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October 2, 2020 New Council on Competitiveness Report Makes Business Case for Greater Resilience in the Age of COVID-19 Global leaders from business, academia and the national labs argue for making organizational resilience a cornerstone of competitiveness. WASHINGTON, DC, October 2, 2020 – Today, the Council on Competitiveness is publicly releasing Transform2020: Resilience in the […]

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 […]

October 29, 2020 Council's Higher Education Leaders Call for Federal Action on Research Fifty leaders from higher education who are members of the Council on Competitiveness, have signed a joint statement calling on Washington policy makers to provide the leadership, critical funding, and programmatic flexibility necessary to enable the nation’s colleges and universities to continue […]

The Council on Competitiveness is sharing with policymakers and the public an important update to one of the Council’s seminal reports, Transform, which was first released in 2007. Transform made the case for greater resilience in the face of a myriad of potential threats to businesses, government and U.S. critical infrastructure. Over the past thirteen […]

Monday, September 28, 2020 Dr. Thomas Zacharia Announced Co-Chair of the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers We are thrilled to announce that Thomas Zacharia, director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has become a co-chair of the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers. As the leader of the largest multidisciplinary science and […]

Dr. Thomas Zacharia Director, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryCo-Chair, National Commission “Innovation is the foundation of American prosperity and economic competitiveness.” The national laboratories are a competitive advantage for America to out-innovate the rest of the world. And in his video op-ed, Dr. Thomas Zacharia asserts these state-of-the-art facilities are an important part of an even […]

Dr. Gary May Chancellor, University of California, DavisNational Commissioner, Council on Competitiveness “Diversity is more than a good buzzword. It’s at the root of innovation.” In his Op-Ed, Dr. Gary May details how diversity drives success and better outcomes. He contends that without diversity across the design and development continuum, we see design flaws and […]

Thursday, July 23, 2020 The American College of Greece: Appointment of Deborah Wince Smith as Board of Trustees Vice Chair The American College of Greece is pleased to announce the appointment of Deborah Wince Smith as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees. Deborah Wince-Smith joined the Board in 2017. The Honorable Deborah L. Wince-Smith […]

June 23, 2020   Gallup and Council on Competitiveness Co-Present Virtual Event, "Rebuilding Trust in Uncertain Times" (WASHINGTON, DC—June 22, 2020) The Council on Competitiveness, a leadership organization of CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders, and national lab directors working together to keep America competitive in a challenging global economy, and Gallup, a global analytics and […]

June 18, 2020 Innovation Leaders Propose Nine Pillars for Competing in the Next Economy National commission of CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders and national laboratory directors releases definitive list of priorities for advancing American innovation and competitiveness in the COVID-19 era WASHINGTON, DC, June 18, 2020 – Nearly 200 innovation leaders from every sector of […]