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Emerging Tech Centers on UW Campuses Can Leverage R&D Value
Wisconsin Technology Network
By Tom Still; September 15, 2009
Even the best seeds can take a while to germinate. A case in point is the proposal to open seven "emerging technology centers" on University of Wisconsin System campuses to better serve industry while engaging faculty and student research talent.
The UW Board of Regents accepted a report last week by a special task force that urged investing $7.7 million in the technology centers, an idea that can be traced back more than six years to "Vision 2020: A Model Wisconsin Economy." Here is what the Wisconsin Technology Council said in late 2002 in its Vision 2020 report:
"Research Centers of Excellence located around the state will be... organized around large-scale opportunities to build high-technology businesses. The Research Centers will focus on applied research that transfers new, public-sector science and technology to the private sector to solve unique problems of a particular industry. The Research Centers will identify disruptive technology that can be expected to force changes in the competitive landscape for Wisconsin's leading industries, thereby helping to prepare market leaders for the coming challenges and to create opportunities for new entrants."
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