SSTI 6th Annual Conference -- EPSCoR Sponsorship Request in Dearborn, Michigan, October 2002

各州和社区越来越认识到，大学在研究、创新、教师创业和劳动力准备方面的作用为成功的技术型经济发展奠定了重要基础。 奇怪的是，除了四个州之外，所有州都面临着财政危机，这迫使他们在为高等教育和以技术为基础的经济发展提供资金方面做出艰难的决定。 在密歇根州迪尔伯恩举行的国家科学技术研究所（SSTI）第六届年会将成为一个论坛，在充满挑战的金融时代培养大学和经济发展官员之间更强大的联盟。大学轨道将允许与会者检查和加强高等教育对锻造地方，州和地区经济活力的贡献。 该主题的目标是（1）提高技术型经济发展专业人士对大学在建设技术型经济中发挥的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聚会，让他们有机会与州、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，建立研究企业，鼓励教师创业精神，并准备明天的工人和领导人;（5）促进州际和州内的合作，以实现研究和经济发展的共同目标。

States and communities increasingly are recognizing that universities' roles in research, innovation, faculty entrepreneurship, and workforce preparedness provide the critical foundation for successful tech-based economic development. Paradoxically, the fiscal crises confronting all but four states is forcing difficult decisions regarding funding for higher education and tech-based economic development. The State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI) sixth annual conference in Dearborn, MI will serve as a forum for nurturing stronger alliances between university and economic development officials during challenging financial times.The university track will allow participants to examine and strengthen higher education's contributions toward forging local, state, and regional economic vitality. The goals of this track are to (1) increase among technology-based economic development professionals recognition of and support for the important roles universities play in building technology-based economies; (2) 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) 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 (5) promote interstate and intrastate cooperation toward common goals for research and economic development.***