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