Friday, June 06, 2008

Chesapeake Crescent Innovation Alliance

Source: Biotech Transfer Week

Research universities from Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC, have formed a collaboration designed to drive regional innovation, economic performance, and global competitiveness, public/private collaborative Chesapeake Crescent said this week.

The new partnership, to be named the Chesapeake Crescent Innovation Alliance, will examine areas of potential cooperation in regional centers of excellence, entrepreneurial development, early-stage investment, and technology transfer.

Participating institutions include Johns Hopkins University, Virginia Tech University, the University of Maryland system, George Mason University, and George Washington University......

The new alliance is being formed as an outgrowth of the Chesapeake Crescent Initiative, which was launched last year by Governors Tim Kaine of Virginia and Martin O’Malley of Maryland; Washington, DC, Mayor Adrian Fenty; federal legislative and executive officials; and more than 20 leading regional business executives.

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