Fundación México-Estados Unidos para la Ciencia
The United States - Mexico Foundation for Science
FUMEC experience and the
tri-national cooperation in
Science, Technology and
Education for
Competitiveness
NAMI tri-national Conference on
North America Competitiveness
Santa Fe Nuevo Mexico, August 27, 2005
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FUMEC
MISSION
Promote innovative science and technology cooperation to
contribute in the solution of important problems of binational interest
Board of Governors
Health and the
Environment
Programas
Sc, Tech & Ec.
Development
Human Res.
in Sc. & Tech.
Fundación México-Estados Unidos para la Ciencia
The United States - Mexico Foundation for Science
H. Jaime Oaxaca
Ing. Jaime Parada
Dr. Pablo Rudomín
Dr. Susan Scrimshaw
Ing. Benito Bucay
Karl Ruggeberg
Dr. Álvaro Aldama
Lic. Marta Macías Brown
Dr. Salvador Malo
Dr. Mario Molina
Dra. Diana Natalicio
Ing. Leopoldo Rodriguez
Dr. Michael Clegg
Dr. Jaime Sepúlveda
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Lic. Fernando Solana
FUMEC
INDEPENDENT NGO
HAS AN ENDOWMENT WITH RESOURCES
FROM BOTH COUNTRIES
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Seed money to develope programs financed by
governments and foundations
GEORGE E. BROWN JR. WAS A KEY
PROMOTER
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KEY QUESTION
Is it appropriate to consider a trinational
science and technology cooperation
Foundation similar to FUMEC, with regional
competitiveness as a priority?
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This has already been considered in the context of
the Security and Prosperity Partnership
Would facilitate capacity building and cooperation,
linking businesses, universities and local innovation
initiatives
Several programs of FUMEC relate to Sc. & Tech.
cooperation for tri-national competitiveness
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People
Work force development in critical thinking
skills
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“A Nation at Risk” : need for critical
thinking, scientific attitudes and problem
solving skills
National Academies, Smithsonian, NSRC:
Inquiry Science in Basic Education
FUMEC link Mexico – United States:
INNOVEC, State programs with federal
support, 1,000,000 Mexican children in
2006.
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More People
MEXICAN Diaspora in the U.S. and Canada
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One million mexican professionals in the United
States. (30,000 IT)
Link Mexican Diaspora in the U.S. and Canada with
Mexican competitiveness
FUMEC , IME-SRE and CONACYT: Red de Talentos,
initially focused into High Tech Businesses and
related educational and research programs
Cipriano Santos-HP; Hector Garcia- ORACLE,
Stanford; Roberto Medrano- Hispanic Net; José
Blakeley- Microsft – ( Smart and effective
outsourcing and higly speciallized personnel
development)
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Building and Linking Innovative
Businesses
FUMEC - Secretary of Economy program: Bring the
experience of Silicon Valley and other advanced
regions to expand and consolidate the Innovative
Business Ecosystems in Mexican Regions
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TechBA SV, TechBA Austin, link with IC2, TEN
Network of Mexican Business Incubators and
Entrepreneurship Centers, link with SBA-SBTDC,
IRAP in Canada
Facilitate cooperation of Clusters and Innovation
programs of Mexican States with: Council on
Competitiveness, CONNECT-SD, U.S. State programs
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Capacity Building
MEMS Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
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Disruptive and fast growing technology,
strong impact in automotive,
telecommunications, biomedical, security
and many other fields
FUMEC – Secretary of Economy program:
 12 Design Centers, 3 Developments Labs.,
Articulation Center with SB, Network with
SANDIA, 10 U.S. Universities and CMC in Canada
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New investments and joint binational
projects
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Strategic Innitiatives
Automotive Electronics opportunities for
enhanced tri-national supply chain
developments based on Sc. & Tech
collaboration
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FUMEC collaboration with National
Academies of Engineering of the U.S. and
Mexico and with Auto 21 in Canada
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Fundación México-Estados Unidos para la Ciencia
The United States - Mexico Foundation for Science
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