As the nation marks National Small Business Week, we’re celebrating our way by bringing the voices of small tech innovators straight to Capitol Hill. From May 4 to 7, ACT | The App Association is convening more than 60 small business members from nearly 50 unique companies nationwide for [...]
Following the success of our member-led advocacy in Brussels, ACT | The App Association did it all over again in London for our first-ever Global App Economy Conference: United Kingdom. From 30 March to 2 April, we convened our small business members and policymakers at a critical moment for [...]
This March, members of ACT | The App Association travelled to Brussels for the first-ever Global App Economy Conference: European Union, and it couldn’t have come at a more pivotal moment. Sixteen of our EU small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) members from 12 countries met face-to-face with policymakers at the [...]
"We regret to inform you that a vendor was hacked, exposing our customers' personal information." It’s a message that has become all too familiar as data breaches shift from possibility to inevitability. At SXSW 2025, ACT | The App Association hosted a powerhouse panel to dissect the growing crisis [...]
At AfroTech 2024, the Black Legislative Leaders Network (BLLN) convened a groundbreaking policy roundtable to explore how technology can help close systemic health disparities in underserved communities. With support from Linda Wilson, Fund II Foundation, Qualtrics, and Texas Southern University, the discussion reinforced AfroTech’s evolution into not just a [...]