Presentation - PNWER Innovation Working Group (January 21, 2020)
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Presentation slides dated January 21, 2020, Olympia, WA, from the PNWER Innovation Working Group on innovation in the Pacific Northwest. One slide states that Washington State ranks #14 in Population & SBIR Obligation but #20 in SBIR funding per capita, and #2 in Corporate Innovation but #10 in Venture Funding. Other slides list opportunities including a Cargo Drone Hub in Anchorage, a Safety Tech Hub in Calgary and a Medical/SportsTech Hub in Portland. One slide proposes to establish a statewide UAS Coordinator position.
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January 21, 2020
Olympia, WA
• Working waterfront, maritime • Trade: US, Canada and Mexico
innovation & interconnected trade relationships: USMCA,
industries, the economic tariffs impacts to the region,
benefit of the waterfront the trade war with China
“Why experts say the Pacific Northwest is a ‘perfect
laboratory’ for autonomous technology” - Geekwire
• www.geekwire.com/2019/experts-say-pacific-northwest-perfect-
laboratory-autonomous-technology/
• PNWER/ACES serves on Exec. Committee for State AV Group (as does
Rep. Hudgins)
• Session at the Seattle PNWER Economic Leadership Forum: Autonomous
Connected Electric Shared (ACES) Mobility and the Power of 5G
• Madrona Venture Group (Seattle)
• Microsoft
• Verizon
• INRIX (Kirkland)
• Urbanova/WSU Spokane
1) Establish a statewide UAS Coordinator position to
help state & local agencies and private sector
stakeholders collaborate on policy and UAS use
Catalyzing the Growth A r e s e a r c h c o l l a b o r a t i o n
of Innovation Clusters b e t w e e n P N W E R , M o o n b e a m ,
a n d t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f
in the Pacific Northwest W a s h i n g t o n ’ s J a c k s o n S c h o o l
January 2020
Seattle is a global innovation leader
But does this translate to growth across the whole state?
Seattle
AI, Immersive, Cloud,
Space Flight, DevTech
London
Berlin
FinTech, Health Tech,
AI, Immersive, Cloud,
Media
Space Flight, CleanTech
Beijing
AI, Immersive, Additive
Boston Manufacturing
Biotech, AI/Robotics,
Additive Manufacturing
San Francisco Bay Area
Social Media, AI, Medical
Austin Tel Aviv
Informatics, Digital/B2C
DevTech, Energy/Clean Video Analytics,
Energy, Artificial Cybersecurity,
Intelligence Immersive, Materials
Singapore
AI, FinTech
Are there key capabilities that can unlock growth
here, across the state, and propel clusters in the
region?
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Artificial Intelligence/Data Science
WA is an extremely
efficient innovation
ecosystem
Immersive Technology
Washington State ranks:
• #14 in Population & SBIR Obligation,
but #20 in SBIR funding per capita
(Census & SBIR.gov)
• #27 in Federal Immersive funding in Moonbeam U.S. Innovation
2018, but home to nearly every Per Capita SBIR Funding 2018 Index Value
1 San Francisco 100.00
$180 2 Seattle 67.35
major player (Ratio Exchange and Moonbeam Exchange Study) $160 3 Austin 64.95
4 Boston 57.87
$140
5 Raleigh 57.84
• #2 in Corporate Innovation, but #10 $120 6 Chicago 54.57
$100 7 Los Angeles 54.07
in Venture Funding (US News 2019 & Moonbeam Exchange $80 8 Salt Lake City
9 Houston
48.92
46.20
study 2019) $60 10 Denver 45.25
$40 11 Pittsburgh 45.18
$20 12 Washington, DC 42.38
13 Minneapolis 41.35
$- MA
NH
MD
CO
DE
VA
NM
CA 14 Phoenix 37.31
VT
HI
15 Dallas 36.64
MT
AL
DC
UT
CT
ORRI
PA
OH
WA
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Our research
identified the
following Cargo Drone Hub – Anchorage
opportunities and other parts of Alaska
Opportunity: Leverage local
hardware startups with Seattle
software to establish a Cargo
• Establish connections with rural innovators Drone Innovation Cluster
in Tri-Cities, Spokane, and Coastal WA with
emerging regional clusters
Safety Tech Hub – Calgary
• Embrace the Cascadia Innovation Corridor Opportunity: Attract other sectors
with a public safety component
The PNW AI & XR Hub
(manufacturing, agriculture,
to grow adjacent population centers Seattle – HQ for enterprise
construction, emergency, etc.) to
apply UAS, AI, and XR technology
leaders in cloud (MS & Amazon),
AI (MS, Amazon, Google) , and
• Leverage AI, Cloud, and XR expertise in Immersive Technology (MS, HTC,
Oculus)
Seattle to support emerging tech sectors in
Alaska, Portland, and Calgary
Medical /SportsTech Hub – Portland
Opportunity: Pivot efforts on drug
development towards devices and
wearables
Report Authors: Damian Allen, Nina Gerber, Arafat Sabawan, Jose Gomez, PNWER Innovation Working Group
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Questions: Brandon Hardenbrook, PNWER COO
brandon@pnwer.org
206-443-7723
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