 On May 22, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois on The U.S. Department of Commerce held The 2008 National Summit on American Competitiveness. The Summit gathered the nation's premier leaders of business, government and academia on what steps the public and private sectors can take to secure America's position as the most competitive economy in the 21st century and beyond. The following photos were taken at the Summit.
Photos by Mark Jones.
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 | Maria Bartiromo, Anchor and Editor at CNBC moderates the Panel 1 discussion on the Roadmap for the Next Decade.
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 | Panel 1 Roadmap for the Next Decade Pictured (L-R): Deborah Wince-Smith, President of the Council on Competitiveness, Dr. Michael Porter, Professor at the Harvard Business School, Maria Bartiromo, Anchor and Editor at CNBC, Dr. Craig Barrett, Chairman of the Board at Intel Corporation, Louis Gerstner, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Business Machines Corporation and Jim McNerney, Jr, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Boeing Company participate in the Panel 1 discussion on the Roadmap for the Next Decade.
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 | Deborah Wince-Smith, President of the Council on Competitiveness and Dr. Michael Porter, Professor at the Harvard Business School discuss the Roadmap for the Next Decade during Panel 1.
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 | Louis Gerstner, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Business Machines Corporation and Jim McNerney, Jr, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Boeing Company participate in the Panel 1 discussion on the Roadmap for the Next Decade.
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 | Dr. Craig Barrett, Chairman of the Board at Intel Corporation discusses the Roadmap for the Next Decade during Panel 1.
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 | Louis Gerstner, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Business Machines Corporation discusses the Roadmap for the Next Decade during Panel 1.
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 | Jim Phillips, Managing Partner at Pinnacle Investments, LLC and Steven Chen, Chief Technology Officer at YouTube chat in the Green room before their Entrepreneurship panel discussion.
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 | Ronald Gidwitz, Former Chief Executive Officer at Helene Curtis moderates the Panel 2 discussion on Entrepreneurship.
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 | U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez delivers his speech at the Luncheon.
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 | U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Sandy K. Baruah present Dr. Michael Porter, Professor at the Harvard Business School with his Lifetime Achievement in Economic Development award.
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 | Dr. Michael Porter, Professor at the Harvard Business School delivers his acceptance speech for the Lifetime Achievement in Economic Development award.
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 | Mayor Richard Daley of the City of Chicago delivers his keynote speech at the Luncheon.
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 | Dr. Matthew Slaughter, Professor of International Economics at Dartmouth College and Robert Lane, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Deere & Company chat in the green room before their Utilizing Free Trade Agreements panel.
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 | U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Sandy K. Baruah introduces the third panel.
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 | U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson and Mayor Richard Daley of the City of Chicago chat in the green room before their panel on The 21st Century American Community.
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 | U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Sandy K. Baruah introduces the fourth panel.
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 | U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Sandy K. Baruah shake hands before the fourth panel.
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 | U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson moderates the Panel 4 discussion on The 21st Century American Community.
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 | Dr. Mark Drabenstott, Director of RUPRI Center for Regional Competitiveness at the University of Missouri-Columbia and Mayor Richard Daley of the City of Chicago participate in the Panel 4 discussion on The 21st Century American Community.
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 | Pictured (L-R): Mayor Richard Daley of the City of Chicago, William Daley, Vice Chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, Dr. Jim Owens, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caterpillar and Dr. Craig Barret, Chairman of the Board at Intel Corporation field questions during the Town Hall Session.
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 | U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez participates in the Town Hall Session.
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 | Panel 1 Roadmap for the Next Decade panelists Pictured (L-R): Louis Gerstner, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Business Machines Corporation, Jim McNerney, Jr, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Boeing Company, Maria Bartiromo, Anchor and Editor at CNBC, Dr. Michael Porter, Professor at the Harvard Business School, Deborah Wince-Smith, President of the Council on Competitiveness and Dr. Craig Barrett, Chairman of the Board at Intel Corporation.
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 | Panel 2 Entrepreneurship panelists Pictured (L-R): Steven Chen, Chief Technology Officer at YouTube, Steve Odland, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Office Depot, Jim Phillips, Managing Partner at Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Ronald Gidwitz, Former Chief Executive Officer at Helene Curtis, Beth Williams, President & Chief Executive Officer of Roxbury Technology Corporation and John Koten, Chief Executive Officer and Editor in Chief at Mansueto Ventures LLC
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 | Panel 3 Utilizing Free Trade Agreements panelists Pictured (L-R): Robert Lane, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Deere& Company, Rick Goings, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tupperware Brands Corporation, Governor John Engler, President and Chief Executive Officer at National Association of Manufacturers, Dr. Jim Owens, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caterpillar and Dr. Matthew Slaughter, Professor of International Economics at Dartmouth College.
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 | Panel 4 The 21st Century American Community Pictured (L-R): Dr. Mark Drabenstott, Director of RUPRI Center for Regional Competitiveness at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Governor Janet Naplitano of the State of Arizona, U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson, (Kelly O’Brien, Director of Summit Operations), Mayor Richard Daley of the City of Chicago and Governor Mark Sanford of the State of South Carolina.
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 | Town Hall Group Pictured (L-R): U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Sandy K. Baruah, Mayor Richard Daley of the City of Chicago, William Daley, Vice Chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co., U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, Dr. Jim Owens, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caterpillar and Dr. Craig Barrett, Chairman of the Board at Intel Corporation.
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 | Group shot of Loyola volunteers.
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 | Group shot volunteers.
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