Years and i Cant Think of a more high penalty highpowered panel that weve had or that ive had the chance to moderate. Im looking forward to this and i think you will enjoy it as well. Im going to introduce the panel in just a second let me set the scene by saying, this is actually infrastructure week, east at least at csis. As we all know, there has been some i dont want to jinx it, but some progress on Capitol Hill on a domestic and for structure plan, 1 trillion of spending on it for structure, we have also been here at csis on trilateral cooperation among japan, australia and the United States on trying to move forward in international Instructor Infrastructure Initiative of their own. And the g7, the group of seven advanced market democracies, as i think people know, back in june when they met in britain, agreed on something called build back better world, which was their name for a global Infrastructure Program which they are going to do together, work on together, and they descri
Direct the economics program, we are delighted to have you here with us. Its going to be a very special hour. Ive been at csis for almost 10 years and i Cant Think of a more high penalty highpowered panel that weve had or that ive had the chance to moderate. Im looking forward to this and i think you will enjoy it as well. Im going to introduce the panel in just a second let me set the scene by saying, this is actually infrastructure week, east at least at csis. As we all know, there has been some i dont want to jinx it, but some progress on Capitol Hill on a domestic and for structure plan, 1 trillion of spending on it for structure, we have also been here at csis on trilateral cooperation among japan, australia and the United States on trying to move forward in international Instructor Infrastructure Initiative of their own. And the g7, the group of seven advanced market democracies, as i think people know, back in june when they met in britain, agreed on something called build back
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the National Press club. This is the place that news alison during my name is fitzgerald culture, the 112 president of the National Press club. We are pleased to welcome todays headliner speaker, ron shaich, the founder and ceo of panera bread. Before we begin, i would ask you all to take a moment to silence your cell phone. If you think you have done it, just double check, so you do not interrupt our program. If you or on twitter, you can use the npclive. For our radio, tv, and online audiences, i would like to note that we have members of the general public here in the audience, so if you hear any appliance or other reactions, they are not necessarily coming from the working. My guess is many of you have eaten that one of rons restaurants of the heirs or at the very least at a place inspired by it. Panerahe founder of both bread and in and is known in the industry as one of the founders of fastcasual, a 40 billion segment of the Restaurant Ind
Moment to silence your cell phones. If you think you have done it, just double check so that you dont interrupt our program. If you are on twitter, we encourage you to tweet pressclubdc and you can use the npclive. In addition to club members and working journalists, we have members of the public in the audience. So if you hear any applause or reactions, they are not necessarily coming from the working press. Haveess is many of you eaten at one of ron shaichs restaurants over the years or at least a place inspired. By his approach to dining he is the founder of both panera bread in and is known in the industry as one of the founders of fastcasual, a 40 billion segment of the Restaurant Industry. Panera bread has over 40,000 cafes, six of which are within one mile of here, has 140,000 employees that generate more than 5 billion in annual revenue. It was back in 1999 that shaich took his company public. Stocks did quite well, but he grew to regret the decision. In 2017, he face. Famously