Building the Arkansas Innovation Economy

Presentations

Session 1: The Global Challenge and the Opportunity for Arkansas --The Innovation Imperative and Global Practices Charles Wessner, The National Academies --Evolution of Innovation in Arkansas Watt Gregory, Executive Committee Chair, Accelerate Arkansas

Session 2: Cluster Opportunities for Arkansas --Arkansas and the New Energy Economy Paul Suskie, Chairman of Public Service Commission --Federal-State Synergies Gilbert Sperling, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy --Research in Advanced Power Electronics Alan Mantooth, Director, University of Arkansas’s National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission --Arkansas’s Role in Energy Transmission Management Nick Brown, President and CEO, Southwest Power Pool

Session 2: Cluster Opportunities for Arkansas (Continued) --The Obama Administration Cluster Initiative  Ginger Lew, White House National Economic Council --Nanotechnology Greg Salamo, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Session 3: Federal and State Programs and Synergies --The Role of the Economic Development Administration Barry Johnson, Senior Advisor and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Economic Development Administration --Initiatives of the Manufacturing Extension Program Roger Kilmer, MEP Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology --University-Industry Partnerships Marc Stanley, Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology --University-Federal Government Partnerships Don Senich, Industrial Innovation and Partnerships Division, National Science Foundation

Session 4: Universities and Regional Growth   --Arkansas STEM Coalition Activities Michael Gealt, UALR dean of College of Sciences and Mathematics President of Arkansas STEM Coalition

Session 5: Arkansas R&D Capacity: Universities, Research Labs, and Science Parks --Infrastructure for High Performance Computing Amy Apon, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville --Results and Lessons Learned from Batelle Study Jerry Adams, President and CEO, Arkansas Research Alliance