The Legacy of C-MORE is…

C-MORE

BUILDING THE C-MORE LEGACY

• Scholarship, Leadership and Fellowship

• Science, Education and Outreach Missions

• Facilities• Funding• Branding

C-MORE HALE“The future is today”

Groundbreaking Dedication

15 April 2009 25 October 2010

$22.5 M laboratory on UHM campus

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“Scientific laboratories are the temples of

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Louis Pasteur

POST-NSF/STC FUNDING

• Project-specific grants: NSF and other federal agencies, especially with SEES-focus

• Friends of C-MORE: UHF Town & Gown• Foundation support: Gordon and Betty Moore

Foundation, Agouron Institute, David and Lucille Packard Foundation, EFI and possibly others

• Corporate partnerships: Kyo-Ya, Lockheed Martin, OTEC-International, Honolulu SWAC, others

• University of Hawaii: staff and facilities support• State of Hawaii: Basic Research (BR) Initiative

UH FOUNDATION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

C-MORE: Town & Gown

UH FOUNDATION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

• C-MORE science and education exhibits

• 250 “human” participants and several lions

C-MORE Endowment?

HAWAII EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

• Formed 1963 as forum for exchange of knowledge/ideas

• Senior executives who influence policy and provide leadership in Hawaii/Pacific region

• Strives to trigger not just thought – but also action

• Action via legislation, transaction, and new ventures

2012 Conference: just completed

2012 HAWAII EXECUTIVE

CONFERENCEMauna Kea Beach Hotel

17-18 April

Selected Participants:

PhilanthropistsSteve Case, Henk Rogers,Jim LallyCEOs Peter Ho, Bert Kobayashi,James WeiEducators M.R.C. Greenwood, Kim Gennaula, Dave Karl

Chef Peter Merriman!

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Feature Panel DiscussionBASIC RESEARCH AS AN INDUSTRY IN HAWAII:

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE

(left to right):James Lally,Steve Case, M.R.C. Greenwood, Dave Karl, James Wei

2012 ACTION ITEM OF RELEVANCE TO C-MORE LEGACY

• Build a $1B basic research industry in 5 years• Identify areas where we have “unfair” strategic

advantage (e.g., microbial oceanography)• Identify top research scientists and recruit them• Build new support facilities• A joint press release will be made by Governor

and UH President before 2012 election

C-MORE BRANDING

• Campus banners• Promotional/educational video• Infomercial – King’s In View

• SOEST Dean Taylor plans to fund several videos• This is SOEST – complete (http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/)• This is C-MORE – in production by 1001 Stories

Theme/Message/Method

• Molecules-genes-ecosystems

• Discovery-dissemination• Lab-field-and back• Teaching-training-career

building• Education-outreach• Scholarship-fellowship

C-MORE: THE VIDEO!

C-MORE FUTURES

• C-MORE “brand” is well established at UH and elsewhere – possible endowment ($20M) tied to new UH capital campaign

• Ties (hopefully) to recently announced GBMF Initiative in Marine Microbiology (part II)

• Need to identify and sustain “legacy” programs and other intellectual achievements

• Well positioned for State-UH BR initiative

The future is today!