CED Biannual Trustee Spring Policy Summit - What is at Stake: Navigating the Changing World Order

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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