Investing in a Brighter Future: SSTI's Ninth Annual Conference, October 20-21, 2005, Atlanta, Georgia

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努力之间的伙伴关系。今年，第九届年会将于2005年10月20日至21日在乔治亚州亚特兰大举行。会议将涉及联邦、州、学术和地方政策制定者以及来自全国各地与标准与税收政策制定、实施和评估相关的从业人员。许多州的领导人都认识到强大的大学在研究、创新和劳动力发展方面的重要作用，因为他们面临着当前州财政紧缩的挑战。面对这些挑战，必须在学术和研究机构、经济发展实践者和私营部门企业之间培养更具创新性的伙伴关系。是次会议为加强政府与大学及业界的伙伴关系，以及讨论鼓励科技经济发展和科技商业化的新策略，提供了一个绝佳的平台。作为会议的一部分，分组会议和研讨会将为与会者提供检验和加强高等教育对健全的地方、州和区域经济的贡献的方法。这部分会议的目标是：1)为大学、经济开发商和地区利益相关者提供一个论坛，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；2)加大对大学在建设科技型经济中的重要作用的认识和支持；3)吸引更多的大学领导和研究管理人员参与，并与他们的州、地方和区域经济发展伙伴建立更牢固的工作关系；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 efforts. This year, the ninth annual conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia October 20-21, 2005. The conference will involve federal, state, academic and local policy makers and practitioners from across the country that are associated with S&T policy development, implementation and evaluation. Many state leaders are recognizing the important role of strong universities in research, innovation and workforce development as they face the challenges of current state fiscal constraints. As a result of these challenges, more innovative partnerships must be fostered among academic and research institutions, economic development practitioners and private sector businesses. This conference provides an excellent venue to forge stronger government-university-industry partnerships and discuss new strategies for encouraging tech-based economic development and technology commercialization. As part of the conference, breakout sessions and workshops will offer participants methods for examining and fortifying higher education's contributions towards robust local, state, and regional economies. The goals of this portion of the conference are to 1) provide a forum for universities, economic developers and regional stakeholders 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 worker and leaders; 2) increase recognition and support for the important roles universities play in building technology-based economies; 3) attract more university leadership and research administrators to participate and foster stronger working relationships with their state, local and regional economic development partners; and 4) promote interstate and intrastate cooperation toward common goals for research and economic development.