2024 Gala Dinner &
National Competitiveness Forum

December 2-3, 2024

Washington, DC

Speakers & Bios

National Commission "Call To Action"

The Council on Competitiveness and its members from industry, academia, national laboratories, and labor unions came together for the Council's annual Gala Dinner on December 2 and the 2024 National Competitiveness Forum (NCF) on December 3 at the Willard InterContinental in Washington, DC.

Session Summaries

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Opening Remarks
National Competitiveness Award Ceremony
A Fireside Chat: Contextualizing Competitiveness
Competing in the Next Economy
A New Compact for America
The National Laboratories’ ‘Horizon Scan’
Radical Collaboration
Competitiveness Conversations Across America
Breakthroughs in the Bioeconomy
The Future of Transformative Computing
Conversation Conclusion

Council on Competitiveness Board

Chair
Mr. Brian T. Moynihan
Chair of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Bank of America

Business Vice-chair
Dan Helfrich
Chair and CEO
Deloitte Consulting LLP

Academic Vice-chair
Joan Gabel
Chancellor
University of Pittsburgh

Labor Vice-chair
Kenneth Cooper
International President
IBEW

Chairman Emeritus
Charles Holliday, Jr.
Council on Competitiveness

President & CEO
Deborah L.
Wince-Smith
Council on Competitiveness

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