AURP Weekly Park Post

AURP IS GOING VIRTUAL

JOIN US FOR OUR

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING

VIRTUALLY THIS YEAR

AURP's “State of the Association” address will be held:

Wednesday, October 3

11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET

Don't miss out on AURP's Business Meeting for MEMBERS ONLY. All members are welcome to join virtually via conference call.

STRATEGIC MARKETING PEER2PEER IS HOSTING AURP/ROI WEBINAR

TOPIC: The Site Selection Decision Making Process: How this has evolved over the past 10 years

DATE: Tuesday, September 25th @ 2 PM EDT

Register for this 60 minute presentation led by AURP CEO Carol Stewart with special guests: Steven Jast, President at Research On Investment (ROI) and Rebecca Moudry, ROI VP of Business Development and former Deputy Director of Investment Services at Select USA)

ROI specializes on lead generation through multiple platforms for economic development organization and B2B companies. Their global services have contributed to $10 billion of capital investment and the creation of hundreds of thousands of jobs.

AURP IDENTIFIES KEY WAYS TO IMPROVE THE IMPACT OF FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH

AURP’s Government Relations Committee, co-chaired by former AURP Presidents Brian Darmody from the University of Maryland and David Baker, formerly of University Technology Park at IIT, authored a report with input from AURP members, that identifies ways to improve the economic impact of federally funded research. The report was developed for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) based upon a request from the federal government.

The report included some of the following suggestions to improve the impact of federal funds in research:

Support research park infrastructure and the development of Communities of Innovation
Keep more corporate R&D in the United States by eliminating the link to university intellectual-property licensing in “private use” IRS restrictions in university facilities
Improve university technology transfer
Support proof-of-concept and applied research funding
Improve technology commercialization from federal laboratories by creating a Congressionally chartered technology intermediary organization
Connect federal researchers with private companies through expanded use of Entrepreneurs in Residence and other programs
Create more private sector involvement near federal lab and regional research clusters
Expand the federal corporate R&D tax credit
Reform export controls
Encourage entrepreneurship as a national goal and include entrepreneurship in STEM initiatives

NIST Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services, Phillip Singerman, Ph.D., is a panel speaker at this year's AURP International Conference called, "Made in America: Growth and Manufacturing with NIIMBL. " Don't miss it!

HIGHLIGHTS OF AURP'S SUMMIT IN CHINA

AURP Global University-Industry Innovation Summit

The University-Industry Innovation Summit held September 1st & 2nd at the Jiangbei New Area Industrial Technology Research & Innovation Park in Nanjing, China hosted 180 academic and business leaders with speakers from around the world, including AURP members, I-Hung Li, Mark Romney, David Baker and Ken Marcus.

An additional park meeting and summit at TechCode followed in Beijing.

Thank You to Nebraska Innovation Campus for Hosting the recent August I2RP Program

We want to thank Dan Duncan and the Nebraska Innovation Campus (NIC) team for their hospitality and programming efforts at the August I2RP. We’ve received many comments about the remarkable community at NIC and rave reviews about the take-aways and presentations from the attending veteran park leaders and newcomers to the university research park community.

IC2018 IS AROUND THE CORNER!

#AURPIC2018

Register now for the AURP 2018 International Conference (AURP IC2018) on October 22-26 to hear the economic and demographic trends taking place in this region. Click here to learn more.

The deadline for earlybird pricing is October 12th, so register today to save your spot!

AURP IC2018 - Hotel Deadline TODAY!

Sept 21st

Don't miss out on staying at The Hotel at College Park as rooms are still available, on a space available-basis only , until Friday, September 21st . Rooms will go quickly at this brand-new luxury hotel located within the UMD Discovery District, so act quickly!