The document discusses the building blocks of an innovation economy and provides examples from San Diego. It outlines six key factors that contribute to sustainable regional innovation capacity: 1) nimble industry strategies, 2) world-class research and education centers, 3) supportive business services, 4) land use strategies that encourage collaboration, 5) networking groups, and 6) amenities that attract talent. It then gives a brief history of San Diego's evolution as a center of innovation in sectors such as defense, technology, biotech, energy, and sports, tracing roots back to institutions like UC San Diego and research centers founded in the 1960s.

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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

2. Invention&Reinvention:
Academia,Government,Military&
IndustryCollaboratingtoGrowSan
Diego’sInnovationEconomy
Mary L.Walshok, Ph.D.
University of California San Diego
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3. The Building Blocks of an
Innovation Economy
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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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8. Good Stories From
San Diego
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9. OCEANSIDE
CARLSBAD
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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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CARLSBAD
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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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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

17. Invention &
Reinvention:
The Evolution
ofSan Diego’s
Innovation
Economy
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18. Thank
you
Mary L. Walshok, Ph.D.
mwalshok@ucsd.edu
858-534-3411
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