Creating a Prosperous Future Through Innovative Economies

No longer limited to a niche group of practitioners, promoting growth through innovation and technology has achieved widespread acceptance as the key to our economic prosperity. You'll find it in blog posts and opinion pages from across the political spectrum, and in virtually every corporate or civic dialogue today on revitalizing America's economy.

A wave of new leaders at the federal and state level over the past couple of years has ushered in new ideas for sustaining economic growth that for many states is changing how science and technology-focused programs are structured and funded. Meanwhile, at the same time policymakers and practitioners are embracing the importance of supporting innovation-based companies, the already limited resources for these programs are becoming more scarce. Put simply, all of economic development is at a crossroads.

As the year's best event for connecting leaders in the tech-based economic development field to share best practices and lessons learned, SSTI's 15th Annual Conference will make sense of it all. You'll walk away with practical tips and new ideas to apply, including those that can have an impact even with a limited budget. Through discussions, workshops and networking opportunities, you'll take away:

• The real metrics you need to use to assess your impact;
• Techniques for telling your message better to stakeholders;
• Ideas on how to work more collaboratively and more creatively; and,
• Answers on how to adapt to the new realities in the short and long-term.

See you Nov. 8-9 in Columbus! Learn more and register for the conference at: http://www.ssticonference.org/.