Newswise — Research and innovation is being funded at an unprecedented pace around the world, yet U.S. research and innovation funding faces budget cuts. Ways to increase efficiencies and increase competitiveness will be on the agenda as research park executives gather June 16 at BioParks 2008. Key pacesetters from the public and private sectors will examine emerging efforts to increase the speed of discovery and the process of bringing new discoveries into the marketplace to create new jobs and increased prosperity.
BioParks 2008 will be hosted by the University of California San Diego Science Research Park and will be held at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. It will be a joint meeting of the Association of University Research Parks and Bio's Council of Biotechnology Centers.
Keynote speaker Dr. Barbara Alving, Director of the National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health, will outline the synergic effects coming from the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program. Currently linking 38 academic medical centers in 23 states, a CTSA-funded national consortium of leading research institutions aims to transform the way in which clinical and translational research is conducted. Ultimately set to include 60 such institutions nationwide when fully implemented in 2012, the consortium not only targets processes and infrastructure improvements to increase research efficiency but also develops new methods to better train future generations of researchers to continue the development of innovation.
Additionally, the problem of safely and rapidly moving vast amounts of data being generated across what could be a globally dispersed collection of the best research minds will be addressed by Dr. Larry Smarr, Director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2). Already working with optical paths transmitting data at 10 gigabits per second, Calit2 technology offers a model for collaboration on a scale never-before possible in the extremely data-intensive investigations ongoing in biomedical research.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., is the lead sponsor for the conference. Additional sponsors include: The Facility Group; Wexford Science + Technology; Booz/Allen/Hamilton; Lankford & Associates, Inc.; University Wellness; The University Financing Foundation, Inc.; Whiting Turner Contracting Company; Colliers International; Cushman & Wakefield; Phelps Development; The Staubach Company; La Jolla Village Professional Center; and Research Park at the University of Illinois.
Additional information about the conference, speakers and schedules are available at www.aurp.net.
The Association of University Research Parks (AURP) is an international 22-year-old association serving more than 400-university research, science, and technology parks. AURP's mission is to promote and support the development and operation of university research parks worldwide.
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