Overview
John Kelly, IBM's Senior Vice President of Technology and Intellectual Property, testified March 15, 2006 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Dr. Kelly urged Senators to pass legislation that would implement many recommendations of the National Innovation Initiative co-chaired by IBM CEO Sam Palmisano and Georgia Tech President G. Wayne Clough.
Senior Vice President, Technology and Intellectual Property
John Kelly
The National Innovation Act, co-authored by Republican John Ensign of Nevada and Democrat Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, includes several measures IBM believes would accelerate innovation in the United States. The Act would:
- Raise funding for basic research and math & science education at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Encourage multidisciplinary learning and research
- Require a study on how the federal government should grow the high-value service economy through research, education and training
- Establish a mechanism to sustain, assess and coordinate the nation's innovation policies
- Coordinate federal economic development programs to support collaborative innovation in regional innovation hotspots
Dr. Kelly noted the importance of collaborative innovation like IBM's business in advanced semiconductors in New York's Hudson Valley. He also supported multidisciplinary learning and urged Senators to consider how the federal government should support services innovation. "Some of the fastest growing, well-paid professions require both technology and business expertise", stated Kelly. "Our nation's transition to a globally integrated, high value services economy requires these skills."
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- NII Structure (29KB)
- NII Talking Points (45KB)
- NII Working Group (56KB)
- Snapshots (14KB)
- NII Interim Report - June 2004 (816KB)
- 21st Century WG Final Recommendations (348KB)
- NII Final Report (651KB)
- Innovation in the 21st Century (Irving Wladawsky-Burger, September 15, 2005) (1.24MB)
- Innovation in the 21st Century (accompanying notes) (93KB)
- Malaysia Innovation presentation, (Kathleen Kingscott) (8.8MB)
- Presentation to ASEAN Science and Technology Minister (3.6MB)
- InnovAsia Presentation (3.2MB)
- Bangkok Statement 2005 (45KB)
- Emergence of Services Science (1.4KB)
- Valuing Long Term Innovation Strategies (8.8MB)
- Services Science Issue Paper (53KB)
- Innovation Hotsponts (33KB)
- Innovation Metrics (38KB)
- Innovation Strategy v.2 (33KB)
- Valuing Longterm Innovation Strategy (46KB)
- Making Innovation work in the 21st Century: a Proven Australian Model
- Innovacion en el Siglo XXI (in Spanish) (300KB)
- Innovacion y Tecnologia (in Spanish) (18KB)
- A New Imperative, Innovation (14KB)
- Bangkok Post: Trends in Innovation (2.8MB)
- International Innovations Comparative Matrix (IBM Corporation) (73KB)
- Innovation Tomorrow: Innovation Policy and the Regulatory (Framework European commission) (2.7MB)
- A New Generation of American Innovation (The White House) (390KB)
- "Measuring Innovation for National Prosperity," Innovation Framework Report 2004 (986KB)
- The Lisbon Strategy and Business Priorities in EU-25: Benchmarking Report 2004 (928KB)
- Comparative Country Innovation Outlook (73KB)
- Executive Briefing Report: Selected Innovation Metrics (self extracting 'ZIP', 5MB)
- IBM 2004 Innovation 'Thought Leadership' Roadshow (578KB)
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