October 18, 2024 · Los Angeles, California
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Please join CEOs, CTOs, CSOs, and other leaders from across the creative sector and related industries to explore partnership opportunities with the National Science Foundation to advance key technologies, address societal and economic challenges, and accelerate workforce development.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories, with a FY23 budget of $9.9B, including $1.4B invested in STEM education. NSF’s investments account for about 25% of federal support to America’s colleges and universities for basic research. The summit is supported by the agency’s Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP), which is actively funding 2,700+ awards to over 900 distinct organizations spanning academia, nonprofits, and startups and small businesses across the country.
Following introductory presentations by the Assistant Director of NSF for TIP, Dr. Erwin Gianchandani, and other NSF Directorates, the primary agenda for this working meeting will be to explore technology innovation and workforce development opportunities for the creative sector in partnership with the NSF. It will explore opportunities to:
- Engage earlier with disruptive technologies such as generative artificial intelligence.
- Support talent pipeline needs at the intersections of science and engineering with arts, media, design, and the humanities.
- Translate innovative discoveries by NSF researchers to creative and cultural uses.
- Integrate regional excellence into innovation ecosystems, including independent artists, non-profits, as well as guilds, unions and professional societies.
The summit will involve about seventy leaders responsible for research, external engagement, and “horizon scanning” from Fortune 500 companies to small and medium sized businesses, non-profits, guilds, unions, professional societies. In addition to Dr. Gianchandani, senior members of the TIP Directorate as well as representatives from several other NSF Directorates, e.g. STEM Education, Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, and Computer and Information Sciences will participate in the meeting.
Participants will discuss opportunities for partnerships with NSF, interact with the agency’s leadership and staff, provide input on how NSF could support the creative sector, and gain ˜insight into federal investment in research behind the technologies that are transforming how we create and communicate.
The summit is part of the Innovation, Culture, and Creativity Project organized by UCLA and UC Santa Barbara with support from TIP. The ICC Project is convening seven regional workshops across the country to explore the interplay among innovation, culture, and creativity in communities across the country. Ideas generated from these workshops as well as at the summit will be incorporated into a national convening at UCLA on December 5-6, 2024.
| Date / Time | Friday, October 18, 2024. Approx. 9:30a – 3:00p |
| Venue / Host | Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity510 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90020 |
| RSVP | Request an invitation via this form. Space is limited; please reach out by August 16 if possible. |