CSO Summit 2.0: Community Colleges as Drivers for Regional Economic Development

In 2012, Bio-Link organized a summit in St. Louis, MO, to discuss the role of community colleges in stimulating economic development and providing students with workforce experience.  Representatives from several Bio-Link programs; InnovaBIO (Salt Lake Community College), St. Louis Community College Florrissant Valley, Pasadena City College, and the Florida State College at Jacksonville; discussed their models for providing student work experiences and their methods for supporting local industry.

In spring, we will revisit those findings and learn more about creative approaches for providing student work experiences and about new efforts by community colleges to establish college-led incubators.  

You are invited to join this discussion and participate in the CSO Summit 2.0 in Austin, TX.

Discussion topics will include:

• Balancing industry requirements with educational needs
• Intellectual property
• Avoiding competition
• QA/QC
• Legal contractual agreements
• Measuring impact
• Sustainability

Scan presentations from the Bio-Link 2012 CXO summit and download the publication.

A limited number of scholarships are available.  Contact Deborah Davis, Deborah.Davis@kctcs.edu with "CSO Scholarship" in the subject line.  Briefly describe the reason you are requesting travel assistance.

This CSO Summit 2.0 is made possible by the  National Science Foundation through:

     Bio-Link National Center (DUE 1400721) 

     AC2 Bio-Link Regional Center (DUE 1507521)