The Summit for American Prosperity: Washington and Metro Areas Working Together
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - Thursday, June 12, 2008
7:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
The Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Brookings’s Metropolitan Policy Program hosted The Summit for American Prosperity: Washington and Metropolitan Areas Working Together at the Washington Hilton on June 11 and 12, 2008.
This Summit launched the policy phase of the Blueprint for American Prosperity: Unleashing the Potential of a Metropolitan Nation, an ambitious, multi-year initiative to build long-term U.S. prosperity by reinvigorating the federal role in promoting the health and vitality of America’s metropolitan areas. This Summit builds on the Blueprint’s earlier efforts to demonstrate that the nation’s assets are concentrated in our metro areas, and are the vital engines of the U.S. and global economy.
The Honorable Greg Nickels Mayor, Seattle, Washington Download speech »
Michael Porter Founder, Chairman and CEO, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School Download presentation »
The Hon. Edward G. Rendell, Governor, Pennsylvania
Michael Porter, Professor, Harvard Business School
Henry Cisneros, Chairman, CityView
Strobe Talbott, President, Brookings
The Hon. Michael Nutter, Mayor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Michael Mandel, Chief Economist, Business Week
Hilary Pennington, Director of Special Initiatives, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Hon. Ron Sims, County Executive, King County, WA (Seattle)
The Hon. AC Wharton, Jr., Mayor, Shelby County (Memphis), Tennessee
Rob Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Tom Darden, CEO, Cherokee Investment Partners
Jonathan Capehart, Editorial Writer, The Washington Post
The next Administration and Congress will confront increasingly complex global and domestic realities, and their improved partnership with local and regional leaders and the private sector will be essential to helping our nation adapt and prosper in this new environment. The Summit was a valuable opportunity to place this important discussion on the national stage and to strengthen our collective efforts to promote reforms.