Jim Brazell
Community Competitiveness, Educational Innovation, & Science and Technology
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- Program Type
- - Keynote Speaking
- Traveling From:
- Texas
Topics
- Education
- Futurists
- Technology
- CEOs & Business Leaders
- Innovation & Creativity
Bio
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Jim Brazell is a Texas technology forecaster, strategist, and public speaker focused on innovation and transformation. For two decades, Jim has been ahead of the curve in predicting technology, market, industry, and education trends. Today, he is a member of the Thornburg Center for Professional Development. Clients for his forecasting and professional development work include Global 100 companies, state governments, educational institutions, and nonprofits.
In 2011, Jim delivered 30 speeches to audiences including keynotes for the Texas Economic Recovery Conference, Florida Futures Forum, California Science Teachers Association, National Career Pathway Network Conference, League for Innovation in the Community College STEMtech, National School Board Legislative Network Luncheon and the 25h Annual Career Conference in Wisconsin.
As an analyst to the IC2 Institue (Innovation, Creativity and Capital Institute at The University of Texas at Austin) and the Texas State Technical College System (2002-2009), Jim led research and development projects, including analysis of emerging international high-technology regions; international technology commercialization; technology forecasting; design of video games for military training and workforce preparation; and robot/math education in the state of Texas. Jim is known as a boundary spanner and a big-picture thinker who connects the worlds of innovation, workforce, education, entrepreneurship, economic development, and R&D.
Jim has presented papers at international academic conferences including next generation STEM learning (Society for Design and Process Science, 2012), solutions to the financial crisis (2009), and energy sustainability (2007) at the International Conference of Technology Policy and Innovation.
Jim has served as a volunteer with the Defense Learning Strategies Consortium; the National Science Foundation’s Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative; the Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Committee; the Corridor NanoBioTech Summit; and the San Antonio Information Technology and Security Academy. Today, Jim volunteers with the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce’s information technology committee, MATEC NSF Networks, Enzoology: Exploration Nation, and the Society for Design and Process Science.
Jim is a 1995 George Gilder Fellow in High Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy. He graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Bradley University. At Bradley University, Jim was the co-principal investigator of Interlabs, the sociology of cyberspace course and the social informatics minor. Jim resides in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife, Lisa Cervantes, and daughter, Ava Brazell.
Speaker Programs
Innovation Nation: Emerging Technology and Strategies for Economic Competitiveness and Innovation
Innovate America is designed to move communities from why they need to change to how they can achieve innovation. Explore emerging technologies, jobs, educational practice and economic development strategy. Learn how you can enhance global competitiveness through local, regional and national collaboration.
Technopolis Phenomenon 2.0: Trends in Technology, Innovation and Public-Private Partnership
Join sociologist Jim Brazell for an analysis of the structure and strategy of technology, how innovation works to transform economies and the story of next generation global high technology regions Including San Diego, CA, Central Florida, Washington D.C., South Korea and Finland.
The Future is Here: Living, Learning, and Working in the 21st Century
As technology continues to advance, organizations and communities are challenged by the pace of change. Part crowd sourcing, part social media and part workshop, The Future is Here is designed to move your group from thinking to action. Attend Innovation Nation to learn to think like a futurist and to act like an entrepreneur to create the future.
Stem Pathways to the Future: Emerging Technologies, Jobs, Schools, and Communities
Fueled by industry and government focus on economic recovery, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) is now seen as a platform for educational reform. This keynote explores what does STEM tell us about education, work and society as well as skills that are needed and how model schools and communities are transforming to meet the demands of the 21st Century.
Cyber-Stem: Discover the Role of “Cyber” in U.S. Workforce Competitiveness, Security, and Innovation
Learn about the growing demand for multi-skill information technology, Cyber-STEM and security professionals across industries. Discover emerging technologies, jobs, career pathways and tools for schools.
Stem+Arts: 21st Century Strategies for Arts Education and Advocacy
This presentation gives an analysis of the US and global movement to connect the arts way of learning with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Learn about emerging technologies, jobs, schools and communities integrating ARTS+STEM to define what is next in innovation practice.
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