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1. Staying On Top: Winning the Job Wars of the Future

2. Research Triangle Region of North Carolina, USA Population: 2.8 million 3 Major Research Universities (Duke, UNC, NC State) College Enrollment: 92,000+ Educational Attainment: 42% of region’s population has a college degrees Regional University Research Funding Total: $748,381,198 Concentration of IT & Life Science Co. Information Technology: IBM (World’s Largest Facility), Cisco Systems (East Coast HQ), SAS Institute (HQ), CSFB (Global Business Center), Network Appliance, Sony-Ericcson, Flextronics (ECHQ), Red Hat) (Life Science: GlaxoSmithKline (Co-US HQ), Biogen Idec, Novozymes, Novo Nordisk, Merck, Wyeth, Talecris, Hospira, Eisai, Bayer CropScience (NA HQ), BASF (AG HQ), Diosynth) Largest Concentration of CROs in the World: (RTI International (HQ), Cardinal Health, Quintiles Transnational (HQ), Cato, LabCorp, Charles River Labs) 2 Federal Labs: NIEHS and USEPA (Largest Facility in US)

3. 65 different organization aligned to carry out 30 different strategies A 5-year, $5 million action agenda to generate 100,000 new jobs in the region and spur employment growth in all 13 counties Research Triangle Regional Partnership # 1 Best Regional Economic Competitiveness Plan in the USA – 2004 (U.S. Economic Development Administration) # 4 Best Business Recruitment Program in the USA – 2005 (Economic Development Futures Web Journal) Region Accolades # 1 High Tech Region in the U.S. (SVBDG) # 1 Region in Biotechnology in the U.S. (EY) # 1 Boom Town in the U.S. ( Business2.0 ) # 1 Best Place to Live in the U.S. (MSN) # 1 Best Region in Education in the U.S. ( Forbes ) # 1 Best Place to Live and Work in the U.S. (Employment Review) # 2 Region for Business & Careers in the U.S. ( Forbes ) # 2 Region in Life Science Human Cluster in the U.S. (EY) # 3 Region in Life Science Concentration in the U.S. (EY) # 5 Region in Life Science Cluster in the U.S. (Milken) # 8 Region in the World for Inward Business Investment (IBM) # 8 Best Region in World Knowledge Competitiveness (WKCI)

5. The Research Triangle Region’s Economic Vision To be a world leader in education, intellectual capacity, and innovation in order to enhance productivity and economic growth and achieve a superior quality of life for all our citizens.

7. Partnerships Formed (Design) Headed by 37 Member Task Force from Business & Academic Leadership Clusters of Innovation Task Force - Chairman: Former Governor Jim Hunt BellSouth Biogen Idec Blue Cross & Blue Shield of NC Capitol Broadcasting Company Duke Power East Carolina University Emerging Issues Forum First Citizens Bank Flextronics International Franklin County ED Frontier Spinning GlaxoSmithKline IBM Impact Design Build InterSouth Partners MCNC The News and Observer North Carolina Biotechnology Center North Carolina Central University N.C. Community College System North Carolina Minority Institute North Carolina State University Novozymes North America Inc. O’Brien Atkins Pinehurst Resorts Progress Energy Proxim Corporation Quintiles Transnational RBC Centura Red Hat Research Triangle Foundation RTI International SAS Institute University of North Carolina System University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

9. Staying On Top: Status Report as of June 2005

11. Develop & Manage Cluster Networks for Targeted Industries Pharmaceuticals Biological Agents and Infectious Disease Advanced Medical Care Analytical Instruments Pervasive Computing Nanoscale Technologies Informatics Agricultural Biotechnology RTI: Cluster Network RTI: Cluster Network RTI: Cluster Network Warehouse & Distribution Automotive Component Parts RTI International’s identification of clusters within the region that will continue to expand and innovate

14. Charles A. Hayes, CEcD President & CEO (919) 840-7372 [email_address] www.ResearchTriangle.org