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Border Legislative Conference San Diego CA
A Scenario for Cross Border Innovation
Commercialization
Richard Seline, CEO and Principal
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New Economy Strategies Based in Washington D.C
- Has Worked with Global, National and Regional
Public and Private Sectors
Government
Academic/NGO Institutions
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Global
Global
National
Domestic
State
Other Entities
Tennessee Michigan Iowa Indiana
North Dakota Texas Utah Kansas
Regional
List not exhaustive examples only
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New Economy Strategies Four Pillars
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A Framework for Regional Economic Growth
Vitality
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Why is This Important to You? Urgency and Fear.
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Reality Check 1 Current Distance Education
Programme in IT
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Reality Check 2 Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay
Engineering the Future
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Reality Check 3 Super Powers of Knowledge?
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Business Value Chain is Decoupled Suggesting
unique opportunities for a broader set of
US-Mexico regions
Product Development
Testing Proof of Concept
Market Tests
Manufacturing Marketing
Research
Contract Research Organizations
Outsource testing services
Contract manufacturing
Tool Companies
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The Hub and Node Concept for Cross- Border
Workforce Economic Development Interests

• So-called Innovation Centers of Excellence must
  be coordinating their research, discovery,
  scientists, and ultimately their
  commercialization assets (dollars, expertise,
  management talent, etc.)
• Make the commitment to Innovation Centers of
  Excellence as the nodes for Innovation Capacity
  Building then to link those Centers across
  Mexico to promote Innovation Capacity on a
  Domestic and Global scale, and then connect to US
  border states and cities.
• Thus using the diagram to the right, our
  recommendation is to address collaboration and
  coordination by Centers of Excellence through
  Innovation Capacity Building from the grassroots

Program B
Global Hub
Border States
Region A
Region C
Country E
Consortia F
Venture Fund
FUNSALUD
Within Mexico
Economia
FUMEC
C of E Academies
IMCO
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SAMPLE US ENGINEERING-RELATED CLUSTER ACTIVITY
Key to Clusters
Homeland Security
Water Mgmt
Energy
Aerospace
Bio/Pharma
Pressure Equip
Computer Equip Programming
Engineering Services
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Geographic Distribution of Federal Research
Facilities
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Where are the assets, the infrastructure and the
eco-system best organized for success in Advanced
Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Energy

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An introduction to Global Bioeconomy Consulting
(GBC)

• GBC is a strategy through implementation
  consulting firm focused on building life sciences
  and related economies in regions around the world
• GBC works with regions to develop and implement
  practical solutions that generate sustainable
  growth and enhance global competitiveness
• Our international focus and experience provides
  us with a deep understanding of government
  policy, development challenges, best principles,
  and priority actions for different countries
  around the world
• GBC works to ensure that all stakeholders,
  including government, academia, industry and
  not-for-profit organizations, are active
  participants in building local prosperity for
  their region

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GBC is expanding to build regional innovation
economies globally
Head Office Washington D.C. Operations Office
Toronto ON Established April 2005 as a spin-off
from New Economy Strategies (NES) Geographic
Region US Canada
Regional Office Surrey, United
Kingdom Established August 2005 Geographic
Region Europe
Regional Office Mexico City, Mexico Established
January 2006 Geographic Region Latin America
Future Regional Office Singapore Established
2nd Quarter 2006 Geographic Region Asia
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Leveraging Assets Economic, Industrial, Societal
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Review of our recent work in Mexico

• Working with the Council on Competitiveness, GBC
  assessed Mexicos national policy environment and
  three regional clusters around Mexico City,
  Guadalajara, and Monterrey
• The final report and recommendations were
  presented to the public in Mexico City last month

Life sciences cluster
Additional regions in Mexico with strengths in
the life sciences sector
Benchmarked US regions with strengths in the
life sciences sector
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We position regions within the innovation
lifecycle to drive cluster growth
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Review of our findings in Mexico
Mexico has strengths in knowledge creation and
industry, however resources must be focused on
improving national innovation policy and
facilitating technology commercialization
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Assessment International
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Next steps for Mexico
GBC is discussing a number of opportunities with
stakeholders in Mexico US
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B

• Example initiative
• Building research strengths to address health and
  quality of life needs
• Methodology
• Invest in 3-5 priority areas (e.g. diabetes,
  obesity, hypertension)
• Network research experts, industry leaders,
  government, and others from across Mexico
• Work together on plan with specific health
  outcomes
• Potential champions
• Academic institutions
• Government programs
• Industry groups

• Example initiative
• Facilitate investment and commercialization of
  technologies
• Methodology
• Establish program to select innovative
  technologies
• Develop plans in partnership with industry
  partners
• Bring together government investment institutions
  and private investors to finance
• Potential champions
• Collaboration with public and private sector
  forming a Cross-Border Venture Fund

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Increasing cross border innovation and
partnerships
C

• Example initiative
• Expanding cross border activity to
  commercialization
• Methodology
• Creation of a Cross Border Institute for
  Innovation and Commercialization (CBIC)
• Recent US Interest
• San Diego BIOCOMM
• Arizona Arizona State University AZTE
• New Mexico NextGen Cluster Initiative
• Texas Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute

Opportunity for US Mexico Build on research
collaborations in areas of mutual interest and
focus on commercialization of novel technologies
by linking a Cross Border Innovation and
Commercialization Network.
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GBC Aspiration A Cross Border Community of
Innovation
Infrastructure, Human Resources, Capital, and
Science Innovation Inventorying of technology
and science assets, in addition to global
benchmarking, will allow the Border to determine
which strategic assets can be translated into key
directions for innovative growth
Identifying Measuring Assets and Skills
Converge, Coordinate, Collaborate
Human Resources
Capital
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US- Mexico Innovation Capacity
Expertise in capital sourcing
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Economic Value Generation
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Science Innovation
Infrastructure
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Establishing a permanent presence in Mexico

• GBC is pleased to announce the opening of a
  permanent office in Mexico City
• Louise Batchelder is GBCs Director for Latin
  America
• Through our office in Mexico we will work at the
  regional, state and national level to help build
  the innovation capacity of and specifically the
  life sciences sector in Mexico
• This experience in Mexico will also create longer
  term opportunities to expand in other Latin and
  South American countriesas well as link our
  global relationships in Canada, Europe and Asia.

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Robert Merson, Managing Director 1250 24th
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20037 Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
Louise Batchelder, Director Latin
America Mexico City, Mexico Telephone (00 52 55)
1473 7988, Email lbatchel_at_prodigy.net.mx