SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit

SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit. The SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit is scheduled for October 31st and November 1, 2013. This may be the biggest meeting ever to increase economic development in the United States (Who would have thought that the United States would have come to this since back in 1980, when it was an economic powerhouse?). Let us hope this summit is genuinely trying to increase the US economy and jobs and not a Trojan horse, where the real reason for the summit is multi-national corporations trying to continuing to outsource U.S. jobs or trying to pass the dreaded Trans-Pacific Partnership Pact. (See my link on the TPP and why it is bad for America.) Update: this Economic Summit has just sold out.

What is the SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit?

The SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit is a first-of-its-kind, national-level engagement intended to connect businesses and investors from around the world with U.S. economic development organizations at the state, regional, and local levels. The SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit is being hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, and SelectUSA, as part of a U.S. government-wide initiative to promote direct investment in the United States.

Why You Should Attend?

The inaugural SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit will be an unprecedented two-day event focused on investment in the United States. The Summit will bring together top-level corporate executives and investors from the U.S. and around the world, economic development organizations and representatives from across the country, senior White House and Administration officials, subject matter experts and service providers. Participants will benefit from unique networking opportunities; one-on-one meetings; moderated panels; discussions on the latest information on all aspects of investment; and, available resources in the U.S.

Speakers List for the Conference

The main speakers will be Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce; Jack Lew, Secretary of the Treasury; Francisco Sanchez, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; And on November 1st, John Kerry, Secretary of State.

The SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit program will be constantly updated over the coming months. Please check back to view speaker additions and updates.

Daniel Armbrust	CEO	Sematech
Pierre Beaudoin	President & CEO	Bombardier
Sandy Berger	Chairman	Albright Stonebridge Group
Bill Black	Chair	FleishmanHillard
Brad Butwin	CEO	O’Melveny & Myers
David Constable	Chief Executive Officer	Sasol
Thierry Déau	CEO	Meridiam Infrastructure
Robert Divine	Chairman	Baker Donelson
Dan Doctoroff	President and CEO	Bloomberg, L.P.
Robert Drummond	President, North America	Schlumberger
Joe Echevarria	CEO	Deloitte
Laurence Fink	Chairman and CEO	BlackRock
Jason Furman	Chair	Council of Economic Advisors
Harry Goldgut	Senior Managing Partner	Brookfield
Melanie Hart	President and CEO	Tsuchiya North America
Bill Haslam	Governor	Tennessee
Charles Hayes	CEO	Research Triangle Regional Partnership
Eric Hirschhorn	Under Secretary of Industry and Security	Department of Commerce
Janice Jacobs	Assistant Secretary of Consular Affairs	U.S. Department of State
Wil James	President	Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.
Marisa Lago	Assistant Secretary of Consular Affairs	Department of Treasury
Andrew Liveris	President and CEO	The Dow Chemical Company
Ajit Manocha	CEO	Global Foundries
Jack Markell	Governor	Delaware
Nancy McLernon	President and CEO	Organization for International Investment
Stephen Moret	Secretary	Louisiana Economic Development
Douglas Oberhelman	Chairman and CEO	Caterpillar, Inc.
Martin O’Malley	Governor	Maryland
Annette Parker	President	South Central College
Bud Peterson	President	Georgia Institute of Technology
William (Bill) Simon	President and CEO	Walmart, U.S.
Matt Slaughter	Director	Center for Global Business and Government, Dartmouth
Eric Spiegel	President and CEO	Siemens Corporation US
Bill Sproull	President and CEO	Richardson Chamber of Commerce International Economic Development Corporation
David Steel	Senior Vice President Supply Chain & Operations	Motorola Mobility
Bob Sulentic	President and CEO	CBRE Group, Inc.
Anne Whitaker	President, North America Pharmaceuticals	Sanofi
Ludwig Willisch	President and CEO	BMW of North America
Mark Wiseman	Chief Executive Officer	Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Robert Wolf	Founder and CEO	32 Advisors
Daniel Yergin	Vice Chairman, IHS And Founder	IHS CERA

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