Blown away by the fantastic talk that there was on sustainability. Thank you, again, for that wonderful tour deforce of the imperative for sustainability in our future. Allow me to recognize and thank our sponsors for their support and commission for the council. And i want to thank lockheed martin. Pepsico, snapon, deloitte, air chairman sponsors asu, university of california san diego, as well as our benefactors and patrons, hntv, michigan state, university of michigan. Verizon, Marquette University and white cap investment. Without this we could not do the forum and we thank you very very much for that. Well, we have a full day of very exciting talks, as well as the release of some of the critical annual policy work at the counsel of competitiveness. Calling for our clarion call that we will release shortly and i want to really just frame that in a few overarching facts about the good and bad of our economy right now. The good news, of course, is that gdp growth over the past two qu
Good morning. Welcome to had 2017 National Competitiveness forum. I hope all of you that were with us last night had a lovely evening at the University Club for the annual dinner . I know we were all blown away by the fantastic talk that he gave on sustainability. Thank you again for that wonderful tour deforce of sustainability in our future. Allow me to recognize and thank our sponsors for their support and commitment to the counsels work. I want to recognize lockheed martin, our sponsors. And pepsico, snapon. Our chairman sponsors, university san diego. As well as our ben factors and patrons. University of michigan, Marquette University and white cap investment. Without your support we could not do it forum and we thank you very much for that. We have a full day of very exciting talks as well as the release of some of the critical annual policy work on the counsel of competitiveness. And i want to really just frame that in a few over arching facts about the good and the bad of our e
The fantastic talk that he gave on sustainability. Thank you again for that wonderful tour deforce of sustainability in our future. Allow me to recognize and thank our sponsors for their support and commitment to the counsels work. I want to recognize lockheed martin, our sponsors. And pepsico, snapon. Our chairman sponsors, university san diego. As well as our ben factors and patrons. University of michigan, Marquette University and white cap investment. Without your support we could not do it forum and we thank you very much for that. We have a full day of very exciting talks as well as the release of some of the critical annual policy work on the counsel of competitiveness. And i want to really just frame that in a few over arching facts about the good and the bad of our economy right now. The good news of course is that growth as been very strong. While productivity was flat through most of the year. Its rebounded recently and unemployment is low. In enact lowest since 2000. We kno
Supervisors supervisor peskin has been asked to be appointed by mr. Coaker any initial comments supervisor peskin recovered to the clerk of the board survey on march first stating healed to serve on the commission do either of you have questions or statements as to the folks to make about that seeing none, lets hear from Public Comment any Public Comment on this item . Good afternoon david pilpal im in support of supervisor peskin i think hell do an excellent job representing the city an bcdc got lots of experience i happened to be in conversation request the clerk about the manner in which these kinds of appointments of Board Members to both sides are handed and suggested it should list as information and bottom one seat one applicant line supervisor peskin in the way that public appointments are made because a member of the public wouldnt know unless we want to the packet that supervisor peskin just read a hearing took place jefferson this will provide more information but on substan
And how to advance americas trade agenda to President Trump and the 115th congress. This is about an hour and a half. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the president and ceo of the u. S. Council on competitiveness, the honorable deborah wincesmith. Good morning. Welcome to the 2016 National Competitiveness forum and the u. S. Council on competitivenesss 30th anniversary. Last night, many of you were with us at the Smithsonians National museum of American History and we were so pleased and delighted to celebrate with so many friends and colleagues from around the country and the world. The councils 30th anniversary and to honor two great leaders of american competitiveness for their contributions. The secretary of Energy Ernie Moniz and the long time science adviser, john hold wren. Today we have a full and engaging day of presentations and recommendations and we hope you all will participate in the conversation. Allow me to just share a few thoughts about todays anniversary forum. I