. CfMC products – Survent for CATI, webSurvent for Web surveys, and Mentor for data analysis, manipulation, and reporting – power the survey research industry. New from CfMC, webCATI enables interviewing from anywhere on a central server meaning you no longer need to split sample to share jobs. Free your resources with webCATI. Companies looking for a partner for the programming and hosting of Web surveys should consider the CfMC Service Bureau, providing back room survey operations for over 15 years. CfMC has been the home of nonstop support since 1967.
  • CINT/CPX (Booth # 108)
    Cint is a software company providing CPX, a platform for online research. CPX is the open marketplace for accessing respondents through online panels across the globe. Access directly to more than 150 panels owned by market research companies and media companies. Also with the benefits of fully automated tools to cut your costs and time in online fieldwork. Cutting the search out of research.
  • CMOR (Lobby)
    CMOR is a non-profit trade association formed to protect the interests of the survey research profession. Our membership consists of industry associations, research providers, end users, academic institutions and other research professionals. Our collective mission is to improve respondent cooperation and promote positive/prevent restrictive legislation that could impact the profession. CMOR is consistently "Shielding the Profession" through our work on Capitol Hill and state legislatures, as well as our initiatives to improve respondent cooperation. CMOR works diligently to educate the profession about the impact of important issues such as: the Do-Not-Call registry, Spamming, Spyware, HIPAA and Privacy Laws and to provide our members with actionable tools to improve respondent cooperation.
  • Common Knowledge/Your2Cents Online Opinion Panel (Booth # 102)
    Common Knowledge is raising the bar with consumer and specialty panels that combine the best practices in management, recruitment, and sampling science to deliver unparalleled reliability and integrity of sample. Our research-only panels offer 500+ target selects across millions of households: consumer, B2B, healthcare, technology, plus the largest permission-based mobile panel.If you can imagine it, we can deliver it! Research-trained programmers conquer complex internet or IVR surveys. We also offer the only mobile survey solution to collect data by text, web, or voice.
  • Confirmit (Booth # 114)
    Confirmit is the world's leading provider of software for Market Research (MR) and Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM). In July 2007, Confirmit and Pulse Train joined forces becoming one of the two largest vendors of MR and EFM software worldwide, with the industry's largest dedicated and most experienced R&D staff.
    The Confirmit offering includes a wide range of software products for feedback / data collection, panel management, data processing, analysis, and reporting. Customers include British Airways, Countrywide Financial, Dow Chemical, Experian, GlaxoSmithKline, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Hewlett Packard, Intrawest, Ipsos, Nielsen, The NPD Group, Safeco Insurance, Statoil, Symantec and Virgin Media.
  • Datatelligence Online (Booth # 111)
    Datatelligence ONLINE, a division of CRG GLOBAL, INC, specializes in the development and management of online panels and surveys to deliver reliable, actionable results. Our panel consists of more than 500,000 pre-qualified consumers for panel integrity. Unique to Datatelligence Online is our CAP technique (Community Access Panel) of over 125K households within a 25 mile radius of our 30 + mall locations nationwide for recruitment for CLT's, 1-on-1’s, IHUT’s, etc. Our services include design, programming, hosting, translation, data processing, interactive media surveys and the ability to provide specialty panels or hard to reach demographics.

  • Dexterity (Booth # 203)
    Dexterity offers comprehensive business solutions for marketing and consumer informatics. Focusing on the demand side business processes, we accelerate value for our clients through our targeted business solutions in Marketing and Consumer Data Management, Analytics, Insights Delivery and Market Research Outsourcing.Dexterity has successfully delivered responsive and high-quality business and technical solutions to a vast client-base. Our Research domain experience, Technical expertise for various solutions and the Optimized Offshore execution model make Dexterity a special breed amongst the solutions providers in this space. As leaders in the domain of research and analytics outsourcing, Dexterity’s clientele includes global top 10 market research and fortune 500 companies.
  • DMS Research (Booth # 115)
    The Suite Solution – River, Panel, Results. Founded in 1995, DMS Research offers a suite of online sample solutions that includes River and Panel, resulting in unparalleled reach and results. DMS is best known for creating the first and largest online portal for intercepting survey respondents in real-time - Opinion Place. By building the concept of RDD purity into Opinion Place, this unmatched online “River” provides a truly fresh, scientifically-managed sampling frame as an alternative to common online panels that rely on repeat respondents. Our online panel samples including SurveySpree for traditional panel needs and Tu Opinión Latina for research among Hispanics of all acculturation levels.
  • Efficience 3 (Booth # 104)
    At Efficience3 we coordinate your studies in over 20 European countries. With over 20 years of experience, Efficience3 is a French independent data collection company. Our multilingual research and field team is experienced in quantitative and qualitative project management. Our high quality services range from translation, fieldwork, data processing and analysis. With local partners and our own network of interviewers, CATI platform and focus group facilities we provide face to face, telephone, catiweb, online, IDIs, FGD, home visits, observations and mystery shopping. You can rely on our expertise, responsiveness and flexibility for your B2C, B2B and medical projects.
  • EFG, Inc. – European Fieldwork Group (Booth # 204)
    EFG is the U.S. subsidiary of the Paris-based MV2 Group, one of the European leaders in International Market Research. EFG is dedicated to the management of international Quantitative/Qualitative fieldwork, as well as Mystery Shopping, for North American Market Research companies: EFG is a full-service one-stop shop for fieldwork Worldwide. EFG’s International network counts 115 Focus rooms, 9500 F2F interviewers (CAPI equipped) & 2300 CATI across the globe. Furthermore, our network’s quality procedures are ISO 9001 certified. EFG covers all type of Industry, still, has special units dedicated to specific Industries such as Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals, B2B, Banking/Finance, Automotive/Transport, and Sports & Entertainment.
  • EMI Surveys (Booth # 5)
    EMI Surveys manages a network of over 125 online panels around the global for market researchers. Our mission is to provide cost effective high quality online sample. Since 1999, EMI has performed more than 4,500 independent online studies, built large panels and established small niche community panels for online market research purposes. Example Studies: · Intl HR and Training DM’s in US/UK/Canada - 350 completes · Small Bus. DM’s – 2% incidence – 100 completes · Business DMs – Brazil, DE, China, Japan and Sweden – 800 completes · EMC IT DMs – China, HK, Australia, TW, and Japan – 300 completes · Young Males 12 hour Quick Turn - 500 completes · Gallo Wine Drinkers in Germany - 445 completes · Ulcerative Colitis Sufferers – 100 completes
  • European Research – EMS Research (Booth # 3)
    EMS Research is an independent full service market research institute specializing in both qualitative and quantitative research for the whole of Europe. Headquartered in London and with offices and research studios in Paris and Berlin, EMS Research is your ideal partner for all of your European research needs. We offer cost-effective, efficient and reliable services in all European countries, including Eastern Europe. We have 160 European CATI stations based out of Berlin and London. Our services include CATI, CAPI, CAWI, WAPI, PAPI, as well as the full spectrum of qualitative research.

  • e-Rewards Market Research (Booth # 101)
    e-Rewards, Inc., based in Dallas, TX, is the largest “by-invitation-only” online research panel, serving over 700 research firms. With millions of panelists, the e-Rewards Opinion Panels provide research firms with quality respondents – enabling them to interact with real consumers and business decision-makers. Launched in 1999, and named in 2007 by Inc. magazine as one of America’s fastest growing companies, e-Rewards employs 275 professionals located in Dallas, London, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle.
  • E-Tabs (Booth # 106)
    Any researcher needing to prepare reports, charts and presentations from data tables knows how laborious and error prone this process can be. The award winning E-Tabs software products enables you to automate the charting process directly from your existing data sources, slashing reporting times from days or hours to just minutes. · E-Tabs Enterprise: Automate any PowerPoint, Word or Excel report in a flash · E-Tabs Reader: Table viewing, presentation and collaboration · E-Tabs Bureau Service: Outsource your auto-charting needs to our experienced team. E-Tabs has provided software and services to the market research industry since 1993, with offices in Chicago and London, and in excess of 15,000 users across the globe. Turn your reporting times from days to minutes using E-Tabs award-winning software.
  • eworks (Booth # 213)
    Since 1992, eworks has provided mall and location-based intercept field services, but with a difference. With 49 locations in over 26 cities, our manned kiosks are located in high traffic areas where trained interviewers recruit a wide cross section of respondents to participate and complete surveys. In addition to traditional intercept fieldwork, eworks also offers a recruit-to-online service where we recruit general and hard-to-reach groups, such as teens, to our manned kiosks to complete your online study. Our unique online, touch-screen kiosks are equipped with monitor hoods, privacy filters and headphones for maximum client confidentiality.
  • Eurointerview (Booth # 219)
    EuroInterview is one of the leading European field agencies and an ideal partner for research firms researching the old continent . In 2007 EuroInterview conducted 134 000 CATI,CAPI, F2F and online interviews world wide. In addition we carried out 18 000 mystery shopping exercises across Europe. We have dedicated multi-lingual quality and quantity research teams specializing in the management of B2C and B2B studies. EuroInterview also possesses a large pool of difficult to reach medical and IT respondents located in the big five European countries, France, Great Britain, Italy, Germany and Spain. All our interviews are subject to a rigours quality control process, following the guidelines set by national and international research societies.
  • FocusForward, LLC (Booth #)
    One Source For All Your Needs! Use one or all of Focus Forward’s 3 divisions for your next project:
    · National Qualitative Recruiting – Emerging as the clear qualitative recruiting industry leader, our national database and expert project directors ensure results always exceed expectations. Nationwide consumer, B2B, physician and patient recruiting from our database or your client list! · Transcribing Division – With 50+ in-house transcribers, we accommodate any size project fast! We offer audio tape, DVD, and digital file transcribing with unique FTP space available for client uploads. · Online Panel – Our smaller, highly specialized panel guarantees specific targeting and fast turn around on all your studies.
    Philadelphia 215.367.4000
  • FocusVision Worldwide (Booth # 209)
    FocusVision is the world’s leading provider of video transmission, recording and analytical tools for the qualitative market research industry. Clients rely on its solutions to maximize the value and effectiveness of their work. The solutions help increase participation, while reducing the travel costs and scheduling demands associated with bringing key stakeholders to the research site. Advanced analytical tools enable clients to gain a deeper understanding in their research efforts, empowering them to make smarter business decisions. Visit www.focusvision.com or call 203-961-1715 opt. 6 to learn more. FocusVision is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, with offices in Chicago, LA, and London.
  • Gazelle Globalization Group – g3 (Booth # 100)
    Gazelle Globalization Group (g3) assists marketing research professionals reach global markets by offering customized translation and localization solutions. g3 specializes in the translation of questionnaires, screeners, telephone scripts and focus group materials into over 100 languages. The seamless integration of g3’s linguistic specialists and technological assets in our concept-to-completion solutions provides our clients the best value in the marketplace. Whether you require translation, in-language coding, cultural consulting or related foreign language services, we enhance communication across a myriad of cultures. In addition to providing outstanding quality at competitive rates, g3 delivers exceptional customer service and aggressive turnaround times.
  • Globalpark (Booth # 2)
    Globalpark is a web-based platform for building customer communities, managing panels and collecting data via the web and mobile web. Forrester projects that at least one-quarter of Fortune 100 companies will launch online customer communities this year in order to create higher levels of engagement with their customers and prospects. Worldwide, more than 1,000 businesses and market research companies already use Globalpark software including General Mills, Bayer, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Lufthansa, Deutsche Telecom, GfK and TNS. Looking for College Students? Come to our booth to talk to SurveyU, a panel of US College students built entirely upon the Globalpark toolset.
  • GMI – Global Market Insite, Inc. (Booth # 202)
    GMI provides global panels and a range of integrated software applications that enable corporations and market research firms to conduct global market research and enterprise feedback. GMI’s software tools integrate panel management, mixed-mode data collection, data processing, analysis and reporting into a single, efficient solution for every stage of the market research process. GMI provides quality global panels that reach millions of double opted-in consumers in 200 countries and territories, as well as an array of specialty panels for hard-to-reach demographics. With operations in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas, GMI serves many of the largest and most successful firms in the world.
  • Greenfield Online, Inc. (Booth # 112)
    At Greenfield Online we're committed to keeping you ahead. We recognize that it takes a commitment to quality, robust access to survey respondents and technological innovation to help you succeed with your clients. Since 1994, Greenfield Online has been enabling the industry’s top marketing research companies conduct surveys via the Internet. We’ve built and actively manage the Greenfield Online panel, one of the largest most robust and demographically diverse panels in the world and we continue to innovate as we’ve developed a number of ways to engage and communicate with respondents using their preferred communications channels including; Real-Time SamplingTM, and wireless panels.
  • Language Works, Inc. (Booth # 205)
    LanguageWorks has been meeting the global demands of market research professionals since 1993 by providing a broad spectrum of foreign language services. We help clients leverage opportunities with worldwide markets by assisting with the translation of questionnaires, surveys, international studies, verbatim/open ends, and collateral materials into multiple languages. Our proven translation, foreign language typesetting, localization, and audio/video production services can increase the global market share and profitability of your business by improving communication with clients of diverse cultural backgrounds. LanguageWorks integrates expert linguistic, technical, and project management specialists into your communications strategy, and offers an unbeatable combination of high-caliber work, rapid turnaround, extremely competitive pricing and high-level customer care.
  • Lightspeed Research (Booth # 206)
    Lightspeed Research is global interactive data solutions provider delivering market research results through global panels and products. Through its network of panels, Lightspeed Research provides access to household members in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Lightspeed Research operates panels covering healthcare, finance, automotive, B2B, mobile, media, beverage, travel, and sports & hobbies. The company also provides custom panel solutions for clients, building customized panels to address specific client needs. Lightspeed Research is a member of WPP, one of the world's leading communications services companies.
  • Marketing Systems Group (Booth # 216)
    Marketing Systems Group provides GENESYS in-house RDD sample design/generation systems and the new virtualGENESYS Web-based system available 24/7, along with full service sampling capabilities including multi-mode sample methodologies, the GENESYS-CSS screening service that identifies all types of wireless/cellular numbers; listed household, business, targeted, and online samples, and sample/list enhancement services. PRO-T-S® Telephony Systems is a researchPredictive dialing system with optional modules including Digital Sound Management, Remote Interviewer Module, IVR Integration, Inbound/Outbound Call Blending, Multiple CATI system interfaces and VoIP telephony options with leading PBXes. ARCS® IVR Systems feature simultaneous inbound/outbound IVR options, panel management/scheduling/recruiting, and concurrent Web/IVR survey capabilities.
  • MarketSight, LLC (Booth # 208)
    MarketSight LLC, a leading software provider to the Market Research industry, is the developer of MarketSight®, an intuitive web-based data analysis application for creating cross-tabs, automatically running statistical tests, creating powerful charts, and sharing results with clients and colleagues in a secure, web-based environment. MarketSight accelerates and simplifies the analysis of market research data, saving clients time and money, and substantially improving the quality of analysis results. MarketSight also supports the leading survey data formats, including SPSS, SAS, and Excel.
  • MRII (Lobby)
    University of Georgia/MRII - The Principles of Marketing Research is the only self-paced, self-study, certificate program presenting the complete copyrighted Marketing Research Core Body of Knowledge (MRCBOK©) covering the core skills of the marketing and opinion research profession. It is also the only industry-supported comprehensive program delivered entirely in an online format that is both standardized and commonly relevant worldwide. To date, over 4,200 practitioners have enrolled from over 65 countries. The CEU-awarding program has become the research profession’s highest quality, most valued, and most widely supported educational program on the fundamentals of marketing research. MRA is a proud education partner of MRII and the University of Georgia.
  • Opionion Factor, Inc. (Booth # 109)
    OPINION FACTOR, INC. completes thousands of phone and online surveys weekly across the United States and abroad. EXPERIENCED interviewers with NEUTRAL ACCENTS. The Opinion Factor team delivers hassle-free service and fast results you expect. Our global experience sets us apart from other call centers. The Opinion Factor call center, located in Murray Utah, operates multi-modal (CATI/CAPI/CAWI) Voxco software. This cutting-edge platform enables efficient data collection and high-quality results - at a great price. Services include: Data Collection, Tabulation, Analysis and Reporting. Opinion Factor employees are active in: AAPC, CASRO, MRA, AMA, CMOR, YOC and ARF.
  • Research Now (Booth # 105)
    Research Now are the online data collection and panel specialists. We have unrivaled panel reach and quality, offering international online data collection across 28 proprietary, research-only online panels in North & Latin America, Europe and Australia-Pacific. We offer some of the most highly-profiled, most broadly-recruited, most frequently-refreshed and most cared-for online panels available to researchers.We also pride ourselves on unrivaled service and delivery to our clients. We are genuine specialists in programming and hosting, fielding over 600 projects per month globally. We have technical excellence with industry-leading programming and hosting capabilities. We have a team of experienced, research-literate, multi-lingual online data collection specialists who are flexible to work with and available across 12 offices worldwide.
    • Contact us for help and advice on any aspect of online data collection and panels at: [email protected]

  • RIVA Market Research & Training Institute (Booth # 103)
    RIVA, founded in 1981, is the gold standard for both our research and training services. RIVA Market Research is a qualitative market research firm serving both B2C and B2B companies. With a diverse, highly experienced team of moderators, RIVA is able to tailor its services to suit any project. In 1982, RIVA established its moderator training classes to meet growing demands from researchers for training in effective qualitative research techniques. RIVA Training Institute enjoys an international reputation for its experiential curricula in fundamental and advanced qualitative market research and methodologies. Custom courses are also offered.
  • Scientific Telephone Samples (Booth # 201)
    Scientific Telephone Samples (STS) is a leading provider of random digit (RDD), listed, and business sampling for marketing research. Our commitment to quality, outstanding customer service, and the lowest prices make STS the smart choice for accurate, productive sampling. STS offers a comprehensive array of scientifically constructed sampling options for every research study. RDD samples range from 2¢ to 5¢ per number. Listed and business samples typically range from 5¢ to 12¢ per number. Fast turnaround. Select from any geography or sampling methodology. PreID™ disconnect purging, demographic targeting, radius sampling, free business purging, record coding, and expert sampling advice.
  • SIS International Research (Booth # 214)
    Established in 1984 and headquartered in SIS International Research is a full service global research supplier offering qualitative, quantitative and business intelligence. Our field services cover North America, Europe, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Our core competency lies in pharmaceutical, business to business and consumer sectors. We offer state of the art focus group facilities in New York in addition to our global quantitative research capabilities. We also offer market and competitive intelligence research and tracking services.
  • SMIS Co, Ltd. (Booth # 215)
    One of major independent market research agencies in Japan since 1969 with full service capacity to provide quality services for overseas clients at a local cost, comprising 700 registered field interviewers, over 3.5 million WEB panelists, Medical Study Network including 142,000 doctors and 50,000 pharmacists, 6 moderators with 2 focus group rooms, 150 stations for CATI, 500 Mystery Shoppers, National Omnibus Survey, trade interviews, Ethnography, Children Study Network and on-line research panels in Japan, China, India, and Korea. We follow ISO9001 guidelines, Japanese Privacy Protection Codes and ESOMAR Fieldwork Control Codes.

  • SPSS, Inc. (Booth # 212)
    SPSS Inc., the leading provider of predictive analytics software and solutions, offers a broad range of end-to-end survey and market research tools, including survey design, authoring, sampling, data collection, analysis and publishing. Dimensions 5.0 is the latest version that gives research agencies the ability to create and deploy powerful, visually appealing surveys, expand the breadth of data collection techniques for greater flexibility, and deliver the right results to the right people at the right time. Visit us and see why 92% of the Honomichl Global 25 Market Research Agencies rely on SPSS technologies.
  • Survey Sampling International (Booth # 118)
    Survey Sampling International (SSI) is the premier global provider of sampling solutions for survey research. SSI offers access to consumer and business-to-business respondents via Internet, telephone, and mobile. SSI provides access to more than 3.5 million research respondents in more than 70 countries via proprietary communities and managed affiliate relationships. Random digit dialing (RDD) telephone sampling in 21 countries is also available. In addition to sampling, SSI offers survey programming and hosting, data collection, translation, and sampling consultation services.
    Founded in 1977, SSI serves more than 1,800 marketing research clients, including nearly three quarters of the top researchers worldwide.
  • Techneos Systems, Inc. (Booth # 6)
    Reaching and engaging respondents is difficult. Reach more people at the appropriate time and place with Techneos’ mobile, wireless survey solutions. Response rates improve when surveys are in context – when they apply to the products, services, or issues that people are thinking about or involved in. Our Entryware™ system supports on-site interviewing, diary studies, and other techniques that involve respondents at the moment of interest. Options from smartphones to kiosks extend your reach and coverage so you can contact people when it matters to them. Discover the advantages of “Insight from the Point of Experience”™.
  • Tobii Technology, Inc. (Booth # 211)
    Tobii Technology is a world leader in solutions for eye tracking – a technique that enables a computer to tell exactly where a person is looking. A major application field is design testing, where Tobii provides a plug and play concept for pre-testing of advertisements, TV commercials, web sites, product design, shopping shelves and more. In this way customers can dramatically improve impact and avoid large spending on suboptimal design. Eye tracking provides both qualitative and quantitative data and, in contrast to many other testing systems today, also objective results. Tobii eye trackers are used in hundreds of labs world wide, including market research companies, web portal companies, software houses and advertisers.
  • Toluna (Booth # 217)
    Toluna is the world’s leading online panel community and survey technology provider to the global marketing research industry. The company provides sample, questionnaire scripting and custom panel building expertise to over 300 of the world’s leading market research agencies from offices across Europe and North America. Toluna has built and manages a panel community of over 1.8 million active members across 28 countries. This has been extensively profiled into 16 specialist panels, reaching niche segments to provide premium quality survey research data. In addition, PanelPortal™, Toluna’s online panel community management solution, enables research professionals to easily build, manage and run their own online panel communities.
  • Transperfect Translations (Booth # 116)
    TransPerfect is a global group of companies that operates in over 50 locations on 4 continents. As the nation's leading provider of language solutions, our full array of translation and marketing services ensure your message is understood across cultural and linguistic barriers, making TransPerfect the ideal choice for market research companies, advertising agencies, and Fortune 500 marketing departments around the world. Our network of more than 4,000 language and subject-area experts provides specialized services in over 100 languages. Supported by our internationally recognized ISO 9001:2000-certified quality management system, the scope and range of our language and research services are unrivaled.
  • Western Wats, Inc. (Booth # 207)
    Western Wats is a one source destination for all the data collection needs of over 200 research organizations worldwide. Services include CATI, Web surveys, IVR (automated voice messaging), and Data Express™ online reporting. Western Wats operates an extensive online research panel, Opinion Outpost™, which can be utilized by Western Wats clients to reach a broad selection of consumer and business segments. Western Wats uses its proprietary, fully integrated data collection platform, W.I.R.E.™ (Wats Integrated Research Engine) to collect data from multiple locations and multiple modes quickly, reliably and in the most secure environment to be found in the industry.
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