What are the foundations for innovation, growth & inclusive prosperity? How do we strengthen innovation capacity & capability in regions across America? Council vice chair Dan Helfrich explores answers w/ global leaders: #CompeteConvo compete.org/tennessee ...cc: Chad Evans

.@DwinceSmith outlines great transitions reshaping regional & nat’l innovation-based competitiveness. Vanderbilt University Chancellor & Donde Plowman help her kick off the Council’s inaugural #CompeteConvo by putting TN’s competitiveness in context. compete.org/tennessee ... cc: Chad Evans

Competitiveness is directly tied to how 'places' are innovating in a world of turbulence & transformation. Council EVP Chad Evans discusses TN's strategy w/ Mayor Kincannon, Tim Kelly, Jamari Brown, & Ted Townsend ...check out: compete.org/tennessee #CompeteConvo

How will innovation transform TN & what lessons can the nation learn from the Volunteer State? Council CEO Deborah Wince-Smith asks state leaders for their forecasts: @RandyBoyd, Donde Plowman, Vanderbilt University Chancellor & Stuart C. McWhorter #CompeteConvo . compete.org/Tennessee ...cc: Chad Evans

Regional innovation drives nat’l #competitiveness . Compete.org launches multi-year series of 'Competitiveness Conversations Across America.' Focus? Place-MAKING innovation. Starting this week in TN. Agenda & more: @ ow.ly/RBlf50RnaY0 ... #CompeteConvo cc: Chad Evans

'I feel fortunate to be a Volunteer in a state that so strongly supports imagination & vision for the future. We have the potential of nuclear fusion, but it will be more capital intensive. We need more technologies around reactors. We must innovate.' - Brian Wirth #CompeteConvo

'We are knitting together multiple sources of innovation, approaching multiple supporters of innovation, and rallying all the resources available. It takes all of us to do the things that are possible in Tennessee.' - Vice Chancellor for Research Deborah Crawford #CompeteConvo

'Over the last ten years, the state of Tennessee has created 361,000 jobs that require a four-year degree. We desperately need to produce that talent, and higher education is a critical component of prosperity and growth in the state.' –UT System President Randy Boyd

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UT, Vanderbilt University & Compete.org are presenting a Competitiveness Conversation on issues of mobility & energy. 'At UT, we talk about stepping forward with courage to serve and light the way for others, and that can come from these two days together.' - Donde Plowman #CompeteConvo