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The forum brought together a diverse group of national leaders to discuss how the worlds leading democracies measuring national performance including what the US could do to improve its approach and why, what are the important areas to measure in assessing US national performance, and how could new US approaches be led and implemented.

Vermont Governor James Douglas plan includes a second set of proposals to retain and create jobs in the state. The plan embodies several tech-based economic development elements within four primary goals.

The Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) report concludes that despite more than a year of economic recovery, the economies of well-performing states are still stressed by higher unemployment, lower wage jobs, slower pay growth and declining employer-provided health coverage. CFED uses 68 measures to provide a relative, state-by-state assessment of economic development in three main areas — performance, business vitality and development capacity

Developed out of the 2003 Emerging Issues Forum, the report aims to help policy makers, business leaders and university officials develop new ways of thinking about innovation, technology and creativity and the role they play in the state’s economy.

The Brookings Institute report looks at the strategies of five Washington regions other than Seattle employed to encourage the growth of their tech economies and identifies key lessons from the five case studies.

The reports indicates that patent citations occur disproportionately more often in locations where an inventor was living prior to being issued the patent. While additional research is warranted, the policy implications for local Technology Based Economic Development groups might suggest encouraging greater social and professional interaction among the local research and technical communities.

The study by the Morrison Institute for Public Policy indicates that new university-based research efforts in biodesign, nanotechnology, embedded systems and virtual manufacturing show that Arizona has stepped forward to compete in the knowledge economy.

The report begins with a 25 year historical narrative of Illinois economic development polices and deals, following the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs through the past three gubernatorial administrations. Two case studies of costly tax-based subsidies follow: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, and Single Sales Factor. The authors then provide five specific case studies.

The report presents the proceedings of a benchmarking workshop on evaluating public science and technology programs in Canada, Finland, Israel and the United States.

The annual report found that Minnesota Technology, Inc. assisted 1,474 companies around the state for an economic impact of over $278 million in the last two years and has received a return on their investment of $11.4 million equaling $26.4 million. The report also details other major accomplishments of Minnesota Technology, Inc.