Matt Watson, Senior Vice President, Empire State Development

Executive Director, Division of Science, Technology & Innovation (NYSTAR)

September 29-30, 2020 • Virtual Event

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Agenda Overview: Day 1

▪ Advanced Materials & Supply Chain Innovation

▪ Cleantech, Energy, and Environmental Innovations

▪ Digital Game Development

▪ Industry 4.0: Modernizing Manufacturing

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Agenda Overview: Day 2

▪ Virtual Networking Breakfast

▪ Data and Information Technologies

▪ Advanced Electronics

▪ Biotechnology, Medical Technology, & Life Sciences

▪ Food, Agricultural, & Water Innovation

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ESD OverviewPromoting a growing and vigorous state economy

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NYS is an Innovation Powerhouse

▪ 2nd for higher education R&D in science and engineering fields.

▪ 2nd for state government R&D expenditures.

▪ 6th for federal R&D obligations.

▪ 3rd for the number of utility patents issued to state residents.

▪ Annual state R&D investments of $450 million are complemented by nearly $16 billion in annual business R&D.

Nationwide, New York State ranks:

According to NSF’s Science and Engineering State Profiles

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ESD’s Division of Science,

Technology & Innovation (NYSTAR)

Advancing Technology Innovation and Commercialization across New York State

• Administering programs• Encouraging collaboration• Creating new initiatives to fill gaps• Attracting funding into New York State

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NYSTAR Programs• Centers for Advanced Technology (15)

• Centers of Excellence (14)

• Manufacturing Extension Partnership (11)

• Innovation Hot Spots & Incubators (30+)

• Science + Tech Law Center

• Matching Grants (for large federal awards)

• Faculty Development

• Technology Transfer Incentives

• SBIR Assistance

• Cybersecurity Assistance

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COEs and CATsGovernment-Academia-Industry

Partnerships

• Applied research

• Provide tailored solutions for industry needs

• Success measured by tracking economic impact: job and revenue growth, outside investment

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• Big Data & Health Sciences (University at Buffalo)

• Advanced Ceramic Technology (Alfred University)

• Advanced Materials Processing (Clarkson University)

• Life Science Enterprise (Cornell University)

• Future Energy Systems (RPI)

• Telecommunications & Distributed Info Systems (NYU)

• Flexible Hybrid Medical Devices (Binghamton U)

• Integrated Electric Energy Systems (Stony Brook U)

• Integrated Electronics Engineering (Binghamton U)

• Advanced Systems & Engineering (Syracuse U)

• Nanomaterials and Nanoelectronics (SUNY Poly)

• Emerging and Innovative Sciences (U of Rochester)

• Additive Manufacturing & Multifunctional Printing (RIT)

• Sensors for Environments (CUNY)

• Biotechnology (SBU)

15NYSTAR Funded

Centers

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14NYSTAR Funded

Centers

• Bioinformatics/Life Sciences (University at Buffalo)

• Material Informatics (University at Buffalo)

• Advanced / Sustainable Manufacturing (RIT)

• Data Science (University of Rochester)

• Environment & Energy Systems (Syracuse U)

• Healthy Water (Clarkson & SUNY ESF)

• Food and Agriculture (Cornell)

• Precision Medicine & Responses to Bioterrorism (NY Medical College)

• Digital Game Development (NYU, RPI & RIT)

• Atmospheric Environmental Prediction and Innovation (University at Albany)

• Small Scale Systems Integration & Packaging (Binghamton University)

• Advanced Energy Research and Technology (Stony Brook University)

• Wireless Information Technology (Stony Brook University)

• Nanoelectronics/ Nanotechnology (SUNY Poly)

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NY Manufacturing Extension Partnership

• Process improvement

• Scale up

• Quality control

• Workforce development

• Product validation

• New markets

• Sustainable manufacturing

• Supply chain

• Cybersecurity

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Incubators and Hot Spots

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Recent NYSTAR DevelopmentsCybersecurity Assistance: NY MEP centers help manufacturers with cybersecurity assessments and remediation to protect data assets and meet customers’ security requirements. Portions of this initiative were made possible by a Department of Defense grant secured by NYSTAR.

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Recent NYSTAR DevelopmentsINVEST NY Series: Connecting Investors and Entrepreneurs:Virtual pitches connecting start-ups and investors & Highlighting NYS Innovation

• October 22nd Energy, Transportation & Impact

• January 2021 Health & Well-Being

• March 2021 Industry 4.0

• June 2021 Future of Food

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Recent NYSTAR DevelopmentsCARES Funding:NIST MEP Awarded $2.6m to NY MEP

• Re-shoring & Rebuilding Supply Chains

• Personal Protection Equipment Assistance

• Virtual Assessment & Assistance

• Webinars & Online Workshops

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Innovation in the PandemicPrioritizing innovation today is the key to

unlocking post-crisis growth.

• 90%+ of executives said COVID-19 will to fundamentally change the way they do business over the next five years, asserting that the crisis will have a lasting impact on their customers’ needs.

• 3/4 also agreed that the crisis will create significant new opportunities for growth.

• Changed markets, shifts in competitive advantages, and the imperative of supply chain resilience.

• Funding for tech start-ups has not collapsed as feared.

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Innovation in the Pandemic

• NYSTAR centers are performing critical work during COVID-19.

• NYSTAR has built a consortium that seeks to promote long-term supply chain resilience through advanced materials solutions; pursuing federal funds.

• Long-term NYSTAR focus on strengthening partnerships with federal agencies, including U.S. Department of Defense agencies and the Economic Development Administration.

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Innovation in the Pandemic

• UB's COE in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences has a high-tech instrument that enabled Zeptometrix to develop new quality control products for COVID-19 testing.

• UAlbany COE for Excellence in Atmospheric and Environmental Predication and Innovation has researched climactic and meterological factors that impact the transmission of COVID-19.

• COE in Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology at SUNY Poly has targeted the issue of reliable testing. They are developing ultra-sensitive diagnostics using fluorescent plasmonicstechnology.

• CAT in Nanomaterials and Nanoelectronics is also working on research focused on large-scale production of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Innovation in the Pandemic

• Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing at SUNY Binghamton has been working to develop new methods to test for COVID-19 and other biological agents.

• COE of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech has worked with companies, such as Halomine and Purus Thinking, that have shown to be effective in battling viruses and bacteria to protect human health.

• Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences at University of Rochester has worked on two exciting projects to detect and better understand COVID-19. One project is designed to find the virus with optics at the nanoscale; another project uses ultrathin membranes to determine if an individual has been infected.

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How to Access NYSTAR Programs

www.esd.ny.gov/nystarLinks to all NYSTAR centers

www.fuzehub.comConsultation and guided access to full NYSTAR network