CISTP's Global Innovation & Development Lunch and Lecture series hosts Dr. Erica Fuchs presenting, "Rethinking the Role of the State in Technology Development: DARPA and the Case for Embedded Network Governance".

**Presentation Video Footage now available**

This event is co-sponsored by the joint program on Innovation & International Affairs of The Nunn School and the College of Management.

Lunch is free, and this event is open to the public. Please see Flyer for additional information. Reservations must be received by 12 noon on September 13th.

Information on Dr. Erica Fuchs:

Erica Fuchs is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research focuses on the role of government in technology development and the effect of location on the competitiveness of new technologies. In 2008, she won the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Junior Faculty Enhancement Fellowship for her research on the impact of offshoring on technology directions.

Before coming to CMU, Dr. Fuchs completed her Ph.D. in Engineering Systems at M.I.T. in June 2006, where she was a 2005-2006 Alfred P. Sloan fellow at the M.I.T Industrial Performance Center. She also received her Masters and her Bachelors degrees from M.I.T. in Technology Policy and Materials Science and Engineering, respectively. Prior to graduate school, Dr. Fuchs spent 1999-2000 as a fellow at the United Nations in Beijing, China. There, she conducted research at state-owned industrial boiler manufacturers on policies to encourage innovation.

Her work has been published in High Temperature Materials and Processes, Composite Science and Technology, International Journal of Vehicle Design, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Issues in Science and Technology, and Management Science. Dr. Fuchs has been an invited speaker at a wide range of venues including the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Cosmos Club, and the Council on Foreign Relations.