Washington

Economic

Development

Commission 

 

 

 

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Conference Agenda

 

 

Hotel Murano, Venice Ballroom

1320 Broadway Plaza, Tacoma, WA  

May 26, 2010

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

 

 

 

  8:00

 

Registration/Continental Breakfast

 

 

  8:30

 

Welcome

Bruce Kendall, Chair, WA Economic Development Commission

Hon. Christine Gregoire, Governor of Washington State

 

 

  8:40

 

Summit Overview &Objectives

Egils Milbergs, Executive Director, Washington Economic Development Commission

 

 

 

8:50

 

Remarks: Innovation is in Our Nature

Rogers Weed, Director, Department of Commerce

 

 

9:00

 

Keynote: Restoring US Innovation Leadership

Dr. Rob Atkinson, President, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

 

 

9:45 

 

Panel 1:  Creating the Next Generation Workforce - Talent  & Workforce Moderator - Eleni Papadakis, Director, WA Workforce Training & Education Coordinating Board

Future of On-line University and Digital Learning

Charlie Earl, Executive Director, State Board for Community & Technical Colleges

What Business Expects from Education

Rich Hartnett, Human Resource Manager, The Boeing Commercial Airplane Company

Expanding and Improving CTE

Kathleen Lopp, Deputy Superintendent, CTE, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction

Unplugged - Trends in Clean Energy

Barbara Hins-Turner, Center of Excellence, Centralia College

 

 

10:45

 

Coffee Break

 

 

11:00  

 

Panel 2: Accelerating Technology Commercialization - Investment & Entrepreneurship

Moderator - H. Stewart Parker, Former President of Targeted Genetics

Commercialization in Life Sciences and ICT (SB 6015)

Daniel Malarkey, Deputy Director, Department of Commerce

Changing the University Technology Transfer Model

Linden Rhoads, Vice Provost, Center for Commercialization, University of Washington

Meeting Global Challenges through Innovation

Mike Schwenk, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories

Water and Wine Cluster: The Walla Walla Innovation Partnership Zone

Dr. VanAusdle, Walla Walla Community College

Medical Device Cluster: The Bothell Innovation Partnership Zone

Terrie B Battuello, Manager, City of Bothell

New Frontiers in Nanophotonics

Michael Hochberg, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, University of Washington

 

 

12:00

 

Panel 3: Smarter, Cleaner, Greener - Infrastructure Panel

Moderator - Carol Mosser, Chair, Washington State Transportation Commission

Expanding Washington's Global Health Impact

Lisa Cohen, Director, Global Health Alliance

Electric Cars for Energy Independence

Steve Marshall, Senior Fellow, Cascadia Center

Clean Energy Options for Washington State

Marc Cummings, Director of Public Relations, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories

An Alternative for Water Quality: The Center for Urban Waters

Geoffrey Smythe, Manager, City of Tacoma

The Coming REVOLUTION IN MANUFACTURING
Christina A. Lamasney, President, Modumetal, Seattle

 

 

12:45

 

 

Lunch

 

1:00     

 

Legislative Roundtable: What to Expect

Sen. Jim Kastama, Rep. Phyllis Kenney

Sen. Paull Shin, Sen. Joseph Zarelli

 

 

 1:30     

 

Leveraging Intangible Capital Workshop: The Real Value of Innovation

Workshop Facilitators: Mary Adams and Michael Oleksak, Intellectual Capital Advisors

 

 

2:30

 

Commitment Report Outs by table

 

 

3:15

 

updating Washington's innovation strategy

 

 

3:30

 

Walk-Around: Review of Table-top ecosystems

 

4:00

 

Adjourn

 

 

   
 
 
 
     
THANK YOU TO OUR CO-HOSTS:    
   

WA Senate Committee on Economic Development, Trade & Innovation

WA House Committee on Community, Trade
& Economic Development

 

 
 

 

 
 

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