A Message from the Chairman 

We owe much of our pride and happiness as Bay Area residents to the capacity for innovation of earlier residents. They generated new models of transportation, secured a water supply, built urban parks, created service and financial industries to replace jobs disappearing from the manufacturing sector and visualized a new industry based on DNA technologies.

If we, the current inhabitants of the Bay Area, are to be appraised positively by subsequent generations of residents, we too must hone our innovative skills and optimize our ability to convert innovative thinking into benefits for society.

Fostering and capturing innovation is BASIC’s primary goal.

Dr. Regis B. Kelly
Chairman