Doing-The-Hand Jive: ASU's Chief Research & Information Officer "Innovating The Future"

09 June 2019

Doing-The-Hand Jive: ASU's Chief Research & Information Officer "Innovating The Future"

Ever notice how almost every "talking-head" in front of a camera has now mastered gesticulating madly with both hands when they appear on screens?
Indian-American Researcher Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan leads the Knowledge Enterprise at Arizona State University, which advances research, innovation, strategic partnerships, entrepreneurship and international development at ASU... Now Knowledge is A Business

"Innovating the Future" is an interview from Friday on ASU's PBS Channel, part of their New America Series. The host for this program is Anne Marie Slaughter. Panch's focus uses his hands to make some points about Artificial Intelligence and what he calls situational awareness. These include what he calls "vibro-tactile motors" to alert soldiers or those with disabilities in stories that he tells during the episode.
Innovating The Future took on an economic aspect years ago in a geographic-area focus that defined parts of cities as INNOVATION DISTRICTS, some more successful than others. That became part of "the sales pitch" that could transform Downtown Mesa, adding to the not too successful branding campaign to make downtown an Arts-and-Culture District.
That hasn't happened in more than 15 years. . .

Innovation became a buzzword for city officials here in Mesa back in January 2018. It did, however, attract a lot of interest when most of the seats got filled in one theater space at the Mesa Arts Center for a show put on by the Brookings Institution. [scroll down to watch the streaming video]
An Innovation District - according to Bruce Katz is a self-defined concept.
Like this one that arrived for public consumption after four years of studying and $40,000 for that study.
What have we seen "rising" here in Mesa?
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What is an Innovation District Anyway???

"a collaboration by a city-college-corporation that creates a connective corridor designed specifically to foster a community network that supports innovation between a campus and collaborators."
Downtown would become be "the campus" and the corporation would be what?

The City of Mesa a city-college corporation. . . Is that how it might work ?????

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BLOGGER NOTES:

Bruce Katz of The Brookings Institute brought order to the "Wild West of Innovation District Development" by defining them by three typologies in his book "The Rise of Innovation Districts":

The “anchor plus” model,
The “re-imagined urban areas” model
The "urbanized science park" model

[QUESTION: Where does DT Mesa fit in?]

> Anchor Plus examples:

Cortex St. Louis

Kendall Square in Cambridge with a start-up incubator

University City in Philadelphia

> Re-imagined Urban Areas

South Lake Union in Seattle

Boston Seaport

Brooklyn Navy Yard.

> Urbanized Science Parks:

Research Park Triangle in Raleigh-Durham

University of Arizona Tech Park

University of Virginia.

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MAY 1, 2019 Entry: Jane Talkington, PhD innovation and sustainability scholar, strives to maintain a list of self-defined "innovation districts" in the U.S.

There are now over 90 examples of communities pursuing an innovation-driven economy through the establishment of an innovation district (terminology varies among these developments).

Innovation Districts: University Examples

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

ARIZONA, Mesa

October 2018 Update. Light Rail is ready.
https://thearizona100.com/mesa-innovation-district/

> Four years of discussions led up to a public meeting January 18, 2018.
http://www.mesachamber.org/events/details/the-rise-of-mesa-s-innovation-district-11607

RELATED CONTENT:The Rise of Mesa's Innovation District - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S5zbgVq_00

Video for the rise of Mesa's Innovation District

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Jan 19, 2018 - Uploaded by City of Mesa

The Rise of Mesa's Innovation District. City of Mesa

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The Rise of Mesa's Innovation District with the ... - City of Mesa

https://www.mesaaz.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/4590/1344

The Quick Jab | City of Mesa

https://www.selectmesa.com/about/news-room/economic-reporter.../quick-jab-q4

Economic Reporter Newsletter | City of Mesa

https://www.selectmesa.com/about/news-room/economic-reporter-newsletter

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Sethuraman Panchanathan talks about AI and other technological innovations

Friday, June 7, 2019

Innovating the Future host and New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter talks to Sethuraman Panchanathan, ASU’s chief research and innovation officer. The conversation offers a fascinating window into the future by focusing on how his research seeks to bring AI and technological innovation to people with physical disabilities.
LINK > https://azpbs.org

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Dr. Sethuraman (Panch) Panchanathan on Twitter: "What does it mean ...

https://twitter.com/drpanch/status/1060996172834254849?lang=en