Understanding Research, Science and Technology Parks Global Best Practices: Report of a Symposium (2009) / Chapter Skim
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Keynote Address II--C. D. Mote, Jr.
Keynote Address II--C. D. Mote, Jr.
Pages 47-52
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She described him as another "friend of science and technology" and said that he has strengthened S&T programs throughout his institution during his tenure. His goal, she said, was to "lead the state in development of a high-tech economy, especially in ICT, bioscience, biotechnology, and nanotechnology -- in other words, the emerging technologies that will drive the 21st century." She noted also his accomplishments in expanding university partnerships with corporate and federal laboratories, and his role in bringing to College Park the first research park sponsored by the People's Republic of China outside the mainland.
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Set up by the Chinese national Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, its purpose is to help other countries learn about Chinese culture and language. After a pilot program at Maryland in 2004, the program is now held at more than 30 sites in the United States and 200 around the world, all of them under the auspices of the UM-China partnership.
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Another major activity is the Maryland Industrial Partnerships, a research program that brings faculty members together with companies with the objective of creating greater value for products. In addition, a venture accelerator helps move technologies developed by faculty and students to commercialization, and a Technology Startup Boot Camp brings hundreds of would-be entrepreneurs to weekend camps to learn principles of entrepreneurship.
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A major initiative established under this theme involved both the Center for the Advanced Study of Language, a university-affiliated research center funded by the government, and a National Foreign Language Center that studied uncommon languages. This center has also established the Star Talk pilot immersion summer camp program.
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It would be even more desirable if it had additional land, with affordable housing and schools. On the topic of potential conflicts between university standards and confidential or secret work, he said that graduate students were not allowed to participate as part of their degree programs or dissertations.
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In response to a question about intellectual property, Dr. Mote said there is significant effort to commercialize intellectual property developed at the university, led by the Office of Technology Commercialization, and UM-Net, a u niversity-wide network of venture and commercialization services, researchers, and entrepreneurs.
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