2023 National Competitiveness Forum - Digital Agenda

Date: December 15, 2023

Time: 8:30 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.

Salamander Hotel

1330 Maryland Ave SW

Washington, DC 20024

7:45 A.M. Registration & Breakfast

8:30 A.M. Putting Competitiveness in Context – Challenges and Opportunities for 2024

Council leadership will share the policy vision for the organization in context of the economic, global, and political realities facing the United States in 2024.

**The Honorable Deborah Wince-Smith**
President and CEO, Council on Competitiveness

**Mr. Brian T. Moynihan**
Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of America, and Chair, Council on Competitiveness

8:50 A.M. The Four Pillars of Innovation: Place-Making Innovation, Deploying Tech-based Innovation at Speed and Scale, the Future of Sustainability, the Future of Work and the Workforce

Members of the Council Board and National Commissioners will explore the four pillars of innovation and preview the Council’s next major policy report to be released late-2024.

**Ms. Joan Gabel**
Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh, and Academic Vice-chair, Council on Competitiveness

**Mr. Dan Helfrich**
Chair and CEO, Deloitte Consulting LLP, and Business Vice-chair, Council on Competitiveness

**Mr. Charles O. Holliday, Jr.**
Chair Emeritus Council on Competitiveness
Chair Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils

**Dr. Thomas Mason**
President and CEO, Triad National Security, LLC (Triad), and Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory

**MODERATED BY:**
**The Honorable Deborah Wince-Smith**
President and CEO, Council on Competitiveness

9:40 A.M. Expanding America’s Tech & Innovation Potential

Two "Tech Talks" on the Biden Administration's focus on advancing technology in 2024 and beyond.

**The Honorable** Anne Neuberger
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor, Cyber & Emerging Tech at National Security Council, The White House

**The Honorable** Barbara McQuiston
Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering (USDR&E), Chair of the NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)

10:10 A.M. Setting Strategic Priorities from the Council’s Technology Leaders

The first in a series of policy panels, leaders across sectors will explore the future of technology, and its impact on innovation and economic growth.

**The Honorable** **Patricia Falcone**
Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

**Dr. William Greene**
Chief Investment Officer, Hevolution Foundation

**Dr. Sally Morton**
Executive Vice President for Knowledge Enterprise, Arizona State University

**Dr. Steve Walker**
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Lockheed Martin

**MODERATED BY:**
**Mr. Chad Evans**
Executive Vice President, Council on Competitiveness

10:55 A.M. Networking Break

11:20 A.M. Building the National Security Research and Technology Infrastructure for the Future

Leaders from the Department of Energy and the Department of Energy National Laboratories will discuss the impact of the investments made in the 2022 CHIPS & Science Act, and the necessity of maintaining continued investment to ensure U.S. leadership in technologies ranging from AI to nuclear to high performance computing.

**Dr. Kimberly S. Budil**
Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

The Honorable Jill Hruby
Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security of the United States, Department of Energy

**Dr. James Peery**
Director, Sandia National Laboratories

11:50 A.M. Taking Talent to the Next Level - Preparing the Workforce for a Sustainable U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance

The second leadership panel will explore the talent conundrum. Hailed as the United States’ greatest asset and in many ways its greatest challenge, ensuring the country has the skilled workers to take advantage of the tremendous opportunities presented by the move to sustainability and the reinvestment in manufacturing will determine whether the country continues to lead in these critical sectors.

**Dr. Steven Ashby**
Director, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

**Dr. Carol Burns**
Deputy Laboratory Director for Research and Chief Research Officer, Berkeley Lab

**Dr. Elizabeth Cantwell**
President, Utah State University

**Mr. Nick Pinchuk**
President & CEO, Snap-on Incorporated

**Dr. Gregory Washington**
President, George Mason University

**MODERATED BY:**
**Dr. Pradeep Khosla**
Chancellor, University of California, San Diego

12:35 P.M. Lunch & Networking Session

1:20 P.M. Setting the Vision for “Competitiveness Conversations Across America”

Council President and CEO Deborah Wince-Smith will map out the rationale for a major new Council initiative to vitalize innovation ecosystems around the nation.

**Dr. James Clements**
President, Clemson University

**Mr. Josh Parker**
Chair & CEO, Ancora L&G

1:40 P.M. Tennessee – And the Future of Mobility

**Dr. Daniel Diermeier**
Chancellor, Vanderbilt University

1:55 P.M. Powering Innovation: Semiconductors and Clean Energy - a Competitiveness Conversation in the Mountain West

**Dr. Marlene Tromp**
President, Boise State University

**Dr. Marianne Walck**
Chief Research Officer, Idaho National Laboratory

2:10 P.M. Growing Innovation – Chips, Qubits and Molecules – a Competitiveness Conversation Across the Midwest

**Dr. Mung Chiang**
President, Purdue University

2:25 P.M. National Competitiveness Forum Recap

2:30 P.M. NCF Concludes

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