Goal 1: Amplify the Collaborative Gene
Arizona’s bioscience ecosystem will exemplify a culture of collaboration where organizations and participants ensure success of one another and the ecosystem. This will be facilitated through institutionalized collaboration that aligns stakeholders, leverages complementary sectors, forges new opportunities across regions, and builds connectivity to global markets.
Strategy 1.1:
Update Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee to ensure strategic coordination of efforts and activate a new generation of bioscience leaders. Recommended actions include:
- Review and refresh Steering Committee membership
- Activate Bioscience Workforce Alignment project team
- Activate Communications and Marketing project team
- Assess creation of regional chapters
- Define programming
Strategy 1.2:
Enhance the impact of the Arizona Bioindustry Association. Recommended actions include:
- Expand AZBio leadership and core support infrastructure to meet the increasing needs of Arizona‘s bioscience ecosystem
- Broaden membership of AZBio throughout the state, targeting especially large industry members, health systems, and regionally unique life science companies
- Scale bioscience policy advocacy
- Provide coordinating support for collaborative activities with other technology sectors and bio ecosystems beyond Arizona
- Provide representation — via AZBio staff or staff or member organizations — on new project teams of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee focusing on Bioscience Workforce Alignment and Communication and Marketing
Strategy 1.3:
Build connectivity with other technology-intensive industries in Arizona to create a more integrated innovation ecosystem. Recommended actions include:
- Identify contacts at leading companies in the semiconductor, aerospace and defense, and AI industries in Arizona
- Create cross-industry working groups
- Host and participate in industry roundtables and networking events
Strategy 1.4:
Engage with complementary bioscience ecosystems beyond Arizona to leverage partnership opportunities for investment, innovation, and talent development. Recommended actions include:
- Advocate for Arizona’s inclusion in national and regional bioscience programs
- Assess international ecosystems for partnership opportunities
- Establish cooperative agreements with other states’ bioscience ecosystems