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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 (Council) 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 […]

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 […]

Work. Thriving in a Turbulent, Technological and Transformed Global Economy reviews long-term trends affecting the U.S. labor market, and the challenges and opportunities they present for America's workers. It also looks across a multitude of Council initiatives and reports to highlight some of the many recommendations to strengthen America's workforce that emerged from this body […]

This report provides an in-depth look into the rich Commission Community conversation, sharing summaries from each of the Working Group sessions, with the intention to provide insight into the genesis of the key priorities of “Phase One” in 2020 and to shine the light on the path forward in “Phase Two,” as the Working Groups […]

Just over 15 months ago, the Council on Competitiveness (Council) launched the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers (Commission)—in the firm belief that the nation’s long-term growth in productivity and inclusive prosperity requires placing ever more attention on innovation to confer competitive advantage. Competing in the Next Economy is the call-to-action from the Council […]

The Building University-Industry-Laboratory Dialogues (BUILD) for Advanced Computing initiative rose from long-standing efforts at the Council on Competitiveness to understand and enhance the impact of the nation’s advanced computing resources. The rapid proliferation and growing accessibility of advanced computing resources has created an opportunity to build new partnerships and capitalize on areas of the economy […]

The Building University-Industry-Laboratory Dialogues (BUILD) for Advanced Computing initiative rose from long-standing efforts at the Council on Competitiveness to understand and enhance the impact of the nation’s advanced computing resources. The rapid proliferation and growing accessibility of advanced computing resources has created an opportunity to build new partnerships and capitalize on areas of the economy […]

The Building University-Industry-Laboratory Dialogues (BUILD) for Advanced Computing initiative rose from long-standing efforts at the Council on Competitiveness to understand and enhance the impact of the nation’s advanced computing resources. The rapid proliferation and growing accessibility of advanced computing resources has created an opportunity to build new partnerships and capitalize on areas of the economy […]