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UPEI’s inaugural Fulbright Visiting Chair in Biomedical Sciences participates in public panel on September 30
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The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) and the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America (The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program) will introduce the university’s inaugural Fulbright Chair during a public panel in the Don and Marion McDougall Hall on Tuesday, September 30, from 3 to 6 p.m.
Starting in April 2009, Dr. Steven Casper, director of the Master of Bioscience program at the Keck Graduate Institute in Claremont, California, will be the inaugural Fulbright Visiting Chair in Biomedical Sciences at UPEI. During his stay at UPEI, he will investigate whether public policy can successfully create biotechnology clusters in Prince Edward Island.
During the panel on September 30, Casper will give a talk called “Creating Successful Biotechnology Clusters: An International Perspective.” In addition, Dr. Harold Bathelt, Canada Research Chair in Innovation and Governance at the University of Toronto, will give a presentation called “Local, global and virtual buzz: The importance of face-to-face contact and possibilities to go beyond.”
Discussants will be Dr. Michael Mayne, deputy minister of Innovation and Advanced Learning and Elizabeth Beale, president and CEO of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council.
Casper is an associate professor and the director of the Master of Bioscience Program at the Keck Graduate Institute in Claremont, California. Casper’s research interests include comparative studies of the development of new technology industries, with a special interest in processes by which biomedical science has been commercialized across European countries. He is also interested in using computational social science methods to examine the emergence of social networks within biotechnology clusters.
Bathelt is a professor in the Department of Political Science and the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Innovation and Governance. He is also research associate of the Viessmann Research Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. Bathelt has published extensively on topics, such as relational economic geography, knowledge-based conceptions of clusters, local buzz and global pipelines, temporary clusters, innovation systems and socio-economic impacts of regional and industrial change.
The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program is supported by the Government of Canada, through the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the Government of the United States, through the Department of State, and public and private sector partners. Its mandate is to enhance mutual understanding between the people of Canada and the people of the United States by providing support to outstanding graduate students, faculty, professionals and independent researchers.
Starting in April 2009, Dr. Steven Casper, director of the Master of Bioscience program at the Keck Graduate Institute in Claremont, California, will be the inaugural Fulbright Visiting Chair in Biomedical Sciences at UPEI. During his stay at UPEI, he will investigate whether public policy can successfully create biotechnology clusters in Prince Edward Island.
During the panel on September 30, Casper will give a talk called “Creating Successful Biotechnology Clusters: An International Perspective.” In addition, Dr. Harold Bathelt, Canada Research Chair in Innovation and Governance at the University of Toronto, will give a presentation called “Local, global and virtual buzz: The importance of face-to-face contact and possibilities to go beyond.”
Discussants will be Dr. Michael Mayne, deputy minister of Innovation and Advanced Learning and Elizabeth Beale, president and CEO of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council.
Casper is an associate professor and the director of the Master of Bioscience Program at the Keck Graduate Institute in Claremont, California. Casper’s research interests include comparative studies of the development of new technology industries, with a special interest in processes by which biomedical science has been commercialized across European countries. He is also interested in using computational social science methods to examine the emergence of social networks within biotechnology clusters.
Bathelt is a professor in the Department of Political Science and the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Innovation and Governance. He is also research associate of the Viessmann Research Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. Bathelt has published extensively on topics, such as relational economic geography, knowledge-based conceptions of clusters, local buzz and global pipelines, temporary clusters, innovation systems and socio-economic impacts of regional and industrial change.
The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program is supported by the Government of Canada, through the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the Government of the United States, through the Department of State, and public and private sector partners. Its mandate is to enhance mutual understanding between the people of Canada and the people of the United States by providing support to outstanding graduate students, faculty, professionals and independent researchers.
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