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Atlanta, GA | Posted: July 16, 2010
Georgia Tech Media Relations
Laura Diamond
laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu
404-894-6016
Jason Maderer
maderer@gatech.edu
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Summary Sentence:
Committee will have an advisory role with the U.S. Commerce Department
Full Summary:
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has announced the formation of a group that will develop policies that foster entrepreneurship and identifying new ways to take great ideas from the lab to the marketplace to drive economic growth and create jobs.
President G.P. "Bud" PetersonU.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has named Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson to the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship this week. The group will develop policies that foster entrepreneurship and identifying new ways to take great ideas from the lab to the marketplace to drive economic growth and create jobs.
Secretary Locke hosted an innovation forum on July 15 at the Georgia Tech’s Global Learning Center along with the Commerce Department’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Economic Development Administration. The forum engaged university leaders and key stakeholders in discussion on the role of universities in innovation, economic development, job creation and commercialization of federally funded research
"America's innovation engine is not as efficient or as effective as it needs to be, and we are not creating as many jobs as we should," Locke said. "We must get better at connecting the great ideas to the great company builders. The National Advisory Council will help the administration develop a broader strategy to spur innovation and enable entrepreneurs to develop breakthrough technologies and dynamic companies, and to create jobs all across America.
"I want to extend my gratitude to the leaders selected to The National Advisory Council. Their work will be a key component of America's economic recovery."
Throughout U.S. history, basic research in public and private sector research labs has spawned new technologies and inventions that led to new businesses. And those entrepreneurial businesses have been important drivers of job creation. Firms less than five years old have accounted for nearly all net new jobs in America over the last 30 years. Yet, as a share of gross domestic product, American federal investment in the physical sciences and engineering research has dropped by half since 1970.
The National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship will help build on this aggressive agenda. Members of the council include serial entrepreneurs, university presidents, investors and non-profit leaders. Steve Case, Mary Sue Coleman, and Desh Deshpande will serve as co-chairs.
