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Mapping a nation of regional clusters
The U.S. Cluster Mapping Portal (ClusterMapping.us) provides over 50 million open data records on industry clusters and regional business environments to promote economic growth and U.S. competitiveness. The project is led by Professor Michael Porter through Harvard Business School's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Economic Development Administration. |
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Lee Munnich Honored at the Microeconomics of Competitiveness Faculty Workshop
 Last week, more than 150 faculty from around the world gathered on the HBS campus for the annual Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) Faculty Workshop. The participants engaged with a wide range of topics, including clusters within the United States and beyond. Lee Munnich, Senior Fellow and Director of the State and Local Policy Program at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, received the 2014 MOC Hall of Fame award to acknowledge his outstanding contributions to the MOC Affiliate Network since 2006. Munnich was instrumental in organizing the launch event for the U.S. Cluster Mapping Portal earlier this year in Minneapolis. Learn more
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Nominate Your Program, Client or Graduate for an NBIA Incubation Award
 Nominations for the 2015 NBIA Incubation Awards are now live! Winners will be announced during NBIA's 29th International Conference on Business Incubation in Denver, CO, April 26-29. The NBIA awards program celebrates all that is possible through business incubation by highlighting outstanding incubators, networks, clients and graduates. Learn more
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Regional Report: Advanced Industry Clusters Fueling Growth in the Midwest States
 Mark Crawford, Area Development -- Economic growth in the Midwest was steady in 2014, thanks to solid performances by the agriculture and manufacturing sectors, especially transportation equipment. The economy also got a boost from the surging energy sector, led by oil-shale production in Ohio, which improved sales for supporting industries like sand, chemicals, and steel drill pipe made in Midwestern steel plants. Learn more
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View our events list online. Interested in attending an event, or wish to recommend one? Contact us!
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Northeast
January 20-22, Albany, NY: NYSEDC 2015 Economic Development Conference (New York State Economic Development Council) Register
February 6, Cambridge, MA: MIT SWIM Conference - Breaking the Mold (MIT Sloan Women in Management) Register
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Mid-Atlantic
February 8-10, Washington, DC: NARC's 2015 National Conference of Regions (National Association of Regional Councils) Register
February 21-23, Washington, DC: National Governors Association Winter Meeting Learn more
February 21-25, Washington, DC: NACo Legislative Forum (National Association of Counties) Learn more
March 23-24, Washington, DC: SelectUSA Investment Summit Learn more
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January 25-27, 2015, Palm Beach County, FL: IEDC Leadership Summit: Gateways to Economic Competitiveness Learn more
January 25-27, 2015, Fort Myers, FL: NBIA's Ninth Summit for Advanced Incubation Professionals (National Business Incubation Association) Register
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Midwest
January 22, Cleveland, OH: TechPint Winter Jam Learn more
January 22-23, Brooklyn Park, MN: 2015 EDAM Winter Conference (Economic Development Association of Minnesota) Register
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West
January 28-29, Juneau, AK: JEDC Innovation Summit (Juneau Economic Development Council) Register
April 26-29, Denver, CO: NBIA 29th International Conference on Business Incubation (National Business Incubation Association) Learn more
April 28-30, Denver, CO: FLC National Meeting (Federal Labroatory Consortium) Learn more
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International
January 14, Brussels, Belgium: Towards enhanced EU-US innovation collaboration through policy measures - Pre-conference policy workshop (BILAT USA 2.0) Register
January 14-15, Brussels, Belgium: EU-U.S. Innovation Conference (BILAT USA 2.0) Register
March 25-26, Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland: Cluster World Congress Register
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Webinars
January 13, 2:00-3:00PM, EST: National Association of Counties 2014 County Economic Tracker (C2ER) Register
January (date TBD): The US Cluster Mapping Project: A New Tool for Regional Economic Development (IEDC) Learn more
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DOC Seeks National Partner to Help Lead New Program to Boost Job Talent Development Across America. Deadline: Jan 9
 On Monday, November 17, 2014, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced that the U.S. Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is accepting proposals for a national partner to help coordinate the Accelerating Industry-led Regional Partnerships for Talent Development Program, a new learning exchange that will focus on building critical regional partnerships to accelerate job skills development across America. Under the newly published Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO), EDA seeks a national partner that will work with the Department of Commerce to launch a regional learning exchange that will identify, promote, and expand on successful best practices for industry-driven regional partnerships for talent development. The deadline for proposals is January 9, 2015. Learn more
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NSF Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity. Deadline: Jan 28
 Full Proposal Submission January 28, 2015, due 5:00 pm local time. The NSF Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI:BIC) program supports academia-industry partnerships to focus on post-discovery, academic-led research that advances, adapts and integrates technology into a human-centered smart service system and builds innovation capacity:
- Technological innovation capacity
- Human innovation capacity
- Service system innovation capacity
Grants are for up to $1,000,000 for 3 years. There is a single funding competition each fiscal year. Learn more
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EDA's Planning and Local Technical Assistance Programs
 Under the Planning program EDA assists eligible recipients in creating regional economic development plans designed to stimulate and guide the economic development efforts of a community or region. Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more
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BusinessUSA's Access Financing Wizard
 To help you identify what government financing programs may be available to help you start or expand your business, check out the "Access Financing" Wizard from BusinessUSA. In a few quick steps, this wizard will guide you to government resources to access financing for your business! Learn more
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Materials from TCI 2014 Global Conference Online Now
MONTERREY, N.L., MEXICO -- TCI's annual conference took place in Monterrey, Mexico, N.L., from November 10-13, 2014. Highlights of the global conference program included four immersive cluster labs, twelve plenary sessions, twelve parallel sessions, cluster-to-cluster meetings, and networking events. The U.S. Cluster Mapping Project presented at the conference. Mexican Undersecretary of Industry and Commerce Rogelio Garza and MIT Sloan Professor Scott Stern were featured speakers, along with the U.S. Small Business Administration's John Spears and many others. Conference presentations, photos, and relevant tweets are available on TCI's Slideshare, Flickr, and Tagboard. Learn more
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Partners: MIT Sloan School of Management - Temple University, Fox School of Business - Phase2 Technology
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative - University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Oregon Business Council - New Carolina - STATS America - Regional Innovation Acceleration Network
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