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EIT Helps Host National Academies Meeting on Innovation March 8-9

Dr. Mary Good, dean of 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 , will help host the first of a series of regional meetings of the National Academies Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy to highlight best practices in innovation and related new business creation. Beginning at 2 p.m. Monday, March 8, and concluding at 2 p.m. Tuesday, the meeting at the will engage top-level Arkansas business, academic, and political leaders with high-level U.S. government officials and others positioned to help drive innovation and business incubation in the state. 鈥溙切腣log传媒LR is collaborating with , director of technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship for the National Academies, on this event, and we are confident this session, and the cooperative efforts derived from it, have the potential to be genuinely useful, both for Arkansas and for the nation,鈥� Good said. Attendance will be limited to 100 or fewer to ensure this is a productive, interactive experience. Specific goals for the meeting include:

• Highlighting the accomplishments and growth of the dynamic innovation ecosystem in Arkansas.
• Bringing together Arkansas leaders in a public forum to discuss plans and common challenges as the economy begins to emerge from the current crisis.
• Providing the opportunity to highlight new initiatives and new needs.
• Identifying areas where federal, state, and foundational efforts could generate positive synergies.
• Capturing the progress of current Arkansas initiatives, highlighting the innovation agenda for tomorrow, and identifying challenges that need to be addressed in a National Academy report that would enhance the national profile of Arkansas as a center of innovation.
• Providing the basis for enhanced focus and continued growth of the Arkansas innovation system.

The STEP board has globally recognized expertise in innovation policy and is working with leading departments and agencies in the federal government to聽develop a better understanding of the need and opportunities for synergies between federal and state programs and private foundations鈥� role in filling the gaps in regional development efforts.