Connecting the dots between education, innovation, and society

November 15, 2012Triple Helix Research GroupH-STAR InstituteStanford University

Initiative of the State Secretariat for Education and Research SER Annex of the Consulate General.

Swiss Knowledge Network with outposts in Boston, San Francisco, Shanghai and Singapore

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swissnex: A Worldwide Network of Knowledge Outposts

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Why We’re Here

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Knowledge and education as currency

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Flexible Recycling

Mobile people

Mobile money

Mobiletechnology

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Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

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VentureCapital

SupportInfrastructure

EntrepreneurialSpirit

LeadUsers

TalentPool

SF Bay Area

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