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On America's technological innovation ecosystem, Dr. Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan, 15th Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, argues: "At the federal level, you are essentially taking those incredible assets that have already been surfaced through a bottom-up process, if you will, and enabling them through a top-down strategy—bringing the partnerships together to make that happen."
Watch the full episode of Betting on America, hosted by Navin Girishankar, here: csis.org/events/democratizing-discovery-featuring-dr-sethuraman-panchanathan-former-director-national
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On America's technological innovation ecosystem, Dr. Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan, 15th Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, argues: "At the federal level, you are essentially taking those incredible assets that have already been surfaced through a bottom-up process, if you will, and enabling them through a top-down strategy—bringing the partnerships together to make that happen."
Watch the full episode of Betting on America, hosted by Navin Girishankar, here: csis.org/events/democratizing-discovery-featuring-dr-sethuraman-panchanathan-former-director-national
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Visit csis.org to find more of our work as we bring bipartisan solutions to the world's greatest challenges.
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