Overview
The Worldwide Innovation Team has identified a number of countries for focused innovation activities. The national initiatives will be led by the respective Country General Managers and supported by their Governmental Programs team(s) and coordinated with Communications and Corporate Community and Corporate Affairs; and linking the initiatives to IBM's Smarter Planet initiative. We selected a set of core issues for all the national innovation strategies: multidisciplinary talent and skills development, services innovation, research investment and iniovation metrics, and innovation infrastructure projects. Additionally, we will customize other issues to address specific local needs, including: multidisciplinary R&D; development of a services science curriculum in universities; the importance of long term strategies and investments and the development of an integrated national strategy to drive innovation.
We believe that innovation can be spurred by driving government adoption of specific innovation infrastructure-oriented projects. We will be promoting investments in R&D in key strategic areas, such as nanotechnology, photovoltaics, and mobile technology, that can be used to create jobs and stimulate growth.
Finally, accessibility is a critical tool to unlock talent around the globe. We will promote accessibility as a tool to expand the talent/innovation pool and specifically urge governments to adopt globally harmonized standards to maximize the potential of people with accessibility needs.
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