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January 19, 2016
Left to Right: Mr. Ashraf Mohamed Naguib, CEO, Global Trade Matters - Egypt; The Honorable Deborah L. Wince-Smith, President & CEO, Council on Competitiveness; and Mr. Hassan Hussein, Summit Chairman, Chairman & CEO, Al Oula.CAIRO – Egypt is rebounding from multiple economic storms during the past five years. First, there was “Arab Spring,” then the global financial crisis, while at the same time regional conflicts were breaking out on every border. With this backdrop, Deborah Wince-Smith, President & CEO of the Council on Competitiveness, gave a keynote address entitled, “A Holistic Approach to Global Competitiveness.”

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 18, 2014

Council on Competitiveness signs a Memorandum of Understanding with CNI, one of Brazil's leading business organizations engaged in promoting growth and competitiveness in Brazilian industry, and playing an essential role in the development of the country.

(São José dos Campos, Brazil) Leaders from across the United States and Brazil—from industry, academia, national laboratories and research organizations—met this week in São José dos Campos for the inaugural CNI Business Mobilization for Innovation Dialogue (Diálogos da MEI) on the Strengthening of Engineering.

June 24, 2014

(Springdale, AR) It is not every day that a Saudi Arabian Prince requests to visit a business in Northwest Arkansas, but that is just what happened recently when Prince Saud bin Khalid Al-Faisal piloted his own plane in to visit NanoMech. Prince Saud is the Deputy Governor for Investment Affairs, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) and President, National Competitiveness Center (NCC). He is responsible for enhancing the competitiveness of Saudi Arabia and is utilizing his Eisenhower Fellowship to investigate new approaches to sustainable economic growth, diversification, and exploring innovations to increase his country's business potential.