News & Updates

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 […]

On June 12, 2024, members of the Council on Competitiveness Board, Executive Committee, and National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers Commissioners met virtually to take stock of the Council’s 2024 work agenda to date, and to discuss the next steps across the Council’s policy and programs portfolio leading up to the December 2-3, 2024, […]

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.

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.

In its first face-to-face meeting since the onset of the pandemic, the Council’s Executive Committee and National Commissioners assembled at Gallup’s DC headquarters to review and critique a new concept paper for “phase 2” of the National Commission – and endorse the re-launching of the Council’s policy-generating Commission Working Group Community. In addition, meeting participants […]

The Council hosted its annual National Competitiveness Forum (NCF) on December 16, 2021. The virtual event featured an array of distinctive leaders from industry, academia, the national labs, and labor. In addition, keynotes from Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and others. Read the report here.

"Pushing Back the Frontiers of Technology and Defining the Future of Innovation" is the 3rd Competing in the Next Economy webinar from the Council on Competitiveness, in partnership with Lockheed Martin. This conversation focused on key, future tech and innovation opportunities facing the United States. Panelists also explored issues like incorporating national security into the […]

A summary of the summer 2021 virtual Board, Executive Committee and National Commission meeting, including guest speakers The Honorable Jennifer Granholm and The Honorable Gina Raimondo.

Call it Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, or digitally-enabled manufacturing…a new phase of the digital revolution is underway in manufacturing. The Council on Competitiveness has been exploring this megatrend, and how to turbocharge a U.S. manufacturing renaissance. This webinar, presented in conjunction with Lockheed Martin, seeks to explore key trends and answer critical questions at the […]

Today, sustainability is essential for preserving resources and protecting the environment, but also ensuring the sustainment of communities, diversity and inclusivity, and the flourishing of society in general. Sustainability, in this broad context, is essential for businesses, cities, regions and countries. It is a key issue driving competitiveness in the next economy. The good news […]