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From the President's Desk

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

A Continued Focus on Innovation

With last week’s National Summit in Detroit wrapped up, this week I traveled to Washington, D.C., for a similar—if more intimate and focused—session on innovation.

On June 23, I participated on a panel that was part of an all-day State of Innovation Summit produced by Seed magazine and the Council on Competitiveness, a group of CEOs, university presidents, and labor leaders working to find ways to ensure Americans’ prosperity.

As a member of the Council on Competitiveness, I was pleased to see what a prominent role it played June 15–17 at the National Summit, where council president Deborah Wince-Smith participated on panels focusing on manufacturing.

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