Publications
Bay
Area Innovation Network Roundtable
Identifying Emerging Patterns
of
the Next Wave of Innovation
A report on a day-long roundtable
symposium convening seminal thinkers representing a broad spectrum of public and
private research and development institutes and enterprises to focus on
identifying new and emerging patterns and key drivers for the next wave of
innovation.
BASIC
Innovators Series
A series of interviews in which key
innovative thinkers share their thoughts on the science today that will lead to
the technology of tomorrow.
Science
Futures
As educational outreach to the community,
BASIC is producing a series of science futures reports—highlighting a technology
or research area of importance—demonstrating the Bay Area’s excellence of
today’s technology and providing insight into tomorrow’s innovative potential
for that area of research.
Released on July 19, 2007, the latest
report in the series is:
- Innovative Energy Solutions from the San
Francisco
Bay Area: Fueling a Clean Energy Future
(PDF: 986
KB, 92 pages)*
The first in the series is:
Economic
Competitiveness
The following reports were prepared as
part of collaborations in which BASIC and the Bay Area Council Economic
Institute are participants.
- The Innovation Driven Economic Development
Model: A Practical Guide for the Regional Innovation Broker
(Full Report)
(PDF: 1.9 MB, 64 pages)*
- The Innovation Driven
Economic Development Model: A Practical Guide for the Regional Innovation
Broker (Executive Summary)
(PDF:
498 KB, 17 pages)*
- Visas for Higher
Education and Scientific Exchanges: Balancing Security and Economic
Competitiveness
(PDF: 369 KB, 18 pages)*
Biotechnology
- Biotechnology: Essays From Its
Heartland
A report by:
BASIC—Bay Area Science and
Innovation Consortium
and
QB3—California Institute for Quantitative
Biosciences
(PDF: 1.4 MB, 66 pages)*
Homeland
Security
The following report was produced by the
members of BASIC and other leaders in the Bay Area corporate research community
in response to President Bush’s recommendation to create a national program for
technology research within the new Department of Homeland Security.
- Meeting the Challenge of Homeland Security,
2nd Edition (PDF: 736 KB, 146 pages)*
- Meeting the Challenge
of Homeland Security, 1st Edition
Highlights of the Bay
Area’s Research and Development Capabilities Related to the Critical Mission
Areas of the Department of Homeland Security
(PDF: 487 KB, 51
pages)*
Infrastructure
The following report, published in March
1999, was the foundation for the creation of BASIC.
- The Bay Area’s Research
Institutions
How an Extensive Research and Development
Infrastructure Drives the Region’s Innovative, Knowledge-Based Economy
(PDF: 341 KB, 16
pages)*
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