Building a Long-Term National Strategy on Growth through Innovation

Brookings Institution
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
http://www.brookings.edu/events/2011/0112_growth_innovation.aspx

On January 12, the Brookings Institution will gather the CEOs of leading U.S. businesses for a day-long series of panels addressing innovation in key business sectors, including information technology, green technology, defense and manufacturing. The program will also include state and federal budget experts who will discuss ways to reduce the budget deficit without strangling the economic recovery. Brookings experts will lead the discussions to draw out ideas to advise policymakers on strategies for fostering growth and innovation.

8:30 AM -- Welcome and Introduction
Strobe Talbott
President, The Brookings Institution

Glenn Hutchins
Co-founder and Co-Chief Executive, Silver Lake
Trustee, The Brookings Institution

9:00 AM -- Panel 1: The Shift to an Information Economy
Moderator: Darrell M. West
Vice President and Director, Governance Studies

Jeff Bewkes
Chairman, President and CEO, Time Warner

Randall Stephenson
Chairman, President and CEO, AT&T

Julius Genachowski
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission

10:00 AM -- Panel 2: The Potential of Green Energy and Technology
Moderator: Bruce Katz
Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program

Jeff Immelt
Chairman of the Board and CEO, General Electric

Steven “Mac” Heller
CEO, Coda Automotive

Michael Greenstone
Director, The Hamilton Project

11:00 AM -- Panel 3: The Future of the Defense Industry
Moderator: Peter W. Singer
Director, 21st Century Defense Initiative

David Cote
Chairman and CEO, Honeywell

Michael E. O'Hanlon
Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, 21st Century Defense Initiative

Walt Havenstein
CEO, SAIC

12:30 PM -- The Promise of a More Efficient and Effective Government
Moderator: William J. Antholis
Managing Director, The Brookings Institution

Alice M. Rivlin
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Ron Haskins
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Ann Fudge
Member, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

The Honorable Edward Rendell (D-Pa.)
Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

The Honorable Evan Bayh (D-Ind.)
U.S. Senate

2:00 PM -- Panel 5: The Evolution of Manufacturing and Exports
Moderator: Martin Neil Baily
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Austan Goolsbee
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors, The White House
Chief Economist, President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board

Klaus Kleinfeld
President and CEO, Alcoa

Dominic Barton
Global Managing Director, McKinsey and Company

2:50 PM -- Panel 6: The Political and Policy Road Ahead
Valerie Jarrett
Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement
The White House

John L. Thornton
Chairman, Board of Trustees, The Brookings Institution