Roll up, roll up, the ATI's going to be bigger than Ben Hur
(sticK - 19 July 2012 ) Well, isn’t the Advanced Technology Institute going to be an all singing, all dancing affair.
At least that’s what the cabinet paper proposes.
For a strategic move that has major implications for New Zealand’s thin innovation ecosystem, there’s been remarkably little (public, industry or media) comment on the proposal – with the ATI’s desired start date being 1 December 2012.
In fact, compared to the range of consultation that took place before the introduction of the Crown Research Institute platform 20 years ago, the ATI as announced has arrived like a stealth bomber.
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