1. Is There An Innovation Crisis in America?

2. YES, Now Let’s Discuss What We Are Going To Do About It…

3. IT Security Entrepreneurs’ Forum Panelists  Dr. Curtis Carlson, President & CEO, SRI International, Inc.  Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande, Chairman, Sparta Group LLC  Lesa Mitchell, Vice President, Advancing Innovation, Kauffman Foundation Moderator  Pascal N. Levensohn, Founder and Managing Partner, Levensohn Venture Partners, Honorary Forum Chairman

4. Source: Closing The Innovation Gap, Judy Estrin The Innovation Ecosystem Copyright © Judy Estrin 2008

5. BASIC USE-INSPIRED APPLIED ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT CONCEPT/DEFINITION IMPREMENTATION CUSTOMER FACING INTERNAL PROCESSES NEW APPLICATIONS BUSINESSES, NON-PROFIT INDIVIDUALS Innovation Communities in Equilibrium Source: Closing The Innovation Gap, Judy Estrin Copyright © Judy Estrin 2008 UNDERSTANDING DISCOVERIES PEOPLE NEEDS AND QUESTIONS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES NEEDS AND QUESTIONS

6. Corporate Investment in R&D Investments in R&D by business as a share of 2006 GDP Source: UNESCO, Institute of Statistics, 1999-2006 data The Atlantic Century, European-American Business Council, ITIF, February 2009 #5 Average percentage for 22 ranked countries: 1.4% of GDP

7. Corporate Investment in R&D Percentage Change in Corporate R&D Investment (as % of GDP) 1999-2006 #17 Average percent change for 22 ranked countries: 32% Source: UNESCO, Institute of Statistics, 1999-2006 data The Atlantic Century, European-American Business Council, ITIF, February 2009

8. Government Investment in R&D Investments in R&D by government as a share of GDP in 2006 #4 Average percentage for 22 ranked countries: 0.70% of GDP Source: UNESCO, Institute of Statistics, 1999-2006 data The Atlantic Century, European-American Business Council, ITIF, February 2009

9. Government Investment in R&D Percentage Change in Government R&D Investment (as % of GDP) 1999-2006 #15 Average percent change for 22 ranked countries: 7% Source: UNESCO, Institute of Statistics, 1999-2006 data The Atlantic Century, European-American Business Council, ITIF, February 2009

10. Share and Quality of World’s Scientific and Technical Publications Scientific and technical publications per million people and the relative prominence of those publications #2 Average Combined Score (2003) of 22 ranked countries: 0.0 Source: UNESCO, Institute of Statistics, 1999-2006 data The Atlantic Century, European-American Business Council, ITIF, February 2009

11. Percentage Change in Number of Scientific and Technical Publications Scientific and technical publications per million people and the relative prominence of those publications 1993-2003 #17 Average percentage change of 22 ranked countries: 67.0% Source: UNESCO, Institute of Statistics, 1999-2006 data The Atlantic Century, European-American Business Council, ITIF, February 2009