Transforming Regional Economies: SSTI's 10th annual conference

本提案是对第十届科技创新大会的部分支持。今年的会议将继续SSTI的记录，在一个刺激的环境中为最高水平的参与者提供高质量的内容。以前会议的与会者包括省长的科学和技术顾问；联邦和州项目管理人员；大学副校长、院长、技术转移办公室管理人员；来自学术界和私营企业的政策研究人员；地方经济发展从业者；外国科技随员；行业和学术协会的工作人员；专业协会和非政府组织的代表。SSTI的第十届年度会议“区域经济转型”将于2006年10月31日至11月2日在俄克拉荷马州的俄克拉荷马城举行。预计将有大约300名参与科技政策制定、实施和评估的州、联邦、学术和地方政策制定者和实践者参加。SSTI第十届年会的几个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。通过提供EPSCoR支持的会议，专门讨论国家在大学研究、技术商业化和大学在区域创新中的作用方面的战略投资，SSTI努力：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 .提高科技经济发展专业人员和EPSCoR国家项目负责人对大学在建设区域科技经济中的重要作用的认可和支持；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；和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。

This proposal is for partial support of the 10th annual SSTI Conference. This year's conference will continue SSTI's record of delivering high quality content to the highest caliber participants in a stimulating environment. Participants at previous conferences have included governors' science and technology advisors; federal and state program administrators; university vice presidents, deans, and tech transfer office administrators; policy researchers from academia and private firms; local economic development practitioners; foreign science and technology attaches; staff from industry and academic associations; and representatives of professional societies and non-governmental organizations. SSTI's tenth annual conference, Transforming Regional Economies, will be held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on October 31 - November 2, 2006. Approximately 300 state, federal, academic, and local policymakers and practitioners involved in science and technology policy development, implementation, and evaluation are expected to participate.Several of the breakout sessions and workshops at SSTI's tenth annual conference will offer participants methods for examining and fortifying higher education's contributions toward robust local, state and regional economies. By providing EPSCoR supported sessions dedicated to strategic state investments in university research, technology commercialization and universities' roles in regional innovation, SSTI strives 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 workers and leaders;2. increase among technology-based economic development professionals and EPSCoR state program leaders recognition of and support for the important roles universities play in building regional technology-based economies;3. 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; and,4. promote interstate and intrastate cooperation toward common goals for research and economic development.