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The Catalyst newsletter is a monthly publication that spotlights components of the state’s innovation ecosystem. Each month, we feature a column written by a leader from the tech community, highlight innovation news in Illinois, or offer perspective on current issues in the innovation community. Catalyst is the best way to stay up-to-date on all things science and technology in Illinois.
Universities – A Nucleus for Illinois Innovation Clusters: Aerospace Cluster Development and Support in Rockford, Illinois
By Lesley Rigg, Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation Partnerships, Northern Illinois University Innovation clusters are a strong way to drive economic development. Centered on a key industry, clusters bring together companies, technologies, and workforce...
Connecting Business and Science Across Campus: University-driven Entrepreneurship
By Linda Darragh, Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurial Practice, Executive Director of the Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative, and ISTC Board Member Success for startups is more about the team than the idea. For years, we have heard that investors are...
Opening a Closed Technology Licensing Landscape
By Kenneth Lee, Analyst, Intellectual Property Exchange International, Inc. (IPXI®) The efficient and secure transfer of knowledge and expertise is essential for a thriving innovation ecosystem. The patent system plays a critical role in technological knowledge...
Federal Support for Basic Science & Technology Commercialization: Sparking Economic Growth for Illinois
ISTC Members at the S&T Leadership Forum on Biomedical Commercialization November 14th on Capitol Hill. From left: Robert Metz - Horizon Pharma, Nancy Sullivan - IllinoisVentures, Kapila Viges - EnterpriseWorks Chicago, Rep. Randy Hultgren, Barbara Goodman - iBIO...
Illinois’ Research and Development Tax Credit
By Mark Harris, President and CEO, Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC) In 2011, the Illinois General Assembly and Governor Quinn approved a five-year extension of the state Research & Development tax credit through to 2016. The extension came at a...
A New Vision for the Illinois Medical District
By Warren Ribley, Executive Director of the Illinois Medical District The Illinois Medical District (IMD) consists of 80 health, education, public safety, social service and technology organizations, two medical universities and four major medical centers as a single...
Improving Illinois’ SBIR and STTR Competitiveness
By Brian Jurczyk, President and Chief Executive Officer of Starfire Industries and Chairman of the CEO Roundtable Many Illinois emerging small businesses benefit from the Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) federal programs. In 2012,...
Education Technology
Revolutionizing Education through Ed Tech By Howard Tullman (@tullman), Chairman, Tribeca Flashpoint College and Illinois Innovation Council Member There’s a lot of exciting activity in Illinois these days around education technology start-ups. Just in the last 30...
Open Government & Civic Data
Seeing open government & civic innovation as drivers of economic development By Daniel X. O'Neil, Executive Director, Smart Chicago Collaborative Yesterday was a big day in Illinois for open government and innovation. The Illinois Innovation Network website was...
Immigration and STEM Talent
By John L. Anderson, President, Illinois Institute of Technology and ISTC Board Chairman & Mark Harris, President & CEO, ISTC If Illinois is to maintain its leadership position in today’s global economy, then we, as educators and business leaders, need to...
Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship
By John Flavin, Managing Director, Chicago Innovation Mentors (@CIMChicago) and Kate Anderson, Communications Manager, Chicago Innovation Mentors As thousands of visitors arrive in Chicago for next week's 2013 BIO International Convention, April 22-25, they will come...
The App Economy: Driving Illinois’ Technology Economy in New Ways
By Fred Hoch, President and CEO, Illinois Technology Association (ITA) Over the past few years, much has been made of the evolving “app economy,” but what does it mean for Illinois? Frankly, a lot and a lot more in the future. The app economy refers to a class of...
A New Era for Smart Grid Innovation in Illinois
By Sara Hochman, Managing Director, Energy Foundry and Jason Blumberg, CEO and Managing Director, Energy Foundry The overall concept of a “smart grid” means bringing the electricity grid (and its century-old design) into the digital age. To create a “smart grid,”...
The Rise of the Impact Entrepreneur in Illinois
By Chuck Templeton (@Ctemp), founder of OpenTable and Managing Director at Impact Engine As a transplanted entrepreneur from the San Francisco Bay Area, I have seen tremendous growth in the technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Chicagoland, and Illinois in...
Personalized Medicine
By Larisa H. Cavallari, Pharm.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago and Jerry A. Krishnan, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Associate Vice President for Population Health Sciences, University of Illinois...
Particle Physics Research: Impact and Applications
By Bob Kephart, Director of the Illinois Accelerator Research Center at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill. The Illinois Accelerator Research Center (IARC) is a new research facility being built at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Construction...
Big Data and Computation
By Merle Giles, Director, Private Sector Program, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Illinois is poised to usher in a new era in digital capability with computational simulation and big data analytics....
Health Information Technology
By Laura Zaremba, Director, Illinois Office of Health Information Technology The health care industry in Illinois and across the country is undergoing enormous change in both clinical and administrative operations. Health information technology is playing a key role...
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