The Bay Area Council Economic Institute and the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium (BASIC) are pleased to invite you to attend a discussion on:

A New Model for Driving 21st Century Economic Development
Challenges and Actions

Event Co-sponsored by the California Space Authority
and Funded through a DOL WIRED Grant

Monday, September 22, 2008
9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
in San Francisco at
Byers Auditorium, Genentech Hall, UCSF Mission Bay
600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158-2517

At this unique symposium, we will be launching the new innovation-driven economic development model and presenting an impressive line-up of speakers with expertise on the competitive challenges to the Bay Area's leadership position. Speakers include:

• Sean Randolph, President & CEO, Bay Area Council Economic Institute, on
  Understanding the Challenges - National, State and Regional - Where We Are - Where We Need to Be
   
• Reg Kelly, Director, QB3 and BASIC Chairman, on
  Challenges to the Region's Science and Technology Global Leadership
   
• Corey Goodman, President, Pfizer Biotherapeutics and Bioinnovation Center, on
  Challenges to the Bio Industry's Global Leadership
   
• Keith Carson, Chairman, East Bay EDA and Supervisor, Alameda County, on
  Challenges to Public Sector Officials and the Economic Development Community
   
• Doug Henton, President, Collaborative Economics, on
  A Roadmap for Change: Presentation of the Innovation-Driven Economic Development Model
   
• Aneta Marcheva Key, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company, on relating the Innovation-Driven Economic Development Model and Comments by Panelists to the 2008 Bay Area Economic Profile:
  Sustaining the Bay Area's Competitiveness in a Globalizing World

Please join us on Monday, September 22, 2008. There is no charge to attend, but pre-registration is required and seating is limited.