Transcript Document

The Research Triangle Region:
Transformation through Collaboration
Lee Anne Nance
Managing Director, Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster
Executive Vice President, Research Triangle Regional Partnership
Slide 1 |
P r e s e nt a t i o n T i t l e
www.researchtrianglecleantech.org |
@TriCleanTech
Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster (RTCC)
2009
» RTRP identifies cleantech as
emerging sector
2011
» Duke University study identifies
cluster assets
»
International Cleantech Network
(ICN) invites RTCC to join
»
RTCC forms
2012
» Founding RTCC board members
recruited (13 at $25,000 per
year)
2013
» RTCC members companies
recruited (tiered structure $500,
$5000 and $15,000)
Slide 2 |
P r e s e nt a t i o n T i t l e
www.researchtrianglecleantech.org |
@TriCleanTech
RTCC member companies
Slide 3 |
P r e s e nt a t i o n T i t l e
www.researchtrianglecleantech.org |
@TriCleanTech
Cleantech in the Research Triangle Region
Smart Grid
Smart Mobility
Smart Water
Download “Characterizing Smart Water, Smart
Transportation and Smart Grid in the Research Triangle
Region at www.researchtrianglecleantech.org/get-info
Slide 4 |
P r e s e nt a t i o n T i t l e
www.researchtrianglecleantech.org |
@TriCleanTech
Big Data and Analytics
» Hardware, software, and
analytics are converging
in the Research Triangle
Region
» Innovations developed in
our region will extend
infrastructure lifespans
and allow infrastructure
to be used in new and
more efficient ways
Slide 5 |
P r e s e nt a t i o n T i t l e
www.researchtrianglecleantech.org |
@TriCleanTech
Cleantech Statistics
» NC saw $2.6 billion in private investment in clean
energy during the past 5 years
» NC ranks 8th in US energy-and environment-related
jobs (83,017)
» NC will generate an additional $8.1 billion in clean
energy private investment over the next 10 years
» Research Triangle Region is home to more than 6,400
EE, IE, and ME graduates from North Carolina State
University
» 2,900+ new cleantech jobs in Research Triangle
S l i d e 6 | over
P r e s e nt a t i5
o n Tyears
itle
Region
www.researchtrianglecleantech.org |
@TriCleanTech
RTCC Program of Work
Strategy 1: Lead a global marketing
program that provides key business
intelligence and builds the region’s brand
as global cleantech destination
Strategy 2: Promote cleantech business
growth and enhance the region’s
cleantech ecosystem that attracts talent
and grants and generate economic
development projects
Strategy 3: Engage and convene
cluster companies and partners in ways
that promote innovation, support business
development and demonstrate world
leading innovations
Slide 7 |
P r e s e nt a t i o n T i t l e
www.researchtrianglecleantech.org |
@TriCleanTech
ETS@ResearchTriangle
» RTCC hosted the Energy Thought Summit (ETS), which
featured regional and national smart energy experts
focusing on issues related to the United State’s energy
future
» Topics included the grid of the future, consumer
engagement, education and energy, big data and analytics,
new energy ventures, and the energy ecosystem
Slide 8 |
P r e s e nt a t i o n T i t l e
www.researchtrianglecleantech.org |
@TriCleanTech
RTCC Talent Initiative
» RTCC is conducting a survey of the region’s cleantech
workforce to better understand how companies are
recruiting, retaining and developing cleantech talent
» More than 32,000 students graduate each year from our
region’s universities and community colleges
Slide 9 |
P r e s e nt a t i o n T i t l e
www.researchtrianglecleantech.org |
@TriCleanTech
Chatham Park Project
» RTCC is partnering with Chatham Park, a 7,000+
acre planned live-work-play community, to assist
with creating the “community of the future”
S l i d e 10 |
P r e s e nt a t i o n T i t l e
www.researchtrianglecleantech.org |
@TriCleanTech
Thank You!
Lee Anne Nance
Managing Director, Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster
Executive Vice President, Research Triangle Regional Partnership
[email protected]
S l i d e 11 |
P r e s e nt a t i o n T i t l e
www.researchtrianglecleantech.org |
@TriCleanTech