Washington Innovation Summit

March 18, 2011
Microsoft Executive Conference Center
Redmond, WA

Designed to focus on what really makes innovation economies grow, the Washington Innovation Summit is the must-attend event for our state's innovation-driven business and economic development community. This day-long conference is designed to identify new, effective strategies that will promote high-impact job growth and provide a framework for Washington's work in innovation-based economic development.

2011 Summit

More than 200 people convened at the 2011 Summit to discover how innovation is changing the enterprise and our economy and explore these key topics with leading technology, business and policy experts:

How the state is fusing support for innovation into its overall economic development strategy;
How emerging information technologies are dramatically changing our economy, presenting our state with new challenges as well as exciting new opportunities;
How the very nature of the enterprise is evolving, and how we should respond; and
How our industries can grow exports and strengthen global relationships.

Featured Speakers

Hon. Jay Inslee, U.S. House of Representatives
Jeremy Jaech, Chair, Technology Alliance
Hon. Rob McKenna, Washington State Attorney General
Geoffrey Moore, Author, Crossing the Chasm, Escape Velocity
Larry Smarr, Founding Director, California Institute for Telecommunications & Information Technology
Richard Wynne, Director, Environment & Aviation Policy, Boeing Commercial Airplanes