HRIC has focused on two primary focus areas for its efforts to enhance regional technology presence;
1) Foundation for Innovation, a program to help guide technology firms through the region’s ecosystem elements, ensuring that tech firms are aware of resources, then improve their ability to access those resources.
2) Creating a true community of technology minded people and organizations to advance our region economically. Toward that, HRIC will create a series of events throughout the year, helping technologists and tech companies advance. The culminating event will be it’s annual Tech Expo/Tech Night Awards Banquet with partner ODU’s Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Dan Bell, president of HRIC states: “Every region that focuses on technology and innovation needs a tech council to help connect the dots. HRIC’s efforts are intended to maximize efforts and attract interest in Hampton Roads as a technology zone. Foundation for Innovation is a bonding program helping lift the efforts of participating companies and our Tech Day/Tech Night with Awards is a celebration of the region’s activity and success. There’s been a great deal of talk about ecosystems, but it’s time to create a functioning model that tech firms can leverage to help them grow.”
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Another member organization joining the productive ecosystem effort is the Governor’s School of Science and Technology.
Expanding its vision and embarking on a bold new mission, the Governor’s School for Science and Technology is in transformation to a new Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship-based education model.
The Governor’s School has embodied this concept and has prepared to assume an innovative new role serving start-up, emerging, and established companies and organizations in Hampton Roads. By creating innovative collaborative partnerships, employing faculty mentors with broad research and engineering experience, and utilizing state-of-the-art scientific research and engineering lab facilities, the Governor’s School can provide to HRIC members and others in-house or out-sourced R&D and engineering project fulfilment.
For more information, visit our website: https://nhrec.org/gsst.
The Governor’s School for Science and Technology
520 Butler Farm Road, Hampton, VA 23666
Ms. Vikki L. Wismer, Director
(757)-766-1100 x3313
vikki.wismer@nhrec.org
For the complete article and details, click: HRIC Ecosystem GSST 9-11-18