Rising Above the Gathering Storm

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Rising Above the Gathering Storm

• Governor Schwarzeneggers Commitment that
  California Continue its World-Wide Leadership in
  Science and Innovation

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California is the World Leader

• In 2005, California received more venture capital
  funding than any other area in the world.
• California is the birthplace of the biotech
  industry and the center for the Cleantech
  industry.
• California is home to 12 of the 20 most inventive
  towns in America (11 in Silicon Valley).
• California has the largest College and University
  systems in the country and is home to the worlds
  top research institutions.
• Taken alone, California has more Nobel prize
  winners than any country but the U.S. and U.K.

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Innovation Drives Californias Economy
Among California's most important comparative
advantages in competing in the global economy are
its relentless spirit of innovation and its
unrivaled higher education and research
institutions. These premier institutions are
instrumental in attracting to California the
brightest minds and best talent. And they are
developing the technology that is driving our
innovation economy, luring investment nationally
and from abroad, creating new companies and
growing jobs." - California Commission for
Jobs and Economic Growth Co-chairman
Warren Hellman
California has flourished through its ability to
turn innovation into successful entrepreneurship.
Strong investments in science and technology are
the sources from which new innovation and thus
new business opportunities emerge." - Dr. Aart
de Geus, chairman and CEO of Synopsys, Inc.
"Collaboration between industry and academia is
crucial to deliver on our shared vision for the
future of technology and education." - Bill
Gates
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Innovation Drives Californias Economy

• California ranks first in U.S. tech jobs,
  workplaces, exports, and RD
• The Golden state received nearly 10 billion in
  Venture Capital funding in 2005.
• Over 99 of California companies (accounting for
  over 50 of non-farm employment) are small
  businesses, led by entrepreneurs.
• Innovation not only supports high-paying jobs in
  the High-Tech industry, but also in drives
  Californias national leadership in agriculture,
  film, and environmental industries.

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Innovation Drives Californias Economy
"Innovation has nothing to do with how many RD
dollars you have. When Apple came up with the
Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on
RD. It's not about money. It's about the people
you have, how you're led, and how much you get
it." - Apple Founder Steve Jobs
California today is the world's leader in
innovation but we must take every step necessary
to make sure we stay on top in this increasingly
competitive global economy." - Stratton
Sclavos, Chairman, President and CEO of VeriSign
"There's no doubt that America today is the
global leader in innovation. But it's
increasingly clear that this status is not a
given and we must enact policies to remain on
top. Our global competitors are rapidly catching
up to us by investing in education, encouraging
entrepreneurship, and making next generation
infrastructure a priority. Our policies must
further promote innovation-driven global
competitiveness, led by a renewed investment in
education, research and development,
entrepreneurship and next generation
infrastructure." - Rick White, President and
CEO of TechNet
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Governor Schwarzeneggers Commitment to Science
and Innovation

• World-leading Emissions Reductions Mandates
• Renewable Energy
• Million Solar Roofs
• Hydrogen Highway
• Stem Cell Research
• RD Tax Credits
• Educational Facilities
• Science and Math Teachers
• UC Research Grants and Contracts
• Career-Technical Education

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Governor Schwarzeneggers Commitment to Science
and Innovation

• The Governors 2007-2008 Budget Proposal contains
  95 million for four critical innovation
  initiatives
• The Helios Project (30 million)
• Energy Biosciences Institute (40 million)
• The California Institutes for Science and
  Innovation through the University of California
  (19.8 million)
• Petascale Supercomputer (5 million)

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Helios Project

• Four Goals (support AB32)
• Generate clean sustainable alternatives to carbon
  fuels, develop new energy sources, improve energy
  conservation, and reduce GHG emissions
• Committed Research
• Biomass-to-fuel/ Solar-to-Chemical Conversions
• Solar-to-fuel Conversion
• Photochemical conversion
• Photoelectrochemistry
• Build market share in Cleantech

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Energy Biosciences Institute

• 500 Million Grant Competition for the BP Energy
  Biosciences Institute (EBI)
• Worlds Preeminent Research Institutes
• Application of bioscience and the production of
  new and cleaner energy, principally fuels for
  road transport.
• Converting fossil fuels to energy with less
  environmental damage and maximizing oil
• Extraction from existing wells in environmentally
  sensitive ways.

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Institutes for Science and Innovation

• QB3-California Institute for Quantitative
  Biomedical Research on the UCSF, UCB and UCSC
  campuses.
• CNSI-California Nanosystems Institute on the UCLA
  and UCSB campuses.
• Calit2-California Institute for
  Telecommunications and Information Technologies
  on the UCSD and UCI campuses.
• CITRIS Center for Information Technologies
  Research in the Interest of Society on the UCB,
  UCD, UCM and UCSC campuses.

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Petascale Supercomputer

• UC is a High-speed Computing Leader
• Universities and Research Institutes in Other
  States (and Countries) are Challenging
• 200 Million The National Science Foundation
  Competition hundreds of contenders
• California Players Lawrence Livermore National
  Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National
  Laboratory, and UC San Diego

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