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January 20, 2015

(Washington, DC ) — After a series of national events focused exclusively on competitiveness, President Obama is likely to make economic growth and prosperity the center of his State of the Union address tonight.

January 8, 2015

(Washington, DC )- The Council on Competitiveness is pleased to congratulate The University of Tennessee — Knoxville, a longstanding Council member, on being selected by the White House to lead a public-private partnership of 122 leading companies, universities, research laboratories and non-profits that will create a $250 million manufacturing innovation hub.

The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing is the latest in a series of manufacturing hubs that make up the President’s National Network of Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). 

December 10, 2014

Banff, Alberta, Canada — More than 50 leaders from competitiveness councils around the world representing a dozen countries — including CEOs, CTOs, university presidents, leaders from major laboratories and research foundations, and government representatives — are gathering this week in Banff, Alberta, Canada, (December 11-13) for the Global Innovation Summit and the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils (GFCC).

November 21, 2014

The National Engineering Forum (NEF), along with the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Georgia Research Alliance, hosted a robust discussion about the future of American engineering Thursday night. The regional dialogue at the iconic Tech Tower brought together executive-level representatives from industry, academia, and government to discuss solutions to the challenges facing America's engineering enterprise.