Partner

Government

Donna Riordan
Project Lead/Director of Programs, CCST
Riverside, CA 92507
County: Riverside
http://www.ccst.us/

Organization:
The California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, established in 1988 by California state legislation. It is designed to offer expert advice and recommendations to the state government on science and technology-related policy issues. CCST is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of representatives from the academic, corporate, and philanthropic communities. This Board is assisted by a larger Council of Corporate CEOs, academicians, scientists, and scholars, and by the CCST Fellows, a 114-member group of highly distinguished academics who offer advice in their diverse areas of expertise. CCST is a partner on four WIRED projects, listed below.

Tasks:
Project 1.1 - Economic Development Innovation Toolkit:
- With other partners, develop an economic development toolkit in the first 18 months of the project, incorporating effective economic development roadmaps, integrating resources and innovative tools to reach the targeted entrepreneurial audience.
- Complete annual benchmarking report and index, in order to determine how each of three venture communities has grown its innovation sector network.
Project 1.2 - 21st Century Workforce Profiles:
- With partners, develop 21st Century job profiles in the Bio/Pharma, Bio/Info/Nano, and Biomedical Health fields.
- Define the workforce skills issues within these industries, based on their projected futures.
Project 1.7 - WIB Resource Toolkit:
- With its project partners, lead the effort to develop a WIB resource toolkit for development of 21st century knowledge and innovation workers.
- Engage its partners, CWA and CSEWI, in ways that leverage the specific value-added strengths of those organizations: e.g., research identifying areas where case studies can be or have been done; providing access to WIB and other networks; organizing meetings within the Corridor.
Project 3.5 - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Collaborative Action Plan (STEMCAP):
- With its partners, integrate the current and future industry enterprise needs into workforce and educational planning and policy-making.
- Optimize the Corridor for innovation and 21st Century competitiveness by contributing to the Steering Committee, the Forums, and the STEM Action Plan.