Welcome to the 2014 NAQC Welcome to Research

Welcome to the 2014 NAQC

Welcome to Research Triangle Park • Post World War II, North Carolina was one of the poorest states due to struggling farming, textile, and tobacco industries – low paying jobs that weren’t sufficient to keep the young people at home. • Leaders realized that this area had a wealth of brain power, since NCSU, Duke, and UNC formed a relatively small triangle. Great granduncle Sam Dickerson in Franklin County, NC (circa 1930 s)

RTP is Born • 1954: Romeo Guest coins the term “Research Triangle”. • The Research Triangle Park effort could not have been better timed. ” – Sunbelt phenomenon – influx of business & industry into Southern states – Intensification of the Cold War increased demand for scientific research • Carl Robbins, a retired NC textiles magnate, agreed to invest $1 M for land near RDU Airport. He purposefully kept a low profile so as not to drive up the prices on worn out farm land that one local described as, “nothing but scrub pine & possums. ”

EPA Comes to RTP • In 1967, employees of NAPCA in Cincinnatti began moving to new offices in Durham, NC • EPA was formed by President Nixon in 1970 • By 1971, EPA had offices in RTP • For the next three decades, EPA leased and owned facilities in RTP and surrounding areas • In 2002, the “consolidated campus” was officially dedicated

RTP Today • The largest planned research park in the world • Birthplace of a range of discoveries & products with global impact. From AZT to Zantac, astroturf to the bar code scanner, to…Air. Now! • Home to four Nobel prize winning scientists • The Research Triangle Park transformed NC’s economic landscape

Air. Now Update • Now operating in Shanghai and Zhejiang provinces in China, as well as Monterrey, Mexico • Interest from other regions – Abu Dhabi to Brazil • Enhancements to Air. Now. Tech, Enviro. Flash, Air. Share • Air. Now Satellite Data Processor • Partnership with CDC • Continuing cooperation with NOAA, USFS

NAQC at a Glance • Today – Opening plenary sessions – Reception with cash bar from 5: 30 -7: 00 pm • Tuesday – Breakout sessions in two tracks • Wednesday – Breakout sessions – Closing plenary sessions from 1: 00 -3: 00 pm

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A Few Reminders • Exhibits and Posters – Visit during the reception – Also open during breakout sessions and until 11: 30 am on Wednesday • Lunch – On your own • Air. Now T-Shirt Raffle – Put your business card in the bowl by Wednesday at lunch