[KS] Fulbright Forum: The Search for Innovation with Danny Crichton - April 20th - 7pm

[Executive Assistant]

*Fulbright Forum presents:*

*Steve Jobs, South Korea, and the Search for Innovation**
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by Danny Crichton
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*7:00pm* on *Friday, April 20th, 2012*

RSVP by Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

The Korean-American Educational Commission warmly welcomes you to our third
Fulbright Forum of the 2011-2012 program year with 2011 Junior Researcher
Danny Crichton.

Open to all, the Fulbright Forum serves as a periodic gathering for the
Fulbright family at large, including past and present grantees and friends
of the Commission. To R.S.V.P., please *CLICK
HERE*<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHNrMElkMjZ3bW12bVVpSEtVVkU3MEE6MA#gid=0>and
complete the registration form. You may also R.S.V.P. via e-mail to
Jim
McFadden (executive.assistant at fulbright.or.kr). Regrets need not reply.

This Forum will be held at *7:00 P.M*. sharp on Friday, April 20th on the
6th floor of KAEC's Mapo-gu building. Following the presentation, a light
reception will be held. Please visit the KAEC website for maps and
directions (http://www.fulbright.or.kr/xe/map).

**To respect both the audience and presenters, guests are asked to please mute
or turn off all cell phones before entering. *PLEASE* make every effort to
arrive on time in order to respect the presenter-- we've had many
latecomers during recent Forums which have been quite disruptive.**


*Presentation Summary*:
Silicon Valley is unique in the world as a region of scientific and
technological innovation.  States throughout the U.S. and countries
across the world have attempted to duplicate the Valley’s success, only to
fail to meet their objectives.  What are the characteristics of this region
that make innovation so prevalent?  Here in South Korea, innovation has
been seen as one of the most important economic missions of the entire
country.  Yet, there remain strong doubts about the country’s
innovation infrastructure.  Danny’s Fulbright research assumes two
controversial points: that creativity is in everyone, and that innovation
is fundamentally about people and not institutions.  His research began
with the training of engineers at KAIST, and has expanded into issues of
urban planning, design thinking, creativity, and labor economics.  His
presentation will weave these disparate threads together to build a novel
approach to creating innovation through policy.

*Biography:*
Danny Crichton has been immersed in innovation and technology for his
entire life.  He graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in
Mathematical and Computational Science, and has worked at CollabRx, a
medical software start-up, the Central Intelligence Agency, and Google.  He
has submitted six patents to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  His
research agenda focuses on the development of regional innovation hubs and
the sociology of innovators.

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*Danny Crichton, Fulbright Junior Researcher 2011-2012*

-- 
James McFadden
Executive Assistant
Korean-American Educational Commission

Fulbright Building
168-15 Yomni-dong, Mapo-gu
Seoul 121-874

Office: 02-3275-4004
Fax: 02-3275-4028
Mobile: 010-4068-1997
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