Oak Ridge National Laboratory: “The Lab of the South” Building a Regional Virtual Laboratory ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory:“The Lab of the South”

Building a Regional Virtual LaboratoryGeographic Focus

Operating Philosophy

Initial Projects

Example: Southern Nano Initiative

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

PacificNorthwest

LawrenceBerkeley

LawrenceLivermore

Sandia

Los Alamos

Argonne

Oak Ridge

National Renewable Energy Lab

Brookhaven

ORNL is DOE’s “Lab of the South”

Jefferson Lab

Idaho

National Energy Technology Lab

Battelle partner laboratories

SavannahRiver

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PacificNorthwest

LawrenceBerkeley

LawrenceLivermore

Sandia

Los Alamos

Argonne

Oak Ridge

National Renewable Energy Lab

Brookhaven

ORNL is DOE’s “Lab of the South”

Idaho

National Energy Technology Lab

Battelle partner laboratories

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ORNL has embraced the footprint of the Southern Growth Policies Board

SGPB States

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We are pursuing the vision through strategic partnerships with the key local economic development groups

Organizations in the Oak Ridge/Knoxville area – The “Little R”

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We have similar strategic partners around Tennessee and the TVC

Organizations around the state and the Tennessee Valley Corridor – The “Regular R”

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We’re cultivating strategic partners throughout the South

Organizations around the South – The “Big R"

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The “Lab of the South” - The concept connects ORNL to the economic development priorities of SGPB states Starts with fully understanding technology-based

economic development priorities, programs and strategies of each state.

Identifies ways that ORNL’s world leadership capabilities can support these individual state priorities.

Finds ways to link state technology resources to ORNL expertise.

Seeks opportunities to leverage individual state capabilities into regional alliances involving several states.

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The “Lab of the South” early initiatives

Southern Homeland Security Initiative (using the South as a test bed for new homeland security technologies and a region where cutting edge technologies are commercialized.)

Southern Automotive R&D Initiative (leveraging two decades of automotive manufacturing growth and the university-based R&D centers that have emerged near these OEMs into a regional consortium to compete with Michigan.)

Southern Information Technology Initiative (linking universities in the region to ORNL’s National Leadership Computing Facility.)

Southern Nanotechnology Initiative (building a Southern “nanotechnology hot spot” by leveraging the world’s greatest capabilities in neutron scattering and nano science at ORNL with the unique capabilities that exist at research institutions throughout the region.)

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The “Lab of the South” concept applied to the fledgling Southern Nano Initiative Funding SGPB to conduct a knowledge mapping and benchmarking

study.

Understanding state specific initiatives (i.e., attending the recent Oklahoma Nanotechnology Conference).

Identifying key players and potential partners for the future, taking a long-term view.

Working on your agenda, hopefully finding ways over time to link our capabilities to your priorities.

Promoting proposals to use the CNMS.

Exploring the possibility of two multi-state regional conferences: One focused on availability of capital for nano start-up companies Another focused on nanotechnology researchers

Refining a “hub and spoke” concept first advanced at the Southern Technology Council meeting in Oak Ridge in April that leverages the region’s assets.

Doing everything possible to ensure that the “nano” revolution does no bypass the South as much as the “info” and “bio” did.

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