Innovation for America Aneesh Chopra U.S. Chief Technology Officer & Associate Director for Technology White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Restoring Growth, Reforming Government, Fixing Health Care, Expanding Opportunity
Oct 31, 2014
Innovation for America
Aneesh ChopraU.S. Chief Technology Officer & Associate Director for Technology
White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
Restoring Growth, Reforming Government,Fixing Health Care, Expanding Opportunity
Still in the Infancy of a Digital EraiPhone Data Traffic Grows 5,000% Across Three Years
Source: AT&T; Cisco Visual Networking Index: Approaching the ZettaByte Era, Arielle Sumits
Bandwidth Consumption• Global per-capita consumer
bandwidth consumption:
-2008: 0.9 GB/month
-2013: 4.7 GB/month
5x Increase in Projected Bandwidth Consumption
• New usage largely driven by Internet video, P2P applications
Global Consumer Internet Traffic Forecast
“Game-Changing” Innovation in Private Sector
GE’s “Reverse Innovation” Model Ushers in New Growth Opportunity
Source: GE, “How GE is Disrupting Itself”, Harvard Business Review, October 2009
GE software-enabled portable ultrasound developed for price-sensitive rural Chinese market
2
1
85% price performance improvement expands American market size,
“democratizes” access to quality healthcare
Need to Improve Progress on Key Indicators of Global Competitiveness
Source: ITIF Report “The Atlantic Century”, February, 2009
Change Score(1999–2009)
CountryRank
Innovation Trend
16.7
16.9
17.4
18.1
14.8
19.0
19.5
Slovenia
Luxembourg
Denmark
Estonia
Lithuania
Singapore
China
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
2.7U.S.40
Percent Change(2005–2008)
CountryRank
E-Government
11%
12%
12%
16%
16%
20%
21%
Japan
S. Korea
EU-10
Russia
France
Spain
China
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
-7%U.S.22
Percent Change(1999–2005)
CountryRank
Higher Education
26%
27%
30%
31%
41%
46%
117%
France
EU-25
UK
Australia
Ireland
S. Korea
Poland
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
3%U.S.15
President Obama’s Innovation StrategyInnovation for Sustainable Growth and Quality Jobs
Invest in the Building Blocks of American Innovation
• Restore American leadership in fundamental research• Educate the next generation with 21st century knowledge and skills while creating a
world-class workforce• Build a leading physical infrastructure• Develop an advanced information technology ecosystem
Catalyze Breakthroughs
for National Priorities
• Unleash a clean energy revolution• Support advanced vehicle technology• Drive breakthroughs in health IT• Address the “grand challenges” of
the 21st centuryPromote Competitive Markets that Spur Productive Entrepreneurship
• Promote American exports• Support open capital markets
that allocate resources to the most promising ideas
• Encourage high-growth and innovation-based entrepreneurship
• Improve public sector innovation and support community innovation
Source: www.whitehouse.gov
National Science & Tech Council – CoT Priorities
TechnologyInfrastructure
Harnessing Technology and Innovation to Transform the Economy
Invest in the Building Blocks of American Innovation
Technology R&D
Security & Privacy
Oversee the implementation of the national broadband plan
Develop R&D investment dashboard; oversee NITRD with emphasis on cybersecurity, health IT; develop innovation-based manufacturing planSecure government systems; collaborate with private sector with emphasis on emerging technologies, digital identity; protect privacy rights
Promote Competitive Markets that Spur Productive Entrepreneurship
Catalyze Breakthroughs for National Priorities
Oversee the federal IT investment portfolio; adopt cloud computing model; demonstrate “Model Agencies” through performance teamsImplement open government directive; increase civic engagement; develop platforms through Center for IT Leadership
Government Efficiency
Open Government
Invest in the Building Blocks of American Innovation
Promote Competitive Markets that Spur Productive Entrepreneurship
Catalyze Breakthroughs for National Priorities
Harnessing Technology and Innovation to Transform the Economy
R&D Commercial-ization
Promote high growth entrepreneurship; increase university and federal lab commercialization
National Science & Tech Council – CoT Priorities
Catalyze innovation through open data standards with emphasis on health IT, energy grid, education; instill enterprise architecture in federal IT designCatalyze public, private and academic leadership to address “Grand Challenges” with emphasis on learning systems, “exascale” computing, real-time language translation
Standards & Architecture
Grand Challenges
Invest in the Building Blocks of American Innovation
Promote Competitive Markets that Spur Productive Entrepreneurship
Catalyze Breakthroughs for National Priorities
Harnessing Technology and Innovation to Transform the Economy
National Science & Tech Council – CoT Priorities
Toward a New Performance CompactA Government that Works
Open GovernmentFederal, State and Local Platforms to Unlock the Value of Data
Delivering on the Promise
“In the next 90 days, USCIS will launch a vastly
improved Web site that will, for the first time ever,
allow applicants to get updates on their status of
their applications via e-mail and text
message and online.”
“In the next 90 days, USCIS will launch a vastly
improved Web site that will, for the first time ever,
allow applicants to get updates on their status of
their applications via e-mail and text
message and online.”–President Barack
Obama, June 25, 2009
Educate to Innovate$260M+ Public-Private Campaign to Spur STEM Education• National Lab Day• STEM Game Design
Competition• After School Activities• PSA Campaign• Early STEM Literacy• Private Sector Leaders • Annual White House Science
Fair“Through these efforts, we're going to expand the scope
and scale of science and math education all across
America.”
“Through these efforts, we're going to expand the scope
and scale of science and math education all across
America.”–President Barack Obama, November 23rd, 2009
Uncovering Hidden TalentEmbodying the Spirit of Commonwealth to Achieve Excellence