Fostering Growth through Innovation
As the nation enters a contentious presidential election year, the economy continues to struggle, unemployment levels remain high, and partisan divides impede efforts to create new jobs and bring record budget deficits under control while sustaining long-term economic growth.
After Strobe Talbott and Glenn Hutchins (Silver Lake) introduce the event, Gary Burtless, Klaus Kleinfeld (Alcoa), and Andrew Liveris (The Dow Chemical Company) discuss economic growth and job creation in a panel moderated by Alice Rivlin.
John Bryson, Secretary of the Department of Commerce, discusses the role of the department in encouraging innovation, and answers questions in a session moderated by Bruce Katz.
Dominic Barton (McKinsey & Company) and Thomas Connelly (DuPont) discuss advanced industries and exports in a panel moderated by Bruce Katz.
William Galston, Peter Grauer (Bloomberg L.P.), and Ted Leonsis (Monumental Sports and Entertainment) discuss new media, information technology and institutional reform in a panel moderated by Darrell West.
Leo Gerard (United Steelworkers), Elisabeth Jacobs, and John Surma (United States Steel) discuss global competition and American jobs in a panel moderated by Martin Baily.
Alan Berube, Shirley Jackson (Rensselaer), Judith Rodin (Rockefeller Foundation), and Robert Rubin (The CFR) discuss innovation at the local and state levels in a panel moderated by Michael Greenstone. Glenn Hutchins provides closing remarks.
On January 13, the Brookings Institution gathered the CEOs of leading U.S. businesses for a day-long series of panels addressing job creation, economic competitiveness, and innovations in technology. The program included state and federal experts who discussed strategies reaching from local innovation to global competition, and addressed ideas for reducing the budget deficit without undermining strategies to revitalize the economy. Brookings experts led discussions on a broad range of strategies for fostering growth and innovation.
Following each panel, the participants took questions from the audience.
This event was live tweeted using the hashtag #BIJobCreation.
Download papers from the event:
- The Immediate Jobs Crisis and Our Long-Run Labor Market Problem, by Gary Burtless and Adam Looney
- Political Dysfunction and Economic Decline, by William A. Galston
- Lessons for the United States from the German Labor Market Miracle, by Elisabeth Jacobs
- Identifying and Responding to the U.S. Metropolitan Employment Crisis, by Alan Berube
Agenda
8:30 AM -- Welcome and Introduction
Glenn H. Hutchins
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Silver Lake Partners
8:35 AM -- Economic Growth and Job Creation
Alice M. Rivlin
Former Brookings Expert
Klaus Kleinfeld
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Alcoa
Andrew Liveris
President, Chairman and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company
9:45 AM -- The Commerce Department and Innovation
John Bryson
Secretary
10:45 AM -- Advanced Industries and Exports
Dominic Barton
Global Managing Director - McKinsey & Co.
Thomas Connelly
Executive VP and Chief Innovation Officer, DuPont
12:00 PM -- New Media, Information Technology and Institutional Reform
Darrell M. West
Senior Fellow - Center for Technology Innovation
Douglas Dillon Chair in Governmental Studies
Peter Grauer
Chairman, Bloomberg L.P.
Ted Leonsis
Founder, Majority Owner, Chairman and CEO, Monumental Sports and Entertainment
2:00 PM -- Global Competition and American Jobs
Martin Neil Baily
Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies, Center on Regulation and Markets
Leo Gerard
International President, United Steelworkers
Elisabeth Jacobs
Senior fellow - Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population at the Urban Institute
Former Brookings Expert
John Surma
Chairman and CEO, United States Steel
3:00 PM -- Local and State Innovation
Michael Greenstone
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Shirley Jackson
President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Judith Rodin
President, The Rockefeller Foundation
3:50 PM -- Closing Comments
Glenn H. Hutchins
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Silver Lake Partners
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