Building a Long-Term National Strategy on Growth through Innovation
As the new Congress begins its work, lawmakers and President Obama face both the immediate task of creating new jobs, and the long-term challenge of bringing record budget deficits under control while strengthening and sustaining economic growth.
On January 12, the Brookings Institution gathered the CEOs of leading U.S. businesses for a day-long series of panels addressing innovation in key business sectors, including information technology, green technology, defense and manufacturing. The program also included state and federal budget experts who discussed ways to reduce the budget deficit without strangling the economic recovery. Brookings experts lead the discussions to draw out ideas to advise policymakers on strategies for fostering growth and innovation.
Following each panel, the participants took questions from the audience.
Agenda
2:00 PM -- Panel 5: The Evolution of Manufacturing and Exports
Martin Neil Baily
Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies, Center on Regulation and Markets
Austan Goolsbee
Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics - University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Klaus Kleinfeld
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Alcoa
Dominic Barton
Global Managing Director - McKinsey & Co.
2:50 PM -- Panel 6: The Political and Policy Road Ahead
John L. Thornton
Chairman, The Brookings Institution
Valerie Jarrett
Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement
8:30 AM -- Welcome and Introduction
Glenn H. Hutchins
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Silver Lake Partners
9:00 AM -- Panel 1: The Shift to an Information Economy
Darrell M. West
Vice President and Director - Governance Studies
Senior Fellow - Center for Technology Innovation
Douglas Dillon Chair in Governmental Studies
Jeff Bewkes
Chairman, President and CEO, Time Warner
Randall Stephenson
Chairman and CEO - AT&T, Inc.
Julius Genachowski
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
10:00 AM -- Panel 2: The Potential of Green Energy and Technology
Jeff Immelt
Chairman of the Board and CEO, General Electric
Steven “Mac” Heller
CEO, Coda Automotive
Michael Greenstone
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
11:00 AM -- Panel 3: The Future of the Defense Industry
David Cote
Chairman and CEO, Honeywell
Michael E. O’Hanlon
Director of Research - Foreign Policy
Director - Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology
Co-Director - Africa Security Initiative
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology
The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair
Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy
Walt Havenstein
CEO, SAIC
12:30 PM -- The Promise of a More Efficient and Effective Government
Alice M. Rivlin
Former Brookings Expert
Ron Haskins
Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies
Ann Fudge
Member, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
Governor Edward G. Rendell
State of Pennsylvania
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