EMSI's May 23 webinar on the EDA's Jobs & Innovation Accelerator Challenge.

2. Create a stronger network of regional leaders, focused on propelling business development and job growth through: Innovation Commercialization Advancing business formation/expansion Skilled workforce development Other measurable regional development activities geared toward the cluster

3. Grant Application: Multi-factor analysis of past, present and projected performance of the cluster Examples: Historical/projected job change; LQ; shift-share; import substitution; multipliers; workforce compatibility; education gap analysis; impact analysis, etc. Strategy development planning Examples: enhancing current networks; facilitating decision-making meetings; crafting strategy for application; linking and leveraging other federal funding opportunities

4. Grant Recipients: Build larger data-driven regional context associated with cluster Examples: workforce skill requirements; high opportunity industries within cluster (i.e., economic feasibility); education/program needs Assist in aligning regional stakeholders & resources for cluster strategy execution Examples: stakeholder asset mapping; public-private sector engagement; education engagement; involvement of foundations; pathway/plan for implementation

6. Green Energy (Pennsylvania)

7. (1) Brainpower (2) Innovation & Entrepreneurship (3) Quality Places (4) Branding (5) Collaboration Innovative Businesses Healthy Brainpower & World Class Skills Entrepreneur & Innovation Networks Civic Collabo-ration Healthy, Creative People Dynamic Clusters Insightful Stories & Effective Branding Infrastructure for Quality, Connected Places Healthy, Creative Places

8. How do you build career pathways into leading edge clusters? How do you create re-engagement networks for the unemployed? Brainpower21st Century Talent Innovation Entrepreneurship How do you guide a regional strategy? How do you leverage an urban campus to become an innovation hot spot? How do you leverage an urban campus to become an innovation hot spot? How do you manage shrinking cities so that they are attractive to growing companies? New Narratives and Networks Quality, Connected Places How do you leverage broadband deployment?

10. Renewable Generation and Energy Efficiency

11. Manufacturing

12. Finance

13. Policy

14. Education and Workforce Training

15. Market Development (regional, national and international)

16. Administration and GovernanceUniversity of Central Florida,Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Florida Institute of Technology join as partners ACADEMIA Aeronautics/Space Technology & Capabilities Emerging Technologies R&D and Testing VISION Clean Energy Economy Sustainable Economic Development FUNDING LEADERSHIP The Consortium visualizes its strategy with a map of converging assets Manufacturing Renewable Energy & Efficiency Products Finance & Public Policy Local, Regional, State & Federal POLITICAL SUPPORT

18. Regions are at different stages in their trans-formation; strategic networks can move them through the horizons toward open innovation Horizon 4Strategic Process Underway Level of Network Effectiveness Horizon 3Strategic Doing Practiced Horizon 2Networks Forming Horizon 1Narrative Shifting Time

19. Regional Approach Leveraged Approach Statement of Need Details on budget Results Expected Vested Partners vs. Informal Partners Exports and Jobs

20. Email us: Hamilton Galloway hamilton@economicmodeling.com Linda Fowlerlindamariefowler@gmail.com