25th Anniversary Celebration and National Manufacturing Competitiveness Summit

On December 7-8th the Council on Competitiveness will celebrate its 25th Anniversary and National Manufacturing Competitiveness Summit. The program for the Summit is outstanding and we are delighted that our founder John Young will be with us.

At the Summit on December 8th, we will roll out our National Manufacturing Strategy. The Strategy - which has engaged hundreds of private and public sector leaders in two years of work and numerous dialogues across the country - maps how the United States can lead the world in 21st century, advanced manufacturing that will be at the heart of our nation's long-term productivity and prosperity. Entitled MAKE: AN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING MOVEMENT, the strategy can be downloaded by clicking here.

We are also pleased to announce that the Council has confirmed U.S. News and World Report, IndustryWeek, Popular Science, Scientific American, Manufacturing Executive, and CNBC as official media partners for the Summit. The popular CNBC show Street Signs with Brian Sullivan will be filmed on-location to pose questions to our c-suite speakers and guests.

Adding to our list of participants will be these panel moderators: Washington Post columnist, Robert J. Samuelson; Assistant Managing Editor for Time Magazine, Rana Foroohar; Brian Kelly, Editor for U.S. News and World Report; Mark Jannot, Editor-in-Chief for Popular Science; Brian Sullivan, host of CNBC's Street Signs; and IndustryWeek Chief Editor, Patricia Panchak.

Our speakers will feature top executives from some of America's largest and most innovative companies: Deere & Company, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Deloitte, Bank of America, General Electric, Ernst & Young, and NASDAQ OMX.

To view the Summit's press release, please click here.

To read Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman's remarks, please click here.