October 1, 2024 | (Stephanie Reitz, UConn Today)
Connecticut’s rich culture of innovation and UConn’s integral place in its past and future successes are on display in a new documentary, which drew about 400 guests to a recent premiere event in Hartford and prompted a thought-provoking panel discussion afterward.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, an early entrepreneur in the cable and satellite industry, told the crowd that while Connecticut is rightfully proud of its centuries of innovation, the years ahead provide unique potential for the discovery and development of new world-leading technologies.
And UConn, he said, “is the heart and soul of everything we’re trying to do here.”
Panelists also discussed how to foster innovation and economic growth while ensuring that legal protections are also in place, both for the U.S. as the home of that innovation and those who develop it; and as a global citizen that benefits from technological advances worldwide, but can’t allow itself to be outpaced by them.