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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.

Appendix A

Agenda

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

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8:45 AM     Welcome
Charles Wessner, The National Academies
 
8:50 AM     Introduction
Mary Good, University of Arkansas at Little Rock and STEP Board
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.
 
9:00 AM     Panel I: Clustering for Growth
Moderator: Michael Borrus, X/Seed Capital Management
 
      Regional Innovation Clusters
Ginger Lew, National Economic Council
 
      Building a Clean Energy Economy Through Accelerated Innovation
Kristina M. Johnson, Department of Energy
 
      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
 
10:15 AM     Panel II: Clustering for Growth (Continued)
Moderator: William Harris, Science Foundation Arizona
 
      Building Regional Innovation Clusters
Karen Mills, Small Business Administration
 
      Regional Innovation Strategies Initiative
John Fernandez, Economic Development Administration
 
10:45 AM     Panel III: Building 21st Century Clusters—The Role of State and Regional Governments
Moderator: Dan Berglund, State Science and Technology Institute
 
      Building on the Battery Initiative in Michigan
Doug Parks, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
 
      Making the Big State Bigger: Current Texas University Initiatives
David Daniel, University of Texas at Dallas
 
      Growing Northeast Ohio’s High-Tech Economy
Rebecca Bagley, NorTech
 
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)
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.
 
      An Integrated Approach: Brazil’s Minas Gerais Strategy
Alberto Duque Portugal, Minas Gerais Secretariat for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Brazil
 
      Brazil’s New Innovation Strategy
Francelino Grando, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil
 
      Hong Kong Science Park—Optimizing Synergies
Nicholas Brooke, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
 
      Innovation and Clusters: Why They Are Back on the OECD Policy Agenda
Mario Pezzini, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
 
1:30 PM     Luncheon Address
Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce
Introduced by Ralph J. Cicerone, National Academy of Sciences
 
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)
 
      Sandia National Laboratories as a Catalyst for Regional Growth
J. Stephen Rottler, Sandia National Laboratories
 
      Exploration Park at the Kennedy Space Center
Robert Cabana, NASA Kennedy Space Center
 
      Discussant
Ken Zweibel, George Washington University
 
3:15 PM     Panel VI: University-Based Clusters
Moderator: Brian Darmody, Association of University Research Parks
 
      Current Trends and Challenges in University Commercialization
Ashley J. Stevens, Boston University and Association of University Technology Management
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.
 
      Improving the University Model
Aris Melissaratos, Johns Hopkins University
 
      Building New Growth Clusters
James Clements, West Virginia University
 
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
 
5:00 PM     Adjourn
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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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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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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