From where I sit in the technology-based economic development community, federal support for regional innovation programs is also vital for our economic recovery.
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The U.S. government could save the economy hundreds of billions of dollars annually by 2050 by expanding support for energy innovation, according to the results of a three-year research project at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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Cost reductions and performance improvements in solar technology, advanced batteries, and electric-drive vehicles will be driven by a confluence of factors, according to the report, including direct public support for energy innovation, manufacturing and deployment, and by strengthening the linkages across all three areas.
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"At SugarSync, we think the mobile experience is very important for users, which is why we have been the leader in mobile innovation for personal cloud and support more mobile devices and platforms than any other Cloud provider, " said Laura Yecies, CEO of SugarSync.
Fortunately, the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed an important bill with broad bi-partisan support intended to shape the environment for innovation and growth.
Today, we all are relying on DOE for policy and scientific leadership, as well as numerous sources of funding for innovation and other support.
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The new BMW Group iPod Out support mirrors the innovation strategy of BMW ConnectedDrive for the BMW brand and will be part of the new offer called MINI Connected for the MINI brand.
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As both Republicans and Democrats in Congress appear willing to cut funding for key energy innovation programs, a bipartisan group of Senators have spoken out in support of maintaining funding for an innovative energy technology agency that invests in game-changing research.
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This project is coordinated by some leading advocates for science and research in the country: the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), the Science Coalition, The Task Force on American Innovation, and United for Medical Research, with support from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the American Chemical Society, and the American Mathematical Society.
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The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said it was looking to support engineering "at all levels".
The Challenge is a signature initiative of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and promises to catalyze new approaches that support health care delivery transformation.
As part of his national innovation strategy, President Obama has asked federal agencies to increase their support for multidisciplinary research, early investigators, and high-risk, high-return research.
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Lesley Griffiths AM, the Deputy Minister for Science, stressed the importance of support the STEM industries, to drive forward innovation in business, to stimulate research and to attract investment to Wales.
Ms Irene Pritzker, president of the Innovation, Development Progress Foundation (IDP), called for stronger support for market-driven solutions in deprived and unreached areas where parents and communities are taking education into their own hands.
The International Youth Foundation signed a partnership with UNESCO on 18 October 2011 for the development of a 3-year programme to support youth-led social innovation in Africa, through building skills amongst young people, and providing them with access to professional networks, coaching and mentoring, financial resources, and advocacy opportunities.
Her responsibilities were broader than the average CIO, as well, as over time her role expanded and she oversaw innovation, gaming, IT application development, infrastructure, security, support for customer facing systems, all company web sites, as well as key initiatives to develop new technical capabilities for the Total Rewards loyalty program.
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It strikes a balance of innovation and intuition offering a variety of improvements and features such as support for multiple homescreens, visual multitasking, gesture-based interactions and a noticeable reduction in prompts -- all while presenting a familiarity that means millions of people can pick up one of Nokia's new smartphones and instantly know how to use it.
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He discussed raising expectations for students and schools, boosting teacher effectiveness, and providing greater flexibility to support innovation and improvements throughout public education, including fostering a Race to the Top in our schools and providing incentives and rewards to help students make significant strides and to succeed.
Members of Congress who support the free market, accessibility for persons who are blind and deaf, and who believe that innovation is important for economic growth ought to consider co-sponsoring this timely, and effective, legislation that actually solves the problem.
Hopefully the DeMint-Scalise Act will get hearings in the Senate and House, attract broad bipartisan attention and support, and begin to lay the foundation for common sense repeal of obsolete communications law that increasingly chokes innovation.
In addition to support for long-term thinking, the transparency of the LTSE will provide valuable data about how to nurture innovation in the real world.
While the United States may not be able to afford the scale of support for clean energy that China can, it can compete by focusing on what it has always done best: innovation.
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This push for innovation will come for all quarters, not just those companies whose mobile strategies are on life-support.
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Accept has several application modules in its platform, Accept360, that help support the innovation process, and help companies figure out which products to bring to market, in which order, for the fastest time-to-profit.
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Since 2002, the UNESCO Venice Office has been active in providing financial support and elaborating initiatives to generate regional networking as a means of mobilizing science, technology and innovation (STI) for peace and sustainable development.
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