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Developing Human Capital to Support U.S. Innovation Capacity: A Workshop

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In the modern era of technological and economic competitiveness, people—and more specifically, their knowledge, skills, education, motivations, and wellbeing—are arguably the most important national resource. Strategic, long-term investments in human capital are critical to a healthy U.S. economy and a dynamic research enterprise—both to inform the development of industries of the future, and to prepare the nation to respond to global challenges. Building and harnessing new levels of human capital to increase U.S. innovation capacity and competitiveness will require a greater degree of commitment to cross-sector coordination and collaboration across the research enterprise.

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A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize a workshop to discuss the elements of human capital development pertaining to the U.S. innovation environment. The workshop will consider policies, mechanisms, and structures for supporting STEM education, talent, and workforce development and management in the United States, to improve competitiveness in critical economic sectors and support responsiveness to global challenges. Examples of collaboration and coordination across government, academic, and corporate institutions that enable or enhance human capital development will be discussed. A rapporteur-authored proceedings-in brief will be published summarizing the workshop.

Collaborators

Committee

Corinna E. Lathan

Chair

Zachary J. Lemnios

Member

Victor R. McCrary

Member

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Staff

Megan Nicholson

Lead

Christa Nairn

Komal Syed

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