Manufacturing Industry
Federal government sponsors dueling competitiveness events
Manufacturing & Technology News, May 30, 2008
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has set a date for the congressionally mandated "Science and Technology Summit." But the event is in direct conflict with one that is being sponsored by the Commerce Department on virtually the same dates. That event, titled "The Americas Competitiveness Forum: Promoting Prosperity and Economic Opportunity," is being hosted by the International Trade Administration in Atlanta, Ga., on August 17 to 19.
The OSTP summit will be held August 18-19 at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The theme is "Science, Technology and American Competitiveness: Progress and Direction Forward." Among the speakers: Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings; National Semiconductor CEO Brian Hall; IBM senior vice president for research and development Jack Kelly; Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Tennessee Reps. Bart Gordon (D) and Zach Wamp (R). Congress required the White House to convene the summit when it passed the 2007 America COMPETES Act.
The OSTP event "will focus on assessing the status of consensus policy recommendations to strengthen long-term U.S. economic competitiveness through science and technology," says OSTP. "Among the policy proposals that will be reviewed at the summit is President Bush's American Competitiveness Initiative, a package of priority investments and policies related to research and development, the science and engineering workforce and math and science education."
The Commerce Department event will include economic and education ministers, business executives, academics, and non-profit leaders "to engage in a dynamic discussion on innovative ways to create jobs, fight poverty and strengthen democratic governance in the Western Hemisphere."
To register for the OSTP event, go to http://www.ornl.gov/natlscitechsummit/index.shtml. For information on the Commerce Department event go to http://www.competitivenessforum.com/.>
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