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Session 12: Innovation and Nanotechnology: Creating a Perfect Marriage for the Knowledge Economy
Innovation-based economic development (IBED) is emerging as a potential new paradigm in the development of regional technology clusters. This session considers the IBED paradigm in the context of the field of nanotechnology research and application, and discusses the implications for regional development and public policy.
Sponsor: NABE Technology Roundtable
Presentations
Speakers
Richard Seline
New Economy Strategies
Richard Seline is Principal and Founder, New Economy Strategies, Inc. New Economy Strategies LLC is a national - and increasingly international - consultancy in technology-based economic development with a focus on building regional innovation capacity. NES has three 'divisions' - Engagements, Digital Data Tools, and Research Services.
Richard Seline's interests include Innovation capacity building at the regional level among critical stakeholders of the science, technology, and entrepreneurial arenas coupled with the civic leadership to implement strategic thinking and plans. Therefore - innovation, entrepreneurship, science and technology business models, economic and workforce development, capital formation are all important elements of my knowledge space.
Edward Cupoli
State University of New York at Albany
Dr. Edward M. Cupoli is Head of the Nanoeconomics Constellation and Professor of Nanoeconomics at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany, State University of New York. His principal responsibilities include establishing the constellation as a world class education and research resource in nanoeconomics, developing a national and international recognition for its programs, and expanding its resources and infrastructure through recruitment, fund raising, and marketing activities. Dr. Cupoli is a member of the University Faculty Senate and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Committee’s on Admission, Curriculum, and Promotion and Tenure.
Previously, Dr. Cupoli served as Chief Economist and Director of Research for the New York State Assembly Ways and Means Committee. His primary responsibility was to forecast state and national economic conditions for the Legislature to use in creating a budget and in promoting development of the State’s economy. Principal responsibilities as Chief Economist and Director of Research included advising the Speaker of the Assembly as well as the Chair and Secretary of the Ways and Means Committee in regard to formulating the State fiscal plan and identifying the underlying risk to it. He also managed/oversaw research undertaken in support of the Committee's extensive responsibilities.
Dr. Cupoli has served as acting director of the New York State Legislative Commission on the Modernization and Simplification of Tax Administration and the Tax Law, advisor to the New York State Legislative Commission on State-Local Relations, and advisor to the New York State Legislative Commission on Government Administration. He has also served as the Assembly Speaker’s representative to Cornell University’s Board of Trustees and as advisor to the Assembly Speaker’s designee to the State’s Deferred Compensation Board.
Dr. Cupoli was a faculty member at Michigan State University and has lectured at the Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the State University of New York at Albany, State University of New York, the College of Saint Rose, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has also taught as a Faculty Associate in the Economics Department of the State University of New York at Albany. Dr. Cupoli earned doctoral and masters degrees in economics from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from LeMoyne College.
Terry Holzheimer
Arlington (VA) County Economic Development
Terry Holzheimer is the Director of Arlington Economic Development in Arlington, Virginia. Prior to joining Arlington, he served as Director of Economic Development for Loudoun County, Virginia. Terry has also served as the Washington Regional Manager for Legg Mason Real Estate Research, Inc., and Field Director for the National League of Cities. He is also currently a member of the adjunct faculty at Virginia Tech in the school of Urban Affairs and Planning.
Holzheimer has a Ph.D. in Public Policy, with a specialization in regional development, from George Mason University; studied Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Miami; and has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Florida. He has been a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners since 1978 and is a Certified Economic Developer.
Ben Plowman
Luna Innovations
Ben Plowman is Sr. Vice President of Corporate Business Development at Luna Innovations. Ben played a key role in establishing the Danville nanoWorks division through a public-private partnership which included federal, state and local resources to establish a one-of-a-kind nanotechnology facility in Southern Virginia. Luna's nanoWorks division is developing high value, carbonaceous materials and nanomaterial-based solutions for defense and commercial applications. This project has aided in transforming the area's economy by promoting a high-technology image for the region and bringing in "new economy" jobs.
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