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8/7/2019 Framing the Issues (slides) (TRE Roundtable Annual Meeting Opening Remarks)

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TRE Networks

a nationalnetwork organization drawingfrom universities and others to create a

system for providing strategies, tools, andservices across regions that driveseconomic prosperity

11/16/2010


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Policy opportunity: grow regional innovation clusters

Response: leverage a national network of colleges and universities

to boost regional innovation

Prosperity

Productivity

InnovationRegional prosperitydepends on innovation

Colleges & universities

can stimulate innovation

with more than degrees

and research

Analyze &

Legitimize

Convene

& Align

Customize

& Deliver

Research and innovation

builds value networks


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Universities have capacity in many areas

critical to our national interestsbut are organized to achieve other

missions

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Regional transformation requires strategic focus in five key

areasbut most regions are fragmented


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Important Policy Ideas


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1. Increase interactions

2. Get focus regionally

3. Build equity

4. Grow national framework


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Policy Idea 1: More interactions, cheaper interactions

Studies show that R&D spending

correlates with entrepreneurial

economic growth within commuting

distance of where $$$ is spent.

Knowledge exchange

is the raw material

of economic growth.

Talent 1980-2008: % change in population with BS

Talent 2009: Total BS degrees 25+


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Policy Idea 1: More interactions, cheaper interactions

% Change in Median Household Income

1980-2008

% Change in Population (1980-2008)


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Policy Idea 2: To transform -- get focus regionally

Create reengagementnetworks for the

unemployed

Build career pathways intoleading edge clusters

Leverage an urban

campus to become an

innovation hot spot

Focus a regional

strategy

Manage shrinking

cities so that they are attractive

to growing companies

Revive a slowing

industry clusterAttract R&D dollars to

seed innovating clusters


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Policy Idea 3: Build Equity

Brookings MetroNation 2007

Talent

Quality

Jobs

Innovation

Infrastructure

Discretionary

Income

Quality

Place


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Policy Idea 3: Build Equity

High cost

for startups

Cost of social

services for

others

Cost of underutilized

non-metro

infrastructure

Political cost for

excluding other

areas

Cost for aging

population

Brookings MetroNation 2007


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Policy Idea 4: Grow National Framework


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Need a New Framework to:

1. Convene and align innovation drivers with

policymakers, private sector, and regional

leaders


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leaders

2. Develop an Intermediary with neutral brand,trust as broker, and a collaborative platform


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leaders


3. Possess the capability to transfer learning from

one region into another


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1. Convene and align innovation drivers withpolicymakers, private sector, and regionalleaders


3. Possess the capability to transfer learning fromone region into another

4. Shape policy with incentives and trellising topull research universities into engagementswith regions near and far


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5. Offer a holistic model for regional

transformation beginning with the capacity for

skillful engagement


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skillful engagement

6. Provide for a system to assemble best-in-classtoolkits and products into customized

solutions


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skillful engagement

6. Provide for a system to assemble best-in-classtoolkits and products into customized

solutions

7. Offer approaches to build innovation capacityand fill gaps in needy regions


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5. Offer a holistic model for regional transformation

beginning with the capacity for skillful

engagement

6. Provide for a system to assemble best-in-classtoolkits and products into customized solutions

7. Offer approaches to build innovation capacity and

fill gaps in needy regions

8. Work from a collaboration model that engages

partners and assets already in the region,

including other post-secondary institutions


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TRE Networks, Inc.*

* 501(c)3


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TRE Networks Evolution

Oct 2008

Roundtable #1

convenes 16 research

universities & 10

policy organizations

Developing

pilot regions

Sept 2010Created TRE

Networks, Inc as

the strategic

intermediary

institution

May 2010

Defined two

program tracks:

TRE Roundtable &

TRE Practice

Feb-Apr 2010

Developed an

operational concept

to engage and

extend university

activities (Purdue &

PSU)

2008

Identified major

issues started

a dialogue

Sept 2009

Roundtable #2

actively

expand to

include quad

helix

Mar- Jun 2010Partner

development for

TRE Networks

Sept 2010

Developing core

providers and TRE

Advisors

Creating system

and partnerships

to bring more

workshops,

toolkits, and

services

Dec 2010

TRE Networks

Annual Meeting

Dec 2010

Seeking

Funding

TREPractice

TRERoundtable

2008 2009 2010

University

pilots (IALR)

WIRED

pilots


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TRE Networks Board and TRE Partners

Innovation Accelerator

InCenter

Current

TRE Board

Founding

TRE Core Providers


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Initial TRE Networks board members

Vic Lechtenberg (President)

Purdue University

Luis Proenza (Vice President)

University of AkronEmily DeRocco (Treasurer)

Manufacturing Institute

Tim Franklin (Secretary & COO)

Pennsylvania State UniversityChuck Fluharty

Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI)


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Feature

Program model develops a

TRE community to advance

policy and to influence

public funding decisions for

regions.

Value Proposition

Partners:

Join network of elite institutional

peers to build policy agenda

Collective effort on policy and

funding (state, federal and

foundation levels)

Coordinating Partner(s):

Prestige and leadership in

addressing national need

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TRERoundtable convenes the Quadruple Helix of

government, non-profits, business and higher

education to generate ideas and align agendas with

regular meetings


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TRE Roundtable

Network &

Policy

Forums

Resources,

Publications

Participants

Partners

TREPedia

Project

Online

Connections

Policy

Initiatives,

Analysis


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Feature

Program model matches

regional needs with best-in-class advisors and providers.

Unique solution sets align

with: 1) metropolitan areas,

2) aging industrial cities, and3) micropolitan areas

Value Proposition

Region

Holistic solution to region

Leverage and extend regional

assets

Provider

New market opportunities

Increased impact within system

solution

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TREPractice is the platform for accelerating the

deployment of leading-edge solutions for regional

transformation


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TRE Advisor

Customized

SolutionProducts

&

Services

Regional

Client

Anchor

Regional

Institution

TRE Core

Provider

Certificationo

f

Offering

TRE Practice


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Regional higher education institution is hub for

TRE activity

TRE Networks provides tools and TRE advisors tofill gaps in innovation capacity

Senior-level advisors hold long-term strategic

relationships in region and pull solutions from TRE

Networks to the region

TRE Networks products and services meet standards

of quality and scope

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Anchor

Regional

Institutions

TRE Advisor

TRE-Certified Offering

Field-tested,Customizable

Scalable,Replicable,Sustainable

AlignwithTRE

model


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TREPractice crafts world-class programs with regions

requesting assistance through a network of partners

Help regions build

capacity through

strategic doing

Implementcustom

high-touch, high-

impact solutions

based on world-class

certified programs


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Key#

# Strategy Workshop

Capability-building Toolkits

# Service Offerings

Brainpower & Talent Products and Services

Objectives: Build an effective K-12

education system

Develop a skilled adult

workforce

Align talent developmentpipelines

Build a culture of

entrepreneurship

Attract and retain intellectual

capacity

Advance regional STEM

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Objectives:

Develop regional

differentiation for competing

in global markets

Leverage university

innovation infrastructure Create startup-friendly

environment

Create top-line growth

environment for existing and

new businesses Develop clusters


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TRE Advisor

Customized

Solution

RegionalClient

Anchor

RegionalInstitution

TRE Core

Provider

Solution and Revenue Flow

TRENetworks


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Resources Needed to Move Forward

Best-in-class toolkits, workshops, andservices

Skillful TRE Advisors

Regional pilots and partnerships

Functioning intermediary institution

Ongoing structure to convene partners andlead the TRE agenda and dialogue

Funding to get started

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Game-changing progress requires maximizing

interactions between regional players with a

transformation modeland program tools

focus, align, and grow

networks and capacity across

talent, innovation and place

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