Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description | OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Technology Transfer & Incubation - The Council, working with research institutions, technology firms, business incubators, investment professionals, and the legal community, is exploring targeted methods to grow the New England economy by enhancing the pipeline of technology commercialization and new venture information through its Technology Transfer & Incubation Team (TTI). Led by Bill Gelnaw, Managing Partner, and Karen Copenhaver, Partner at Choate, the Team is developing a web-based set of annotations to local university-based technology transfer agreements to highlight thorny issues and recommend ways of resolving them efficiently to help speed the commercialization process across sectors and the region. It is also working with regional stakeholders to speed the commercialization process by developing annotated licensing terms to save time and money throughout the technology licensing process. It also played a leading role in securing Congressional support for the America COMPETES Act and supports Innovate America Act, both of which increase federal R&D funding.The Team hosted a November 2010 meeting with more than a dozen local law and venture capital firms and a subsequent drafting meeting of a dozen Council members and partners, including representatives from state and national technology transfer associations. Among the issues the Team is currently annotating are: scope of IP rights and follow-up on IP; reserved rights, conflict of interest, indemnification, warranties/background rights; diligence; sub-licensing (approval rights); insurance; publication (confidentiality); control of patent prosecution; assignment of transfer rights; and federal funding impact. The draft will then be submitted to practitioners for comment and feedback that will be considered and incorporated into a final version. The broader goals of the TTI Team are to:Enhance New Englands stature as the worlds preeminent location for innovation and commercialization of new technology Grow the New England economy by facilitating the development of new technology enterpriseFoster a collaborative spirit among universities, colleges, innovators, investment professionals, the legal community and other stakeholders to improve the speed, quality and volume of new technologies transforming into successful New England venturesConnect and involve new businesses with the region to foster corporate citizenshipEncourage entrepreneurial efforts of faculty, students and other innovators which will result in serial entrepreneurship and new business development OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Clean Energy & Sustainability - * Public Policy *The Councils Clean Energy and Sustainability Team, chaired by Mitch Tyson, Chairman of Advanced Electron Beams, promotes federal, regional, and state policies that: improve energy efficiency, sustainability, and the environment; encourage domestic energy production and support US energy security; strengthen the regions competitiveness, job growth, and leadership in clean energy, and reduce or limit costs to businesses and consumers by avoiding unsustainable or duplicative taxpayer investments. Recent policy outreach includes support of a federal energy-climate bill to: Establish a predictable, market-based mechanism to set a national price on carbonEliminate oil, gas, and coal industry preference subsidies that are not market-based and put clean energy at a competitive disadvantageSignificantly increase investments in clean energy R&D and infrastructure The Team is poised to offer strategic and tactical support on more micro "fallback" federal and state energy policy proposals in the wake of inaction on a comprehensive energy-climate bill. These potentially include targeted support for the extension of select federal tax credits and incentives, federal funding for ARPA-E and a regional clean energy consortia, and efforts to retain the current definition of renewable energy as it applies to the Commonwealth's renewal energy credit regime, as well as support for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (REGGI). The Team often conducts its policy outreach in conjunction with the New England Clean Energy Council with which the Council has a strategic partnership to offer joint members discounts.Savings and Best PracticesThe Team also works to foster MHTC members adoption of environmentally sustainable principles in their respective business operations, products and services, develop information platform to exchange know-how, access to resources, best practices and success stories, and help companies reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, innovative energy supply products, and the use of renewable sources (in part by utilization of MHTC-EnerNOC partnership).The Team is developing a program at which it will highlight the role of Chief Sustainability Officers at member companies and facilitate an exchange of best practices among them. This builds on recent best practices in sustainability that the Team featured from representatives of Millipore, Biogen Idec, and SolidWorks at recent team meetings, which included a tour of the new Biogen Idec campus in Weston. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: AccomplishmentsThe following is a brief overview of the Council and a summary of the Councils many leadership and policy accomplishment record that distinguishes us from every other technology membership organization in Massachusetts. As economic, political and innovation cycles shift constantly, the future will be filled with new opportunities and challenges for our state economy and innovation technology employers and workforce. With a historically small staff, we've amassed an outstanding record of accomplishment, and have been described recently as the regions most venerable technology association with a 30+ year record of strengthening the competitiveness of member companies and the regional economy.Massachusetts is one of the most competitive locations to operate a high tech business, thanks to support of active and engaged leadership who represent many of the Commonwealth's and the world's leading technology and service companies that make up the Massachusetts High Technology Council, Inc. Founded in 1977, the Council is comprised of CEO-level executives, making it nimble, result-oriented and unbowed by political risk as it works to support policies that benefit the state's diverse technology economy. Our mission is focused on two core public policy pillars: 1) cost competitiveness (economic/fiscal policy); and 2) talent development (education policy). Through membership in the Massachusetts High Technology Council, our members are able to accomplish one of their most important external responsibilities in an efficient and cost-effective way. That responsibility is to help make Massachusetts the world's most competitive place in which to create, operate and expand high technology businesses. For over 30 years, the Council has led or co-led several major public policy victories at state, federal, and local levels that have advanced cost competitiveness and talent development across the high tech sector and the wider economy. Select past policy/leadership accomplishments include: Assembled and led a winning coalition that successfully defeated an anti-competitive state tax on custom software (Tech Tax) (2013)Appointed by Lt. Gov. Murray to co-direct state mission support strategy for Hanscom AFB and US Army Soldier Systems Center (2012)Created the Innovation Access Network to connect technology seekers with communities of innovators (2011)Passage of state Achievement Gap Act creating new charter, turnaround, and Innovation schools (Race to the Top Coalition) (2010)Council President Chris Anderson appointed by Gov. Romney to serve as member/chairman of MA Board of Education (2006-08)At the request of Sen. Kennedy and Gov. Romney, established public private partnership and succeeded in keeping Hanscom AFB and US Army Soldier Systems Center (Natick) open during federal Base Realignment and Closure process (2005)Led: John Adams Innovation Fund providing state support to industry university collaborative research proposals (2003)Led: Final FAA approval of Logan Airport runway expansion (2002)Piloted: Revolutionary state electric utility restructuring (1998)Led MA interests in Federal securities litigation reform (1995)Led: Defeat of graduated income tax and capital gains tax increase (1994)Led: Long-Term Capital Gains Tax Phase-Out (1994) (Subsequently repealed in 2002 by Legislature)State education reform law creating charter schools and leading to MCAS exam (1993)Authored: First state research and development tax credit (1992)Led: Amending MA corporate tax disclosure requirements (1992)With Gov. Weld, led: Workers compensation reform (reduced employers' costs by 50%) (1991)Led: State tax revenue limit (1986)Co-Led: Proposition 2 & 1/2 (1980) OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: The Mass |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder | The Massachusetts High Technology Council is a non-profit, non-partisan corporation whose membership is comprised of respected business leaders of Massachusetts high technology and high-value-added service companies. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing Body | MEMBERS ELECT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. THE OFFICERS ARE ELECTED BY THOSE ELECTED DIRECTORS DURING THE SAME ANNUAL MEETING. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or Shareholders | Through membership in the Council, our members are able to accomplish one of their most important external responsibilities in an efficient and cost-effective way. That responsibility is to help make Massachusetts the world's most attractive place in which to live and work, and in which to create, operate and expand high technology businesses. Unique opportunity to help shape the business climate in Massachusetts by helping set our annual public policy objectives and through collective representation on those objectives. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process | FORM 990 IS NOT REVIEWED WITH THE GOVERNING BODY BEFORE IT IS FILED. THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT, CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON, BEFORE IT IS FILED |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available | AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST |
| Software ID: | 13000170 |
| Software Version: | 2013v4.0 |