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A
AGENDA
GROWING INNOVATION CLUSTERS
FOR AMERICAN PROSPERITY
Organized in Cooperation with the Center for American Progress
3 June 2009
Lecture Room
National Academy of Science
2100 C Street, NW, Washington, DC
8:45 AM Welcome
Charles Wessner, The National Academies
8:50 AM Opening Remarks
Susan Crawford, National Economic Council,
The White House
9:00 AM Keynote Address: The Role of Research Universities
in the Formation of Regional Innovation Clusters:
The Impact of Arizona State Universityon
Metropolitan Phoenix
Michael Crow, Arizona State University
9:20 AM Panel I: Why Clusters Matter: Innovation Clusters
and Economic Growth
Moderator: William P. Kittredge, Economic
Development Administration, Department of Commerce
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126 GROWING INNOVATION CLUSTERS FOR AMERICAN PROSPERITY
Cluster Development: A Path to Growth
Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina
Stimulating Regional Economies
Andrew Reamer, The Brookings Institution
10:00 AM Coffee Break
10:15 AM Panel II: Regional Innovation Clusters: The Obama
Administration’s Innovation Initiative
Moderator: Jean Toal Eisen, Department of Commerce
The Geography of Innovation: The Federal
Government and the Growth of Regional Innovation
Clusters
Jonathan Sallet, Glover Park Group
New York’s Nano Initiative
Pradeep Haldar, Energy and Environmental
Technology Applications Center (E2TAC), Albany, New
York
The Technology Innovation Program: Connecting
the Dots
Marc G. Stanley, National Institute of Standards and
Technology
11:15 AM Coffee Break
11:30 AM Panel III: State and Regional Initiatives
Moderator: Ed Paisley, Center for American Progress
Clusters Growing in Pennsylvania
Rebecca Bagley, Pennsylvania Department of
Community and Economic Development
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APPENDIX A
Building and Branding Clusters: Lessons from
Kansas and Philadelphia
Richard Bendis, Innovation America
Virginia Industry Cluster Analysis
John Mathieson, SRI International
The Washington State Innovation Economy
Egils Milbergs, Washington Economic Development
Commission
12:45 PM Lunch
1:45 PM Luncheon Address
Karen Mills, Small Business Administration
2:00 PM Panel IV: The University Connection
Moderator: Robert Samors, Association of Public and
Land-Grant Universities
The Akron Model
Luis M. Proenza, The University of Akron
The South Carolina Innovation Ecosystem
David McNamara, South Carolina Research Authority
California Initiatives
Ed Penhoet, Alta Partners
3:00 PM Coffee Break
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128 GROWING INNOVATION CLUSTERS FOR AMERICAN PROSPERITY
3:15 PM Panel V: Filling the Gaps: The Role of Foundations
Moderator: Jim Turner, Association of Public and
Land-Grant Universities
How Innovation Clusters Are Reviving the
Economies that “Urban Renewal” Destroyed
Christina Gabriel and Bomani Howze, The Heinz
Endowments
Building the Workforce and the Universities
George W. Bo-Linn, Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation
4:00 PM Roundtable: Key Issues and Next Steps Forward
Moderator: Charles Wessner, The National Academies
Luis M. Proenza, The University of Akron
William P. Kittredge, Economic Development
Administration, Department of Commerce
Jim Turner, Association of Public and Land-Grant
Universities
R. Lee Cheatham, Washington Technology Center
5:00 PM Adjourn
