PORTLAND, Ore. and WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Oregon Technology Investor Tour was started four years ago as a way to provide a unique opportunity for the financial investment community to experience Oregon public technology companies first-hand, meet their management teams, demonstrate products and take company tours if applicable. Now in its fifth year, the tour continues to grow in popularity among investors who consider it a refreshing change from the traditional financial conferences around the nation.

The tour is scheduled for the week of August 20-24, 2007. Six Oregon public technology companies have already committed to participate: Cascade Microtech, Inc. , ESI Inc. , FEI Company , InFocus Corporation , Planar Systems , and RadiSys Corporation . AeA expects up to 10 public technology companies to participate. Company sessions will be held at individual company sites, with each company having a 1 1/2 - 3 hour session.

"The real values in the Oregon Technology Investor Tour are that investors and analysts can derive more value from a single trip, experience a given company first-hand at its location, hear from the company's management about product details, have access to more of a company's management team, demo products, and tour the company's facilities," said Jennifer Bosze, Executive Director of AeA's Oregon Council. "From the company's perspective, it is a great opportunity to band together to raise the profile of Oregon public technology companies and combine efforts to attract a larger financial investment audience to Oregon."

For more information or to register for this event (complimentary), please visit http://www.aeanet.org/OregonTechTour07.

About AeA

AeA, founded in 1943 by David Packard, is the largest high-tech trade association in the United States with nearly 3,000 companies, representing all segments of the industry and 1.8 million employees. Currently, AeA has 18 offices in and around the United States, as well as offices abroad in Brussels and Beijing. Our primary purpose is helping our members' top and bottom lines by providing the following services: Access to Investors; State, Federal & International Lobbying; Insurance Services; Government Procurement; Business Networking; Foreign Market Access; Select Business Services; and Executive Education. Visit the association's web site at http://www.aeanet.org/.

CONTACT: Jennifer Bosze of AeA, +1-503-624-6050,
jennifer_bosze@aeanet.org

Web site: http://www.aeanet.org/