Good morning everyone. Thank you, President (Mark) Becker for that gracious introduction and for hosting us here at Georgia State University. Thank you also to the AIPLA, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, and the Global Innovation Policy Center at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for co-sponsoring today’s event.
It’s great to be in Atlanta, and great to be at Georgia State University, recently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the second most innovative university in the nation. The topic for today’s conference, “Driving American Innovation,” is of critical importance. Increasing American innovation is, in fact, key to securing our country’s continued leadership in the global economy. America’s economic prosperity reflects, and in large part depends on, its global and long-standing leadership in technological innovation.
