Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Clustering for 21st Century Prosperity: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13249.
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Clustering for 21st Century Prosperity
A Symposium organized
in cooperation with
The Association of University Research Parks
Agenda
February 25, 2010
The National Academies
Lecture Room
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, DC
| 8:45 AM | Welcome Charles Wessner, The National Academies |
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| 8:50 AM | Introduction Mary Good, University of Arkansas at Little Rock and STEP Board |
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Clustering for 21st Century Prosperity: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13249.
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| 9:00 AM | Panel I: Clustering for Growth Moderator: Michael Borrus, X/Seed Capital Management |
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| Regional Innovation Clusters Ginger Lew, National Economic Council |
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| Building a Clean Energy Economy Through Accelerated Innovation Kristina M. Johnson, Department of Energy |
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| Enhanced Competitiveness and Speeding Innovation: Design and Initial Results of the NIST Rapid Innovation and Competitiveness Initiative Marc G. Stanley, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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| 10:15 AM | Panel II: Clustering for Growth (Continued) Moderator: William Harris, Science Foundation Arizona |
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| Building Regional Innovation Clusters Karen Mills, Small Business Administration |
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| Regional Innovation Strategies Initiative John Fernandez, Economic Development Administration |
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| 10:45 AM | Panel III: Building 21st Century Clusters—The Role of State and Regional Governments Moderator: Dan Berglund, State Science and Technology Institute |
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| Building on the Battery Initiative in Michigan Doug Parks, Michigan Economic Development Corporation |
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| Making the Big State Bigger: Current Texas University Initiatives David Daniel, University of Texas at Dallas |
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| Growing Northeast Ohio’s High-Tech Economy Rebecca Bagley, NorTech |
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| 11:30 AM | Panel IV: Lessons from Abroad—Clusters, Parks & Poles in Global Innovation Strategies Moderator: Stephen Lehrman, Office of U.S. Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) |
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Clustering for 21st Century Prosperity: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13249.
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| An Integrated Approach: Brazil’s Minas Gerais Strategy Alberto Duque Portugal, Minas Gerais Secretariat for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Brazil |
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| Brazil’s New Innovation Strategy Francelino Grando, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil |
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| Hong Kong Science Park—Optimizing Synergies Nicholas Brooke, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation |
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| Innovation and Clusters: Why They Are Back on the OECD Policy Agenda Mario Pezzini, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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| 1:30 PM | Luncheon Address Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce Introduced by Ralph J. Cicerone, National Academy of Sciences |
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| 2:00 PM | Panel V: Clustering Around the Lab—Best Practice in Federal Laboratory Commercialization Moderator: Jonathan Epstein, Office of U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) |
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| Sandia National Laboratories as a Catalyst for Regional Growth J. Stephen Rottler, Sandia National Laboratories |
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| Exploration Park at the Kennedy Space Center Robert Cabana, NASA Kennedy Space Center |
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| Discussant Ken Zweibel, George Washington University |
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| 3:15 PM | Panel VI: University-Based Clusters Moderator: Brian Darmody, Association of University Research Parks |
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| Current Trends and Challenges in University Commercialization Ashley J. Stevens, Boston University and Association of University Technology Management |
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Clustering for 21st Century Prosperity: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13249.
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| Improving the University Model Aris Melissaratos, Johns Hopkins University |
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| Building New Growth Clusters James Clements, West Virginia University |
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| 4:15 PM | Panel VII: A Policy Roundtable—What Should U.S. Policy Be? Moderator: Mary Good, University of Arkansas at Little Rock and STEP Board |
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| 5:00 PM | Adjourn | |
