During the National Competitiveness Forum (NCF) in December, the Council's flagship initiative, the “National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontier,” released Competing in the Next Economy: Innovating in the Age of Disruption & Discontinuity, which includes 55 recommendations to shape the United States' innovation agenda. Discussions also covered the critical role and future vision for universities and national laboratories, opportunities to modernize the defense industrial base, advancements in high-performance computing, and opportunities surrounding the emerging bioeconomy. Additionally, Bank of America Chair and CEO and Council on Competitiveness Chair Brian Moynihan participated in a fireside chat with Council CEO Deborah Wince-Smith regarding the U.S. economy in this hyper-competitive era of disruption and discontinuity.
