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 was designed to identify new, effective strategies that will promote high-impact job growth and provide a framework for Washington's work in technology-based economic development.
On March 18th, 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.
Click here to view the complete agenda, speaker presentations, and videos of selected sessions
Featured Speakers
Hon. Jay Inslee, U.S. House of Representatives: The role of the federal government in innovation-based economic development
Jeremy Jaech, Chair, Technology Alliance: What creates jobs and how we can align our state's economic strategy to accelerate recovery and growth
Hon. Rob McKenna, Washington State Attorney General: A policy framework for addressing online privacy and cyber-security
Geoffrey Moore, Author, Crossing the Chasm: The leading high tech business strategist and author of the upcoming Escape Velocity, on how 21st century enterprises can overcome the pull of the past and reorient towards a new era of competition
Larry Smarr, Founding Director, California Institute for Telecommunications & Information Technology: Next generation broadband and the opportunities it will enable, from green IT to new education and health applications
Richard Wynne, Director, Environment & Aviation Policy, Boeing Commercial Airplanes: The economic value of international markets: how Washington can grow exports and expand global relationships
2011 Innovation Summit Photo Gallery
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Photo credits: Annie Laurie Malarkey
