Exploring Innovation Frontiers Initiative

该项目旨在了解将在未来几十年推动美国竞争力的超视距、变革性创新模式。专注于新的创新模式对国家繁荣和经济安全至关重要，因为创新是生产力的主要驱动力，因此是提高美国生活水平的有效手段。随着全球创新竞争的加剧和美国创新体系面临的挑战的增加，从业者和利益相关者正面临着这样一个难题：知识创造和创新的个人、团队、社区和国家机构将如何转变，以支持当前和未来的美国创新。通过一系列渐进的对话，该项目将帮助1)与国家和地区利益相关者一起制定变革性创新行动议程，使美国在未来几十年成为全球创新的领导者；2)通过加速知识创造和将科学和工程研究转化为市场现实，催化一场更大的运动，以提高美国的竞争力和经济增长；3)通过为全国各地的潜在合作伙伴提供联系和合作的机会，扩大和改善公共和私营部门的参与。该项目将提供一种分析，综合并广泛传播积极创新实践者的经验知识。该方法是在美国各地进行一系列专家对话，以一流的报告和倡议为基础，为加强创新生态系统提供竞争力案例。这些对话将召集来自产业界、创业界、学术界、国家实验室和研究机构以及其他利益攸关方的创新领袖，他们具有多样化和代表性。这些信息将为学者提供未来创新研究的方向，为商业领袖和战略家提供未来商业模式的见解，为政策制定者提供制定公共政策的知识，为持续的创新驱动增长创造支持性环境。

This project aims to understand the over-the-horizon, transformative innovation models that will drive U.S. competitiveness in the coming decades. Focusing on new innovation models is of critical importance to national prosperity and economic security, as innovation is the primary driver of productivity and, thus, an effective vehicle to increase the U.S. standard of living. With increasing global, innovation-based competition and rising challenges in the U.S. innovation system, practitioners and stakeholders are facing difficult questions about how individuals, teams, communities and national institutions of knowledge creation and innovation will transform to support current and future U.S. innovation. Through progressive dialogue series, this project will help 1) craft a transformational innovation action agenda with national and regional stakeholders to position the U.S. as a global innovation leader for decades to come; 2) catalyze a larger movement to enhance U.S. competitiveness and economic growth by accelerating knowledge creation and the translation of science and engineering research into market reality; and 3) expand and improve public and private sector engagement by providing the opportunities for potential partners around the country to connect and collaborate. This project will provide an analysis that will synthesize and disseminate broadly the experiential knowledge of active innovation practitioners. The methodology is a series of expert dialogues across the U.S. underpinned by best-in-class reports and initiatives making the competitiveness case for strengthening innovation ecosystems. These dialogues will convene a diverse and representative mix of innovation leaders from industry, entrepreneurial community, academia, national laboratories and research institutions, and other stakeholders. The information will provide academicians with directions for future research in innovation, business leaders and strategists with insights to inform future business models, and policymakers with knowledge to enact public policies that create a supportive environment for sustained innovation-driven growth.