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title: "Fostering Innovation in America"
summary: |-
  Rob Atkinson spoke on a panel at Senator Klobuchar's Innovation Summit.
date: "2011-01-18"
issues: ["National Competitiveness"]
authors: ["Robert D. Atkinson"]
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/events/2011/01/18/fostering-innovation-america/"
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# Fostering Innovation in America


Rob Atkinson participated on the "Fostering Innovation in America" panel at Senator Klobuchar's "Innovation Summit. Other panel participants included Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Bill Hawkins, CEO of Medtronic CEO; Joy Lindsay, President and Co-Founder of StarTec Investments, LLC and Tim Mulcahy, Vice President of Research at the University of Minnesota.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/events/2011/01/18/fostering-innovation-america/*