Mary Walshok presentation for the 20th TCI Global Conference
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Invention & Reinvention: Academia, Government, Military &
Industry Collaborating to Grow San Diego’s Innovation
Economy
Mary L. Walshok, Ph.D. University of California San Diego
4. Land
Use
Land use and zoning
which enable
AGGLOMERATION effects
in desirable locales
Venture real estate
development
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5. Centers of
Excellence
Centers of EXCELLENCE,
i.e. building world class
research centers, design
centers, services,
agriculture
Assuring ACCESS to new
ideas and inventions
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6. A Magnet
forTalent
The promise of OPPORTUNITY for
the young and enterprising to
build new companies, institutions
and communities…an ecosystem
enabling innovation and
entrepreneurship
AMENITIES of place which attract
and bind people
Physical/environmental qualities
How work is organized
How easy it is to integrate into existing networks
Lifestyle and community
Arts and culture
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7. Supportive
Business
Structure
Assuring an INNOVATION
COMPETENT business sector,
i.e. patent attorneys, Angel and
Venture Capital, accounting and
marketing know how
Creation of INTERMEDIARY,
cross-functional PLATFORMS
which enable knowledge flows,
trust building and pre-
transactional relationships and
social networks
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9. OCEANSIDE
CARLSBAD
DEL MAR
LA JOLLA
The Scripps Institution of
Oceanography (1903)
UC San Diego (1960)
Salk Institute (1960)
Today there are over 75
research institutes in San
Diego, with five founded in the
last few years. $2 billion plus
annually.
The Core –
WORLD CLASS RESEARCH
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10. OCEANSIDE
CARLSBAD
DEL MAR
LA JOLLA
Convair was formed in 1943 by
a merger of Ruben H. Fleet’s
Consair andVultee.
Today there are more than 300
Defense and Security
Companies operating in San
Diego.
Defense and Security
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11. OCEANSIDE
CARLSBAD
DEL MAR
LA JOLLA
Linkabit was founded by UC
San Diego professor Irwin M.
Jacobs in 1968 as the first “high
tech” communications
company in San Diego.
Today there are more than
3000 IT, Wireless and Software
Companies operating in San
Diego.
IT / Wireless / Software
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12. OCEANSIDE
CARLSBAD
DEL MAR
LA JOLLA
Hybritech was founded in 1978
by UC San Diego professors
Ivor Royston and Howard
Birndorf as the first “biotech”
company in San Diego.
Today there are more than 800
Life Science / Biomedical
companies operating in San
Diego.
Life Sciences/Biomedical
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13. General Atomics was founded
in 1955 as San Diego’s first
Energy Company by General
Dynamics.
Today there are more than 700
Energy and Environmental
Companies operating in San
Diego.
Energy and Environment
OCEANSIDE
CARLSBAD
DEL MAR
LA JOLLA
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14. OCEANSIDE
CARLSBAD
DEL MAR
LA JOLLA
San Diego’s Sport Innovators
traces back to the founding of
Gordon and Smith Surfboards
in 1959.
Today there are more than 600
Sport Innovator Companies
operating in San Diego.
Sport Innovators
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16. Critical
Factors for
Sustainable
Regional
Innovation
Capacity
Nimble, adaptive industry
strategies
World class centers of research,
production and education
Adaptive business and
professional service
communities
Imaginative land use strategies
Active networking and
intermediary groups
Attractive amenities of place
Strategies to develop and
attract R&D, entrepreneurial &
advanced tech sector talent 16