CED Biannual Trustee Policy Summits
CED’s Biannual Trustee Policy Summits are Chatham House discussions that consist of a series of roundtables with CED Trustees, key executives of leading US companies, and special guests from the business and public policy communities.
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CED Biannual Trustee Policy Summit - Inflection Point: Charting a Sustainable Path Forward
June 11, 2024 05:00 PM ET - June 12, 2024 06:00 PM ET | In Person Meeting
CED hosted its Spring Trustee Policy Summit, Inflection Point: Charting a Sustainable Path Forward on June 11-12th in Washington, DC. The Summit opened the evening of June 11th with a dinner at the U.S. Capitol in the historic Member’ Dining Room. We were joined by Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and James Comer (R-KY).
On June 12th, the Summit consisted of a series of roundtable discussions with CED Trustees and special guests from the Washington business and public policy communities on som of the most consequential issues facing the nation, including the future of globalization and global trade, strengthening bipartisanship in Congress, US economic and political outlooks, the war in Ukraine and the future of NATO, and more.
Guest speakers included: Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Member, Subcommittee on Health (House Committee on Energy and Commerce); Hon. Heather Boushey, Member, White House Council of Economic Advisers; Chief Economist to the Invest in America Cabinet; Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), Majority Whip, Problem Solvers Caucus; Hon. Bob Zoellick, Former President, World Bank Group; former US Trade Representative and Under Secretary of State; Heather Long, Editorial Writer and Columnist, The Washington Post; Hon. Cassandra Robertson, Special Assistant to the President for Labor Policy, White House National Economic Council; Jan Havránek, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Czech Republic in the United States; Former Representatives Ron Klein (D-FL) and Tom Davis (R-VA); Hon. Mario Mancuso, Former Under Secretary of Commerce; Mark Doms, Chief Economist, Congressional Budget Office; His Excellency Jose Manuel Romualdez, Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States; Dana M. Peterson, Chief Economist, The Conference Board.
The full agenda can be accessed here. The summary report can be accessed here.
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CED Biannual Trustee Policy Summit: Fall
November 15, 2023 11:00 AM ET - 02:00 PM ET
The CED Biannual Trustee Virtual Policy Summit: Fall 2023 was held virtually on November 15th, 2023 via Zoom.
The virtual Summit consisted of a series of 30-minute CED Trustee Briefings with special guests and a Trustee-only roundtable discussion on the leading geo-economic challenges facing the nation.
Guest speakers included: Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on Saving Social Security; General David Petraeus, former CIA Director; and Chairman of KKR Global Institute, on Conflict in Europe and the Middle East; Stephen Hadley, former National Security Advisor of the US, and Principal at Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, on The US & the World; Lawrence H. Summers, former US Secretary of the Treasury and President Emeritus of Harvard University, on The Current State of the US Economy & the Road Ahead; followed by a Trustee-Only Roundtable Discussion on Navigating the Geo-economic Challenges.
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CED Biannual Trustee Spring Policy Summit - What is at Stake: Navigating the Changing World Order
June 14, 2023 09:00 AM ET - 05:00 PM ET
CED hosted its Spring Trustee Policy Summit, What is at Stake: Navigating the Changing World Order on June 13-14th in Washington, DC. The Summit opened the evening of June 13th with a dinner at the U.S. Capitol in the historic Lincoln Room off of National Statuary Hall dedicated to Abraham Lincoln. We were joined by Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA) for a conversation on the AI Revolution and Congressman Derek Kilmer (D-WA) on the New Democratic Coalition.
On June 14th, the Summit consisted of a series of roundtable discussions with CED Trustees and special guests from the Washington business and public policy communities on the most pressing economic and business issues facing the nation, including: the AI revolution, the banking crisis, the current ESG backlash, the national cybersecurity strategy, global threat assessments, European security after Ukraine, the 2024 political landscape, US trade policy.
Guest speakers included: Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Assistant to the President and Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Martin Gruenberg, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Ambassador Oksana Markarova, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States, Paul Daugherty, Chief Technology Officer, Accenture, Ambassador Kristjan Prikk, Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to the US, HE the Hon Dr. Kevin Rudd, Ambassador to the United States, Embassy of Australia, Kemba Walden, Acting National Cyber Director, White House Office of the National Cyber Director, Phillip Swagel, Director, Congressional Budget Office, Dr. Ashish Jha, Assistant to the President and Coordinator of the COVID-19 Response, Greg Ip, Chief Economics Commentator, Wall Street Journal, Ambassador Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative, David E. Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, New York Times.
The full agenda can be accessed here. The summary report can be accessed here.
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CED Biannual Trustee Virtual Policy Summit: Fall 2022
November 16, 2022 11:00 AM ET - 02:00 PM ET
Last year, the Trustee-only event convened leading voices from the policy and business communities for briefings on issues at the forefront of the national and global agenda to offer insights on navigating economic and geopolitical challenges ahead, as well as to discuss the impact of the mid-term elections on the policy agenda.
Trustees were joined by: Lawrence H. Summers, former US Secretary of the Treasury and President Emeritus of Harvard University, for a briefing on The Economic Outlook and Its Impact on Fiscal Policy; Matthew Harrington, Global President & COO, Edelman, CED Trustees; Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies, Yale University; and Alan Murray, CEO, Fortune Media on The Changing Role of Business Leadership in Society; Ambassador Kenneth I. Juster, US Ambassador to the Republic of India (2017-2021) on The Shifting Global Order: India’s Role; and Mark Penn, pollster, political strategist, and Chairman & CEO of Stagwell on Understanding the Mid-Term Elections and Their Impact on Policy. The final session of the summit included a Trustee-only roundtable discussion on Navigating the Economic Storm.
CED expresses its sincere thanks to the Summit’s sponsors, RW2 Enterprises and Schnitzer Steel Industries, along with the Trustees and the various guests for making the summit an incredibly thoughtful and timely series of discussions.
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