2010 BAKER FORUM

Exploring the multiple dimensions of innovation implications for polytechnic universities

WHAT IS THE
BAKER FORUM?

The Baker Forum was established by the Cal Poly President’s Cabinet on the occasion of two decades of service to Cal Poly by President Warren J. Baker and his wife, Carly, to further the dialogue on critical public policy issues facing the nation and higher education. The forum gives particular attention to the special social and economic roles and responsibilities of polytechnic and science and technology universities.

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2010 BAKER FORUM:
KEYNOTE ADDRESS

In his Keynote address to the 2010 Baker Forum, "The Dollars and Sense of Pharmaceutical Innovation: Saving Lives Through Drug Discovery," Walter Moos, vice president of SRI International’s Biosciences Division, described and analyzed the complex relationship between the economics of discovering, testing and providing new lifesaving medicines and the challenges of maintaining and increasing the spirit of innovation.

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BAKER FORUM
PROCEEDINGS:
2002 TO 2010

The Proceedings of each of the biennial
Baker Forums are archived at Cal Poly’s
Robert E. Kennedy Library and may be
viewed online at the library’s Digital Commons Web site at:
http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/
bakerforum/

2010 KEYNOTE
ADDRESS VIDEO

A video version of the 2010 Baker Forum Proceedings may be accessed here (open captioning included).

PRINTER-FRIENDLY
PDFs

Printer-friendly PDFs of the 2010 Baker Forum Proceedings may be accessed here.