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About
Organization:
The Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium (BASIC) is a non-profit organization created in 1999 by the Bay Area Economic Forum (BAEF) to promote the economic vitality of the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area, integrate the scientific and technological strengths of the local Research and Development community, and implement an action-oriented agenda to increase innovative collaborations. It is governed and funded by a Board of Directors composed of the leaders of the Bay Area's major research universities, national research laboratories, independent research institutions, and research-and-development-driven businesses. BAEF is a public-private partnership established in 1988 by the Bay Area Council and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to support the economic vitality and competitiveness of the region. Through focused analyses and partnerships extending throughout the region, it addresses infrastructure and other issues of critical concern to the economic development of the Bay Area and the region's quality of life. BASIC and BAEF are partners on three WIRED projects, listed below. Tasks:
Project 1.1 - Economic Development Innovation Toolkit:
- Wrote a 28 page compilation report capturing the salient issues, feedback and suggestions of the corporate, public and academic participants of the roundtable. Focus was on innovation, collaboration and regional and global competitiveness.
Title: Bay Area Innovation Network Roundtable – Identifying Emerging Patterns of the Next Wave of Innovation
The generated round table report was not as important unto itself as the ability of WIRED to bring about industry professionals around the common need of innovation and global competition. The major outcome of from this roundtable was that WIRED was brought to the forefront of many industry professionals who had not, and most probably would not, have head of WIRED. This included John Kao, who mentioned WIRED in his book Innovation Nation. This roundtable served as the basis and point of delineation for the design of the Economic Development Model.
Project 1.2 - 21st Century Workforce Profile:
- As the project leads, BASIC and BAEF will matrix common skills needs with partners, including science and research entities, Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs), economic development organizations, and community colleges, to use the Learning Collaboratory (3.14) for developing a comprehensive regional training strategy.
- Define 21st Century job profiles in five targeted federal lab-based high-technology, high-impact current and future innovation career pathways (e.g. robotics, autonomous systems, nano, optics).
Project 1.3 - Inventory of Key Innovation Assets:
- Identification and profiling of a minimum of 140 Innovation Assets (Federal and private Research and Development labs, military installations, college/university research centers and private companies).
- Add the 140 profiles to Connectory.com. Design an economic development resource database tool (California Innovation Corridor Innovative Asset Portal) to house the 140 profiles, as a Corridor Portal.
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