San Diego’s innovation ecosystem was not inherited. It was built by deliberate action through generations of planned investment on infrastructure and talent development. That is the central finding of the GFCC’s latest report, San Diego Study Trip: University and Research Leadership Forum – Event Report, produced with its member UC San Diego after the July 22–23 study trip and now available for download. The two-day program brought together industry, government, and academic

Registration is now open for the Tsukuba Study Trip, taking place February 14–18, 2027, in Tsukuba and Tokyo in Japan. Hosted by the University of Tsukuba and the Tsukuba Global Innovation Promotion Agency (TGI), the program examines how a research-intensive region and one of the world's oldest planned science city moves from research concentration toward industry creation, commercialization, talent development, and global collaboration. Designated by Japan’s Cabinet in 1963

Prof. Aleks Subic from Aston University to Co-chair New University and Research Leadership Forum Initiative.