Can you please call the roll . [ roll call ] clerk you have a quorum. Announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Approval of the minutes from the october 6 regular meeting. Can we open up the line for Public Comment on the minutes from the october 6 meeting. You have zero questions remaining. Well pause 20 seconds. If no one comes on the line, well move along. Clerk if members of the public wish to address the board on the meeting, please dial 10 to join the queue. And the number is available on the screen, should anyone want to join. You have zero questions remaining. Then well close Public Comment. Directors, are there any additions or amendments to the minutes . If not, may i hear a motion. Motion. Is there a second . A second. Please call the roll. [ roll call ] clerk 50. Item 5, communications. Due to the covid19 emergency, this meeting is being held virtually and all members of the public and staff are participating via video conference. This will
Kansas city reflector in topeka. Anchorally, michael, it. Nd factfinder 12 investigator each candidate will have three minutes for an Opening Statement. When questions are asked to the who will answer the question for throughout todays debate. Candidate a comment after the question is asked will have one minute to respond. That will be followed by candidate b who will have one minute to respond, and then candidate a will have 30 seconds for rebuttal. Each candidate will have two minutes 30 seconds for their closing statements. Hours as our timekeeper for todays debate is the broadcaster with the Kansas Agriculture Network and wibw radio in topeka. A blind draw was done to determine the order for opening and closing statements. The Opening Statement will be started by congressman Roger Marshall. You have three minutes for your Opening Statement. I want to offer our prayers to the ginsburg family. We pray for wisdom as a nation moves forward. If there is one thing i hope here this mornin
In this portion a group of Business Leaders discuss the future innovation and competitiveness environment in the u. S. Good morning. Since the councils beginning in 1986, weve seen over and over and time and again how technology has transformed our lives, and unleashed new challenges and opportunities as we think about a new future for the United States. 2003 was such a period of change. 17 years after our founding, our Council Members recognized that the nation stood at a florida infliction point. We needed significant chance to enhance our innovation capacity which lead to the pioneering work of our National Innovation initiative it, and now another 17 years later here we are again, once again finding ourselves at the precipice of transformational change. Throughout the day as debra mentioned in her opening remarks well hear stories about the changes as they are foundational to our Flagship National commission on innovation and competitiveness frontiers. The commission cochaired by t
Work of our National Innovation initiative. Now, another 17 years later, here we are again, once again finding ourselves at the precipice of transformational change. Today well hear stories about these changes as theyre foundational to our Flagship National commission on innovation and competitiveness frontiers. The commission cochaired by the Council Board on this stage is a multiyear effort to reimagine americas innovation potential and to chart a new path for competitiveness in the 21st century. And as this slide shows, just a little less than a year ago, with our core leadership team, we began to build this effort. And by august we had pulled together a powerful and diverse set of commissioners, nearly 60 leaders from across this country from industry, from academia, from our Labor Union Community and our National Labs. And the commission has already started their work. As deborah mentioned, todays launch is our 2020 roadmap of activities that we hope will change the future traject
Brouilette will deliver remarks. Good morning, we have seen time and again how technology has transformed our lives and unleashed new challenges and opportunities as we think about a new future for the United States. 2003 was a period of change, 17 years after our founding, our Council Members recognized that the nation stood at a particular inflection point. We needed significant change to enhance our innovation capacity and that led to the pioneering work of our National Innovation initiative. Another 17 years later, here we are again, finding ourselves at transformational change. Throughout the day as was mentioned, were going to hear stories about these changes as theyre foundational to our commission on innovation and competitiveness front tiers. The commission is a multiyear effort to reimagine americas innovation channel and to charter a new path in the 21st century. As this slideshows just a little less than a year ago with our core leadership team, we began to build this effor