Aneesh Chopra (US Office of Science and Technology) - Innovate for America

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🗓️ 25 May 2011

⏱️ 60 minutes

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As America's first Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra focuses on advancing technology and innovation to unlock national economic growth and prosperity. In this inspiring and entertaining lecture, Chopra challenges students and entrepreneurs to take action now to bring innovation to the healthcare, education and government sectors. He also discusses leveraging government's vast open data resources, championing new ideas on immigration policy as it relates to innovation, and supporting American entrepreneurship programs.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series, brought to you weekly by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.
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0:17.0	It is my sincere pleasure to introduce our guest today.
0:22.6	It is Anish Chopra, and he is the first chief technology officer of the United States
0:30.6	in America.
0:31.6	Pretty cool title, and he reports directly to the President of the United States.
0:38.1	We had a chance to spend a little bit of time with him before,
0:40.4	and his job is truly fascinating.
0:43.1	I'm going to let him tell you all about the details
0:45.9	and all of the fabulous plans that he has in place for all of us.
0:49.5	Anish.
0:50.6	Thank you very much.
0:52.3	Yeah.
1:12.5	So my job this afternoon is to convince all of you that there's never been a better time to be an innovator. And if I'm really successful, I'm going to convince you to be an innovator in some of the key areas that have plagued our country for months and years, areas like our health care system,
1:18.0	our energy system, and our educational system. To get us started, I'm going to provide for you a little bit of a roadmap for the discussion. And then I, of course, look forward to the
1:22.0	conversation through Q&A we'll have after my remarks. My intention is to begin with a conversation about the strategy for American innovation
1:31.3	that the President had unveiled in September of 2009.
1:35.3	It's the document that guides the bulk of my work.
1:39.3	Second, I want to provide for you a framework for three concrete challenges where we need you
1:46.8	as entrepreneurs to help us.
1:50.2	And last but not least, I want to provide for you a series of case studies that demonstrate
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