Building the Illinois Innovation Economy Summary of a Symposium (2013) / Chapter Skim
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Opening Keynote: The Illinois Innovation Opportunity
Opening Keynote: The Illinois Innovation Opportunity
Pages 29-31
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"We believe in that," he said, "because we are a transportation center, but we also wanted to build an information superhighway. So I insisted that part of our capital bill include money for broadband deployment." The state already had a broadband deployment council, which he had chaired as lieutenant governor, learning "how important it is to have everybody in and nobody left out of access to high-speed internet." He noted that the bill to construct the interstate highway system in the 1950s "had barely passed," indicating how difficult it can be to see the ultimate benefits of technological innovation.
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The state had already laid some 4,100 miles of fiber optic cable to provide online opportunities to school districts in remote areas. The state has many programs to promote renewable energy sources and reduce carbon output, including installation of about 270 charging stations for electric vehicles in metropolitan Chicago and additional stations Downstate.
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"That is the purpose of the gigabyte community concept, and of the state Innovation Coalition, and the Science and Technology Coalition." He closed by urging the participants to gather on a regular basis, and to continue their support for technology-based innovation.
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