Research Parks, Innovation Districts, and Federal Labs: The Coming Convergence
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Balcony B


Moderator:
Santiago Navarro,
DOT
Session Speakers:
Brian Darmody,
Association of University Research Parks;
Jackie Kerby Moore,
Sandia Science and Technology Park, Sandia National Laboratories;
AnnMarie Martin,
Army Research Laboratory, DOD;
Abstract:
Join speakers as they discuss how the development of research parks and open research environments have enabled discovery, cross-sector collaborations, and impacts to local communities and economies. Speakers will identify strategies to create innovative ecosystems and opportunities to incent cross-sector participation.
Presentations:
Brian Darmody,
Association of University Research Parks:
will discuss federal labs and university research parks and ways in which they capitalize on opportunity zones, enhanced use leases, and other resources
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Jackie Kerby Moore,
Sandia Science and Technology Park, Sandia National Laboratories:
will discuss collaboration with AFRL and SNL on the S&T research park.
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AnnMarie Martin,
Army Research Laboratory, DOD:
will discuss ARL Open Campuses strategy and extensions.
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Discussion Questions:
- How do you measure the success of initiatives that you have started? Quantitatively? Qualitatively?
- How and why do you incentivize partnerships from a Federal Laboratory perspective?
- What is the one thing that you would change to overcome your biggest hurdle?
- How can Federal Laboratories, universities, and the private sector best work together to improve the return on federal investment?