FUMEC experience and the trinational cooperation in Science, Technology and Education for Competitiv

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FUMEC experience and the tri-national
cooperation in Science, Technology and Education
for Competitiveness
NAMI tri-national Conference on North America
Competitiveness Santa Fe Nuevo Mexico, August
27, 2005
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FUMEC
MISSION Promote innovative science and technology
cooperation to contribute in the solution of
important problems of binational interest
Board of Governors
Health and the Environment
H. Jaime Oaxaca Ing. Jaime Parada Dr. Pablo
Rudomín Dr. Susan Scrimshaw Ing. Benito
Bucay Karl Ruggeberg Dr. Álvaro Aldama Lic. Marta
Macías Brown Dr. Salvador Malo Dr. Mario
Molina Dra. Diana Natalicio Ing. Leopoldo
Rodriguez Dr. Michael Clegg Dr. Jaime
Sepúlveda Lic. Fernando Solana
Sc, Tech Ec. Development
Programas
Human Res. in Sc. Tech.
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FUMEC

• INDEPENDENT NGO
• HAS AN ENDOWMENT WITH RESOURCES FROM BOTH
  COUNTRIES
• Seed money to develope programs financed by
  governments and foundations
• GEORGE E. BROWN JR. WAS A KEY PROMOTER

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KEY QUESTION

• Is it appropriate to consider a trinational
  science and technology cooperation Foundation
  similar to FUMEC, with regional competitiveness
  as a priority?
• This has already been considered in the context
  of the Security and Prosperity Partnership
• Would facilitate capacity building and
  cooperation, linking businesses, universities and
  local innovation initiatives
• Several programs of FUMEC relate to Sc. Tech.
  cooperation for tri-national competitiveness

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People

• Work force development in critical thinking
  skills
• A Nation at Risk need for critical thinking,
  scientific attitudes and problem solving skills
• National Academies, Smithsonian, NSRC Inquiry
  Science in Basic Education
• FUMEC link Mexico United States INNOVEC, State
  programs with federal support, 1,000,000 Mexican
  children in 2006.

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More People

• MEXICAN Diaspora in the U.S. and Canada
• One million mexican professionals in the United
  States. (30,000 IT)
• Link Mexican Diaspora in the U.S. and Canada with
  Mexican competitiveness
• FUMEC , IME-SRE and CONACYT Red de Talentos,
  initially focused into High Tech Businesses and
  related educational and research programs
• Cipriano Santos-HP Hector Garcia- ORACLE,
  Stanford Roberto Medrano- Hispanic Net José
  Blakeley- Microsft ( Smart and effective
  outsourcing and higly speciallized personnel
  development)

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Building and Linking Innovative Businesses

• FUMEC - Secretary of Economy program Bring the
  experience of Silicon Valley and other advanced
  regions to expand and consolidate the Innovative
  Business Ecosystems in Mexican Regions
• TechBA SV, TechBA Austin, link with IC2, TEN
• Network of Mexican Business Incubators and
  Entrepreneurship Centers, link with SBA-SBTDC,
  IRAP in Canada
• Facilitate cooperation of Clusters and Innovation
  programs of Mexican States with Council on
  Competitiveness, CONNECT-SD, U.S. State programs

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Capacity Building

• MEMS Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
• Disruptive and fast growing technology, strong
  impact in automotive, telecommunications,
  biomedical, security and many other fields
• FUMEC Secretary of Economy program
• 12 Design Centers, 3 Developments Labs.,
  Articulation Center with SB, Network with SANDIA,
  10 U.S. Universities and CMC in Canada
• New investments and joint binational projects

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Strategic Innitiatives

• Automotive Electronics opportunities for enhanced
  tri-national supply chain developments based on
  Sc. Tech collaboration
• FUMEC collaboration with National Academies of
  Engineering of the U.S. and Mexico and with Auto
  21 in Canada

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