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Nashville, Tennessee - April 25, 2024 – To maintain competitiveness in the evolving global economy, the United States must expand its innovation footprint. Recognizing this imperative, the Council on Competitiveness (Council) has unveiled under the auspices of its National Commission on Innovation a new series of regional summits branded "Competitiveness Conversations Across America." The inaugural […]

In March, the Council attended the release of the National Science Board's 2024 Science & Engineering Indicators — essential U.S. global competitiveness benchmarks. Key trends include declining student math performance and China's growing innovation edge. Additionally, the newsletter previews the Council's debut "Competitiveness Conversation Across America," which will be held in Nashville on April 25 […]

On December 14-15, 2023, the Council on Competitiveness convened its annual Gala Dinner and National Competitiveness Forum (NCF). The NCF is a premiere assembly of our Nation’s leaders from business, academia, labor, national laboratories, and other critical stakeholders who come together to explore the most important domestic and global competitiveness issues of the day, consider the challenges emerging on the horizon, and identify new pathways to greater economic and productivity growth, and prosperity for all Americans.

Looking ahead to March, the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers will reconvene with a series of Working Group meetings that will help inform the nation’s next major innovation agenda — aiming to advance U.S. competitiveness by focusing on technology deployment, sustainability, workforce advancement, and regional innovation. Additionally, the Council is working closely with its […]

In a special edition of Compete Connect, Deborah Wince-Smith reflects on the significant achievements of the Council in 2023. And, in highlighting an exciting year to come, she asks readers to mark their calendars for important 2024 events, including those supporting the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers and the newly launched “Competitiveness Conversations […]

On September 21, 2023, the Council on Competitiveness convened its Fall and 28th Technology Leadership & Strategy Initiative (TLSI) Dialogue, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. Nearly two dozen leaders from technology companies, universities, and national laboratories gathered to explore the issues, challenges, and opportunities shaping the U.S. innovation ecosystem.

On June 29, 2023, the Council on Competitiveness convened its Summer and 27th Technology Leadership and Strategy Initiative (TLSI) Dialogue, hosted by Lockheed Martin at its Advanced Technology Center in Palo Alto, California.

Charles Holliday, Jr. Chair Emeritus, Council on Competitiveness Chair, Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils Members of the Council on Competitiveness Board and Executive Committee, and Commissioners and Advisors from the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers came together this summer at Gallup World Headquarters to take stock of the Council’s work and explore the […]

On Wednesday, December 6, the Council on Competitiveness and the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils will host a series of conversations with global leaders from business, academia, national laboratories and research organizations, and the public sector to advance sustainability challenges under discussion at COP28.

Janet Foutty Business Vice Chair Emeritus, Council on Competitiveness Members of the Council on Competitiveness Board and Executive Committee, and Commissioners and Advisors from the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers came together this summer at Gallup World Headquarters to take stock of the Council’s work and explore the challenges and opportunities driving Phase […]