NANO Meeting

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• NANO Meeting
• Tempe, AZ
• Presentation by
• William C Harris
• NANO MEETING
• March 14, 2007

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SFAz Priorities

• 3 Broad Areas IT, Bio-X, Sustainability
• Nano is everywhere..
• Research Impact -- Results/not hype
• Create a competitive advantage Results matter
• Brainware K-12 Graduate Education
• Globalization Competitiveness Critical Mass
• Effective research partnership with industry
• Entrepreneurial culture Exploit IP

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Emerging Markets Now Number Among the World's
Leading Technology Exporters
Source Global Insight, Inc.
THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX WHERE AMERICA STANDS
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NSE degrees per 100 24-year-olds,by
country/economy Most recent year
Science and Engineering Indicators 2006
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SFAz Investment PortfolioTarget completion Dates
35M/FY07

• Graduate Research Fellowships/ done 4M
• Small Business Catalytic Proposals Received
  January 18 2M
• - announcement pending
• Competitive Advantage Awards Proposals Received
  January 25 5M
• - announcement pending
• K-12 Student Teacher Discovery Proposals
  Received February 23 3.5M
• -Decisions late March
• Strategic Research Groups Proposals arrive March
  15 18M
• -Decisions May
• Strategic Initiatives Open 2M
• 35M investment plan committed in May 2007