National Competitiveness Forum - Digital Agenda

Date: December 9, 2022

Time: 8:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M.

Willard InterContinental Hotel

1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

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8:00 A.M. Registration and Breakfast

9:00 A.M. Welcome

**The Hon. Deborah Wince-Smith**
President and CEO, Council on Competitiveness,
& National Commission Co-Chair

9:15 A.M. Chair's Remarks

**Mr. Brian T. Moynihan**
Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of America, and Chairman, Council on Competitiveness,
& National Commission Co-Chair

9:30 A.M. Paving the Path to 10X Innovation - Lessons from and Next Steps for the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers

Panelists will discuss the Council’s policy agenda against the backdrop of major challenges and tremendous opportunities facing the United States due to persistent inflation, energy disruptions, game changing technologies, and a renewed focus on expanding and deepening the innovation ecosystem

**Ms. Janet Foutty**
Executive Chair of the Board, Deloitte US, and Business Vice-chair, Council on Competitiveness,
& National Commissioner

**Dr. Thom Mason**
President and CEO of Triad National Security, LLC (Triad), Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory,
& National Commissioner

**Ms. Joan Gabel**
President, University of Minnesota, and Academic Vice-chair, Council on Competitiveness,
& National Commissioner

**The Honorable Deborah Wince-Smith**
President and CEO, Council on Competitiveness,
& National Commission Co-Chair

**Dr. Erwin Gianchandani**
Assistant Director of the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, National Science Foundation

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

10:10 A.M. Networking Break

10:30 A.M. Charting the Competitiveness Agenda for 2023—Conversations with Leaders across the Country

A series of conversations between private and public sector leaders exploring the future of sustainability, technology and innovation, and work.

10:30 A.M. Future of Sustainability - Driving U.S. Leadership in the Clean Technology Revolution—Opportunity at the Nexus of Food, Energy & Water

**Mr. Gregory Hill**
President and Chief Operating Officer, Hess Corporation,
& National Commissioner

**Dr. Gary May**
Chancellor, University of California Davis,
& National Commissioner

**MODERATOR:**
**Dr. Taylor Eighmy**
President, The University of Texas at San Antonio,
& National Commissioner

11:00 A.M. The Future of Innovation - Developing and Deploying Technology: Advancing U.S. Economic Competitiveness and National Security through the Development and Deployment of Disruptive Technology

**Mr. Ted Carter**
President, University of Nebraska System

**Mr. Rob McHenry**
Deputy Director, DARPA

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

11:30 A.M. The Future of Innovation - Developing and Deploying Technology: Securing America’s Cyber Future Navigating Change and Creating Value in the Digital World

**Ms. Joyce Corell**
Deputy National Cyber Director, The White House

**MODERATOR:**
**Dr. Patricia Falcone**
Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
& National Commissioner

**Dr. Darryll J. Pines**
President, University Maryland,
& National Commissioner

**Mr. Alex Rogers**
President, Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL) and Global Affairs, Qualcomm Incorporated,
& National Commissioner

12:00 P.M. Lunch

12:30 P.M. Keynote Conversation - A Fireside Chat on U.S. Leadership in Science, Technology & Innovation

**The Honorable Arati Prabhakar**
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, The White House

**The Honorable Deborah Wince-Smith**
President & CEO, Council on Competitiveness,
& National Commission Co-Chair

01:00 P.M. Keynote Conversation - A Fireside Chat on U.S. Competitiveness

**The Honorable Gina M. Raimondo**
U.S. Secretary of Commerce

01:15 P.M. Charting the Competitiveness Agenda for 2023—Conversations with Leaders across the Country (continued)

01:15 P.M. The Future of Work and the Workforce: Expanding Place-based Innovation and Opportunity

**Dr. Meghan Hughes**
President, Community College of Rhode Island,
& National Commissioner

**MODERATOR:**
**Mr. Josh Parker**
Chief Executive Officer, Ancora,
& National Commissioner

**Dr. David Kwabena Wilson**
President, Morgan State University

**Dr. Wendy Wintersteen**
President, Iowa State University,
& National Commissioner

01:45 P.M. The Future of Work and the Workforce: Expanding Participation in the Innovation Ecosystem—Bringing in the “Missing Millions”

**Mr. Jim Clifton**
Chairman, Gallup,
& National Commissioner

**Ms. Randi Weingarten**
President, American Federation of Teachers

**Mr. Nicholas T. Pinchuk**
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Snap-on

MODERATOR:
Mr. Bill Bates
Senior Advisor, Council on Competitiveness

**Dr. Dietra Trent**
Executive Director, White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities

2:15 P.M. Driving Change, Increasing Access, Leveraging Assets - A Place-based Innovation Story: Tennessee

Leaders from the public and private sectors across the state will share their lessons-learned and vision for the state’s future around building an innovation economy from the ground up.

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

**MODERATOR:**
**Mr. Chad Holliday**
Chair Emeritus, Council on Competitiveness,
& National Commissioner

**Dr. Donde Plowman**
Chancellor, University of Tennessee Knoxville,
& National Commissioner

**Dr. Thomas Zacharia**
Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
& National Commission Co-Chair

2:45 P.M. Seizing the Moment—Leveraging the Current Opportunity and Imperative of Bipartisan Investments such as the CHIPS & Science Act to Address Over-the-Horizon Issues

National Competitiveness Forum - Digital Agenda

8:00 A.M. Registration and Breakfast

9:00 A.M. Welcome

9:15 A.M. Chair's Remarks

9:30 A.M. Paving the Path to 10X Innovation - Lessons from and Next Steps for the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers

10:10 A.M. Networking Break

10:30 A.M. Charting the Competitiveness Agenda for 2023—Conversations with Leaders across the Country

10:30 A.M. Future of Sustainability - Driving U.S. Leadership in the Clean Technology Revolution—Opportunity at the Nexus of Food, Energy & Water

11:00 A.M. The Future of Innovation - Developing and Deploying Technology: Advancing U.S. Economic Competitiveness and National Security through the Development and Deployment of Disruptive Technology

11:30 A.M. The Future of Innovation - Developing and Deploying Technology: Securing America’s Cyber Future Navigating Change and Creating Value in the Digital World

12:00 P.M. Lunch

12:30 P.M. Keynote Conversation - A Fireside Chat on U.S. Leadership in Science, Technology & Innovation

01:00 P.M. Keynote Conversation - A Fireside Chat on U.S. Competitiveness

01:15 P.M. Charting the Competitiveness Agenda for 2023—Conversations with Leaders across the Country (continued)

01:15 P.M. The Future of Work and the Workforce: Expanding Place-based Innovation and Opportunity

01:45 P.M. The Future of Work and the Workforce: Expanding Participation in the Innovation Ecosystem—Bringing in the “Missing Millions”

2:15 P.M. Driving Change, Increasing Access, Leveraging Assets - A Place-based Innovation Story: Tennessee

2:45 P.M. Seizing the Moment—Leveraging the Current Opportunity and Imperative of Bipartisan Investments such as the CHIPS & Science Act to Address Over-the-Horizon Issues

2:45 P.M. Leveraging Investments in the Next Generation of Semiconductors to Drive U.S. Leadership in Advanced Technology

3:15 P.M. Expanding the U.S. Research Enterprise—Pioneering A New Research Model to Explore the Future of Aging

3:45 P.M. Closing Remarks

4:00 P.M. NCF concludes