Atlanta Universities Support Tech Cluster Development Sample Clauses

Atlanta Universities Support Tech Cluster Development. Aside from venture capital, one of the most critical components of the Technopolis Wheel and tech cluster development is the education sector, another area in which Atlanta stakeholders have worked to strengthen over many years. Atlanta’s education institutions include Emory University, Georgia Tech, University of Georgia, Georgia State, and the five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Boasting strong national and international reputations, these institutions attract tens of thousands of students to Atlanta each year.171 As observed in both case 169 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, “Join Us in Miami! Love, Masters of the Universe,” The New York Times, January 29, 2021, sec. Technology, xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/2021/01/29/technology/join-us-in-miami-love-masters-of-the-universe.html. 170 Xxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx, “SoftBank Is Just the Latest Validation for Miami’s Booming Startup Scene,” TechCrunch (blog), accessed March 2, 2021, xxxxx://xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx/2021/02/02/softbank-is-just-the-latest-validation-for- miamis-booming-startup-scene/. 171 “Fast Facts About Higher Education in the Atlanta Region,” accessed March 20, 2021, xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/Reports/FastFactsAboutHigherEducation/tabid/732/Default.aspx. studies of Silicon Valley and Austin, the existing university system is critical to the sustained development of a tech cluster. In the case of Georgia Tech, administrators and the Georgia state government worked to develop specific programs and partnerships to further the university’s reach into the community. Beginning in 1979, the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) was established to incubate companies based in the state of Georgia. The organization later joined Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI^2), established in 2005 “to increase the competitiveness of enterprises in Georgia through the application of science, technology, and innovation.”172 While ATDC has remained an important source of growth for Atlanta’s tech cluster, launching over 150 new startups, Georgia Tech continued to pursue a path towards advancing Atlanta to become recognized as a tech cluster.173 Starting with the tenure of President Xxxx Xxxxxxx in 1987, Georgia Tech began restructuring the university, broadening its reach to public policy and establishing a new campus in central Europe. In the same year, Georgia Tech and Emory University launched the joint Biomedical Technology Research Center, supporting research among the universities. This resear...
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