Bringing together businessmen, academics, and government officials, “The National Summit” aims to set an agenda and implementation plan for how America can “improve [its] ability to compete in the 21st century. It is designed to be inclusive, interactive and innovative, and to drive real-world results.”
To be held in Detroit, ground zero for the car industry’s woes and a symbol of the enormous changes sweeping through the U.S. economy, creating a strategy for America’s ability to emerge from this recession and compete with renewed vigor should focus on the second green revolution. Indeed, energy and the environment will be two of four main focus areas. From the website:
The National Summit is taking place during an economic crisis of historic proportions. It will be convened by the Detroit Economic Club (DEC) on June 15-17, 2009 at Marriott Renaissance Center in Detroit, in the early days of a new administration in Washington. A unique national conversation, it will engage a cross-sector gathering of prominent business, government and academic leaders in debate and dialogue in four areas of vital importance to America’s future in a global economy: Technology. Energy, Environment and Manufacturing. Student participation also will be encouraged.
The summit will have co-chairs, both of whom are from the private sector: William Clay Ford, Jr., the Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Co. and Andrew N. Liveris, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Co. Other chief executives taking part include Richard Anderson of Delta Air Lines Inc., Steven Ballmer of Microsoft Corp., and D. Scott Davis of United Parcel Service Inc. The full list of speakers can be found here. 2nd Green Revolution will follow up with any interesting outcomes from the conference.
It is exciting to see that people of all political leanings, the private and the public sector, businessmen and environmentalist are finding common ground on the clean energy issue. For the future of the country, there’s a lot riding on how America deals with and reacts to its energy and economic challenges in a digitally-globalized world.
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