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Paul Ray has left his position as director of the Colorado Office of Life Sciences and Biotechnology.
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Job Opportunity with the ModForum
The Modernization Forum seeks qualified candidates to serve as a project manager for a one-year position. The manager will plan, staff and facilitate research involving focus groups, phone and mail surveys, and secondary resources related to small manufacturing and the economy. The manager will work in collaboration with contracting organization as part of a highly qualified research team.
Next Digest Oct. 31; SSTI Offices Closed to Attend Annual Conference
The SSTI Weekly Digest and Funding Supplement will resume publicaton October 31 as the office will be closed to attend SSTI's 7th Annual Conference, Building Tech-based Economies: From Policies to Practice, on Oct. 20-22.
Brookings Looks at TBED Outside the Techpoles
Ask most state and local technology-based economic development (TBED) professionals what they are trying to accomplish in their community or region and the majority will probably draw on a few of the well-known high tech centers of the country for examples. Many books, studies and reports have scrutinized the success of Silicon Valley, Boston, Seattle, Austin, etc.
Illinois Governor Regionalizes ED Efforts
In mid-September, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich unveiled a new approach to economic development in Illinois– regionalism. While several other states currently use or have explored a regionalized approach to delivering state economic development services, the concept is new for Illinois.
Report Highlights Principles to Guide North Carolina’s New Economy
At a time when North Carolina is experiencing record-setting layoffs, the dot-com bubble has burst, and traditional industries are undergoing critical changes, North Carolina needs a cohesive, bipartisan economic development strategy that embraces the dynamics underlying the new economy, according to a new report issued by the Institute for Emerging Issues.
NSF Awards $68M for New Engineering Centers
Storm prediction, extreme ultraviolet light, clean chemical manufacturing, and implantable electronics for treating incurable diseases — all of the above will be tackled by four new Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) created by the National Science Foundation (NSF) last week. The new centers will receive a $68 million from NSF over the next five years.
Collaboration Critical to Recent Local TBED Initiatives
Arizona Universities Partner to Create Joint Biomedical Campus
Despite Downturn, Industry R&D Holds Steady in 2001
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has given us the first peek at the results of the 2001 survey of industrial research and development expenditures and, while the news is better than expected given the economy, the first figures provide further evidence of the struggles of the U.S. manufacturing base. Issue Brief 04-301, U.S.
Kansas City Prepares Life Sciences Primer
A group of Kansas City bi-state community development organizations, led by KCCatalyst and the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute (KCALSI), released a report Friday that illustrates Kansas City’s bi-state life sciences initiative and lays out how the region can become a national and global center for life sciences research and commercialization.
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Jennifer Alexander is the new president of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. George C. Atkinson has been appointed Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of State.
The first director for the new Indiana Venture Center will be Steve Beck.
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Jennifer Alexander is the new president of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce.
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Dr. George C. Atkinson has been appointed Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of State.
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The first director for the new Indiana Venture Center will be Steve Beck.
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Buddy Buckingham, director of regional planning at Murray State University, will serve as interim director of the new MSU Innovations and Commercialization Center. Buckingham also currently serves in the Kentucky General Assembly.
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The University of California, San Diego's CONNECT program will begin a search for a new director since Fred Cutler's resignation at the end of September.
USDA Awards $53.7M for Rural Tech-based Economic Development
Within the last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a slew of awards – 128 in all – for rural tech-based economic development initiatives. Collectively, the awards total $53.7 million, including:
New Jersey to Stimulate Biotech Business, Job Growth with $50M VC Fund
New Jersey is launching a new program to stimulate new investment, business growth and job creation in the biotechnology and life sciences industries through a special fund to be established through the Business Employment Incentive Program (BEIP).
NIH Announces Strategy to Accelerate Medical Research Progress
To transform the nation’s medical research capabilities and speed the movement of research discoveries from the bench to the bedside, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) laid out on Monday a series of initiatives collectively known as the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research.
Hawaii's HTDC Announces Statewide Incubation Services Program
Secures State as Pilot Site for FastTrac™
Coming soon to an island near you — business development services. That could be the sales pitch for a new development within the High Technology Development Corporation (HTDC), Hawaii's lead tech-based economic development agency.
Kansas Governor's Revitalization Plan Favors TBED
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius made public on Wednesday the details of a statewide economic revitalization plan designed to stimulate and strengthen the Kansas economy. Included in the plan are several items that could help boost tech-based economic development (TBED) in the state:
Cluster Stage Critical To Policy, Paper Shows
Policy measures aimed at the development of clusters must take into account which development stage the cluster is currently in. One of the central processes involved in cluster development is that of firm foundings, states Co-Development of Firm Foundings and Regional Clusters, a working paper written by Dirk Fornahl and Max-Peter Menzel.
Useful Stats: State Rankings for Academic R&D Expenditures Per Student
The Chronicle of Higher Education annually provides in its Almanac an accessible state-by-state snapshot of a variety of statistics useful in measuring the magnitude and health of higher education. The 2002-2003 Almanac of Higher Education, released recently in print and online, is no exception.
And Then There Were 10...
Yes, only 10 open seats remain for SSTI’s 7th Annual Conference, Building Tech-based Economies: From Policy to Practice. With nearly three weeks remaining before the October 21-22 event in Seattle, SSTI anticipates it will have to close registration in the coming days based on the phenomenal response to this year’s great slate of 24 breakout sessions, great plenary sessions and wonderful location. If you are planning to attend, we encourage you to register as soon as possible.
NAM Report Identifies Challenges for Small and Medium Manufacturers in 21st Century Economy
Innovation, flexibility, speed to market, and closeness to the customer are the common characteristics shared by successful small and medium manufacturers (SMMs), says a new report from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). The report reveals 15 best practices that are followed by successful SMMs and identifies challenges faced by manufacturers in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.