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Iowa
Innovation
Council Holds First Meeting
Posted 20 July 2010
Ensuring Iowa
competitiveness in the global economy for jobs and business growth, the
Iowa Department of Economic Development has empowered a group of Iowa's
top business leaders to identify strategic opportunities to spur best
practices for long term growth in the state. This new advisory
group is known as the Iowa Innovation Council (IIC).
"The Iowa Innovation Council utilizes our state's brightest business
minds to ensure we remain competitive in the global business economy,"
said Governor Chet Culver. "This first meeting marks the
beginning of unified efforts between business representatives and
government officials to develop methods and policies that will foster
innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit."
Moving beyond the parameters of traditional economic development, which
often focuses solely on a state's natural attributes, the Iowa
Innovation Council will place a renewed emphasis on advancing Iowa's
status as a national center of emerging industry. Concentrating
on developing an innovation-based economy and working with the state's
knowledge-based strengths, such as the community college and university
system, the Council will develop strategies to leverage the state's
specialized talent pool into available jobs.
Led by the state's top business leaders, the Council will work with and
advise the Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) on public
policy and strategic initiatives to spur innovation-based economic
development in Iowa. The IIC will develop new strategies and
long-term innovation plans to ensure the state stays competitive in the
global business economy.
The Iowa Innovation Council was formally created earlier this year when
Governor Chet Culver signed the legislation into law. It is the
product of consolidating three existing organizations, the Bioscience
Alliance, Advanced Manufacturing Council and Information Technology
Council, into a streamlined organization that moves the state's
strategic economic development into one cohesive unit.
The Council consists of 29 voting members and four ex-officio
members. Of these, 20 of the members are business leaders within
the targeted, high-growth industries who have volunteered for the
position. The remaining nine were appointed by the Governor and
government agencies, as required by the enacting legislation.
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