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Initiative, inspiration stressed at technology summit
by Lauren O. Kidd, Cherry Hill
Courier Post
December 20, 2005
Central Jersey has the potential to be a national center of
high-tech economic activity, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, D-Hopewell, told a
group of the region's business, education, labor and government
leaders Monday.
"There is a sense across Central New Jersey that we've got the
stuff, we've got what it takes to become a hotbed of
entrepreneurship and innovation," Holt told about 150 people
attending the second "Einstein's Alley" conference, held at the
Educational Testing Service campus in Princeton.
But he said that those who want that to happen cannot simply rely on
plans from Trenton or Washington.
"Entrepreneurship and research is not something that is planned
top-down. It necessarily depends on individual initiative. And
that's what we are trying to stimulate here in Central New Jersey,"
Holt said.
Einstein's Alley is a nickname applied to the Route 1 corridor from
Lawrenceville through Piscataway, including Rutgers and Princeton
universities, said to encompass half of the state's high-tech
activity.
Top minds from across the region took part in the four-hour
conference, which touched on topics such as acquiring start-up money
for businesses, investing in research and development, creating more
high-tech jobs and inspiring young people to explore the science and
engineering fields.
A number of people attending the conference stressed the importance
of inspiring others, both young people and entrepreneurs.
"In the state of New Jersey we are losing our technology work force.
We are not the same state that we used to be," said Nathan Davidson,
an executive board member of the Western Monmouth Chamber of
Commerce. Davidson, who attended the first conference in 2003, said
his main objective is "inspiring these youngsters."
Davidson said his niece, inspired by a high school science program,
is now a student at New York University. But he wants her to bring
her knowledge back to New Jersey.
"She can get her education there. I want her to come back here and
work here," Davidson said.
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