Aneesh Chopra, Assistant to President Obama and Chief Technology Officer presented "Uncovering Hidden Talent" to over 200 attendees at the Technology - Innovation - Entrepreneurship "Creating Minnesota\'s Future Conference on Tuesday, December 8, 2009

1. Innovation for America Aneesh Chopra U.S. Chief Technology Officer & Associate Director for Technology White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Restoring Growth, Reforming Government, Fixing Health Care, Expanding Opportunity

3. “Game-Changing” Innovation in Private Sector GE’s “Reverse Innovation” Model Ushers in New Growth Opportunity Source: GE, “How GE is Disrupting Itself”, Harvard Business Review, October 2009 GE software-enabled portable ultrasound developed for price-sensitive rural Chinese market 2 1 85% price performance improvement expands American market size, “democratizes” access to quality healthcare

4. Need to Improve Progress on Key Indicators of Global Competitiveness Source: ITIF Report “The Atlantic Century”, February, 2009 Change Score (1999–2009) Country Rank Innovation Trend 16.7 16.9 17.4 18.1 14.8 19.0 19.5 Slovenia Luxembourg Denmark Estonia Lithuania Singapore China 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2.7 U.S. 40 Percent Change (2005–2008) Country Rank E-Government 11% 12% 12% 16% 16% 20% 21% Japan S. Korea EU-10 Russia France Spain China 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 -7% U.S. 22 Percent Change (1999–2005) Country Rank Higher Education 26% 27% 30% 31% 41% 46% 117% France EU-25 UK Australia Ireland S. Korea Poland 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 3% U.S. 15

6. National Science & Tech Council – CoT Priorities Technology Infrastructure Harnessing Technology and Innovation to Transform the Economy Invest in the Building Blocks of American Innovation Technology R&D Security & Privacy Oversee the implementation of the national broadband plan Develop R&D investment dashboard; oversee NITRD with emphasis on cybersecurity, health IT; develop innovation-based manufacturing plan Secure government systems; collaborate with private sector with emphasis on emerging technologies, digital identity; protect privacy rights Promote Competitive Markets that Spur Productive Entrepreneurship Catalyze Breakthroughs for National Priorities

7. National Science & Tech Council – CoT Priorities Oversee the federal IT investment portfolio; adopt cloud computing model; demonstrate “Model Agencies” through performance teams Implement open government directive; increase civic engagement; develop platforms through Center for IT Leadership Government Efficiency Open Government Invest in the Building Blocks of American Innovation Promote Competitive Markets that Spur Productive Entrepreneurship Catalyze Breakthroughs for National Priorities Harnessing Technology and Innovation to Transform the Economy R&D Commercial-ization Promote high growth entrepreneurship; increase university and federal lab commercialization

8. National Science & Tech Council – CoT Priorities Catalyze innovation through open data standards with emphasis on health IT, energy grid, education; instill enterprise architecture in federal IT design Catalyze public, private and academic leadership to address “Grand Challenges” with emphasis on learning systems, “exascale” computing, real-time language translation Standards & Architecture Grand Challenges Invest in the Building Blocks of American Innovation Promote Competitive Markets that Spur Productive Entrepreneurship Catalyze Breakthroughs for National Priorities Harnessing Technology and Innovation to Transform the Economy

9. Toward a New Performance Compact A Government that Works

10. Open Government Federal, State and Local Platforms to Unlock the Value of Data

11. Delivering on the Promise “ In the next 90 days, USCIS will launch a vastly improved Web site that will, for the first time ever, allow applicants to get updates on their status of their applications via e-mail and text message and online.” – President Barack Obama, June 25, 2009

13. Uncovering Hidden Talent Embodying the Spirit of Commonwealth to Achieve Excellence