Inside REI

Swedish visitors

For the past two days, we have been hosting two researchers from a small university in Umea, Sweden. They are interested in learning how university innovation systems work in Northeast Ohio.

They contacted Bo Carlsson, an expert on regional innovation systems and a member of our economic department. You can read more about Bo's background here.

Yesterday, we focused on activities we are undertaking here at Case. Today, we are taking our visitors to Cleveland State to meet with Mark Tumeo, the University of Akron to meet with Wayne Watkins, and Kent State University to meet with researchers at the Liquid Crystal Institute.

Building global partnerships

Ashland University is building global partnerships to assist its local firms. REI is working with Ashland University to build these partnerships.

This Friday, we will be hosting a delegation from China at Weatherhead. It is part of a training program that Ashland University manages.

Colleges and universities in Northeast Ohio can play an important role in helping build the global networks that companies need to compete.

You can learn more about Ashland's efforts from this article and this article.

The purpose of this weblog

We are re-launching our Inside REI weblog as part of Making Change.

Refer to this weblog to keep up to date with the initiatives we are undertaking at REI.

We have spent the last three months listening to civic entrepreneurs in Northeast Ohio. We will continue these conversations as we define initiatives and begin implementation. We are using this weblog to keep you up to date with our conversations.