Date: 19/08/2008

Sponsored by ATA, Microsoft, Turbolinux and Tsinghua IT, the 2008 Summit of ATA and its Cooperating Schools was open on August 11, 2008 in the beautiful costal city of Dalian. An audience of over 100 people including presidents, deans of computer schools and key faculties from over 30 participating universities/schools of ATA IT curriculum program were present in the Summit.

ATA IT curriculum program is a three-party joint education program between Chinese Ministry of Education, major IT vendors and ATA. The purpose of the career-driven program is to improve employability of graduates by bundling IT vendor certifications and training courses with Chinese tertiary education system. Through the program, ATA has set up a university school network of over 200 and more than 50,000 students on campus studying ATA IT curriculum as of June 30, 2008.

Mr. Walter Wang, President of ATA, delivered his speech during the summit. He expressed his appreciation to the participating schools and IT vendors for the generous support offered during the past years and introduced to the audience on ATA initial public offering at NASDAQ early this year. New course modules designed for 2009 as well as practical training products were also presented in the Summit.

Special sessions were arranged for key IT vendors in the program including Microsoft, Tsinghua University, Fluke and Turbolinux so that they could present their latest technologies and training courses/certification tracks to the participating schools, who also shared their experiences and views on delivering and improving the program.