AMERICAS RESEARCH INDUSTRY ALLIANCE INC

AMERICAS RESEARCH INDUSTRY ALLIANCE INC ARIA IS AN ALLIANCE OF PAN-AMERICAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE THE BUSINESS AND INTEGRITY OF THE MARKET, OPINION AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INDUSTRY. ARIA'S FOCUS IS ON EDUCATION, STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES AND SELF REGULATION WORKING WITH OTHER NATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS IN THE AMERICAS AND AROUND THE WORLD. TO SUPPORT (1) THE GROWTH OF THE AMERICAS' RESEARCH INDUSTRY, (2) CLIENT AND PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN MARKET, OPINION, AND SOCIAL RESEARCH; AND (3) CONTINUED INDUSTRY SELF-REGULATION. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO ESTABLISHED AN AWARD (THE MANOLO AWARD) WHICH IS GIVEN TO ONE OR MORE EMERGING RESEARCH INDUSTRY LEADERS ACROSS THE AMERICAS TO BENEFIT FROM EXPOSURE TO OTHER COUNTRIES OTHER THAN THEIR OWN.