Key Thrust Areas in Oregon's New Innovation Plan

Oregon InC's "2006 Innovation Plan" includes the following recommendations to the Governor:

-Support Oregon's food processing industry, with attention to helping producers find new ways to develop, package and market Oregon products.

-Strengthen Oregon's effort to generate electric power through wave generation on the coast.

-Support technology-transfer to expand research capabilities at Oregon's universities and bring new technologies to market.

-Research new concepts and train needed workers in Oregon's manufacturing sector.

-Establish a second "Signature Research Center," this one for clean energy, bio-based products and other emerging opportunities. This new bio-based Center will also promote green buildings, and help Oregon companies take advantage of other emerging opportunities that will replace petrochemical-based products.

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