University Research & Technology-Led Economic Development Track at SSTI's 8th Annual Conference

国家科学技术研究所（SSTI）举行了一系列会议，目的是加强高等教育与国家、区域和地方以技术为基础的经济发展（TBED）之间的伙伴关系。第八届会议题为“建设以技术为基础的经济：为明天的挑战做准备”，将于2004年10月13日至15日在宾夕法尼亚州费城举行。刺激竞争性研究实验计划（EPSCoR）参与者将讨论这些司法管辖区技术经济发展（TBED）的重要问题。会议为所有与会者设想的目标是：(1)提高科技经济发展专业人士对大学在建设科技经济中发挥重要作用的认识和支持；(2)吸引更多的大学领导和研究管理人员参加会议，使他们有机会与州、地方和区域经济发展伙伴建立更牢固的工作关系；(3)为大学提供一个论坛，讨论共同面临的挑战和问题，以及有效的工具和技术的例子，以提高大学技术的商业化，建立研究型企业，鼓励教师创业，培养未来的工人和领导者；(4)促进州际和州内合作，以实现研究和经济发展的共同目标。

The State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI) has held a series of conferences with the goal of strengthening the partnership among higher education and state, regional and local technology-based economic development (TBED) efforts. The 8th conference entitled "Building Tech-based Economies: Preparing for Tomorrow's Challenges" will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 13-15, 2004. A track for the Experimental Program To Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) participants will address issues important to technology based economic development (TBED) in these jurisdictions.The conference goals envisioned for all participants are: (1) to increase among technology-based economic development professionals recognition of and support of the important roles universities play in building technology-based economies; (2) to attract more university leadership and research administrators to participate in the gathering, allowing the opportunity to foster stronger working relationships with their state, local and regional economic development partners; (3) to provide a forum for universities to discuss shared challenges and issues in and examples of effective tools and techniques for increasing commercialization of university technology, building the research enterprise, encouraging faculty entrepreneurship, and preparing tomorrow's workers and leaders; and (4) to promote interstate and intrastate cooperation toward common goals for research and economic development.