Building the Arkansas innovation economy : : summary of a symposium / / Charles W. Wessner, rapporteur ; Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.

• Author: Building the Arkansas Innovation Economy Symposium Little Rock, Arkansas),
• TeilnehmendeR: Wessner, Charles W.,; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives,; National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,
• Place / Publishing House: Washington, District of Columbia : : National Academies Press,, [2012]; 2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (186 pages) :; illustrations
• Notes: "... symposium titled Building the Arkansas Innovation Economy"--p. 20.; "A symposium organized by The U.S. National Academy of Sciences and The University of Arkansas Little Rock, March 8-9, 2010, Little, Rock Arkansas"--p. 143.

"A committee under the auspices of the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP), is conducting a study of selected state and regional programs in order to identify best practices with regard to their goals, structures, instruments, modes of operation, synergies across private an...

Table of Contents

• Proceedings-- DAY 1 Session I: The Global Challenge and the Opportunity for Arkansas
• The Innovation Imperative: Global Best Practices
• Innovation Infrastructure at the State and Regional Level: Some Success Stories
• Innovation and Commericalization Success in Oklahoma
• California's Innovation Challenges and Opportunities
• Evolution of Innovation in Arkansas
• Session II: Cluster Opportunities for Arkansas
• Arkansas and the New Energy Economy
• Federal-State Synergies
• The Wind Energy Industry in Arkansas: An Innovation Ecosystem
• DAY 2 Session I: The State of Technology and Innovation in Arkansas
• Session II: Cluster Opportunities for Arkansas (continued)
• Research in Advanced Power Electronics: Status and Vision
• Regional Initiation Clusters (RIC)
• Agriculture and Food Processing
• Information Technology
• Nanotechnology
• Session III: Federal and State Programs and Synergies
• The Role of the Economic Development Administration
• Initiatives of the Manufacturing Extension Program
• University-Industry Partnerships
• University-Federal Government Partnerships
• From University Research to Start-ups: Building Deals for Arkansas
• Session IV: Universities and Regional Growth
• Arkansas STEM Coalition Activities
• State Initiatives for Research Funding and Their Role in Economic Development
• Session V: Arkansas R&D Capacity: Universities, Research Labs, and Science Parks
• Infrastructure for High-Performance Computing
• Research Parks in Arkansas
• Understanding the Battelle Study
• Appendix A: Agenda
• Agenda B: Participants List
• Apendix C: Bibliography.