will convene leaders from government, business, finance, and technology to explore the policies and innovations shaping America’s economic future. The day will move fluidly across a wide range of growth topics — energy, AI, manufacturing, digital finance, workforce, monetary policy, science, and more.
The Grid Is the Bottleneck: Can America Build Power Fast Enough?
Laura Swett, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Is AI Safe? Navigating Rogue Models, the China Race and Enterprise Value
Matt Calkins, CEO, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Appian
Cybersecurity and AI: Protecting America's Competitive Edge
Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD), Chairman, Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity
Reindustrializing America: Closing the Gaps to Growth
Brie Sachse, Chief External Affairs Officer, Siemens USA
Reshoring and Economic Statecraft
Dr. Peter Navarro, White House Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing
Technology and the American Economy
Rep. April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Member, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Energy Dominance: Securing American Advantage
Jarrod Agen, Executive Director, White House National Energy Dominance Council
Building Blocks of the US Economy: The Growth Agenda
Christopher Phelan, Chairman, White House Council of Economic Advisers
AI and the American Workforce
Alissa Kratsios, Head of Global Policy, Ramp
Science and Innovation: Unlocking the Next Frontier
Shawn Whitman, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy
The American Dream and Housing Affordability
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Member, Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
America's Role in Global Trade: Setting the Rules
Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), Chairman, House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade
Mapping Economic Opportunity through Housing, Capital, and Policy
Edward Skyler, Head of Enterprise Services & Public Affairs, Citi
The Next Generation of Talent: Building a Career-Ready Workforce
Marian Salzman, SVP Corporate Development & Sr. Advisor to US CEO, Philip Morris International US. Additional speaker to be announced
Defending America's Digital Infrastructure: The Cyber Imperative
Nicholas Andersen, Acting Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
AI for National Security Operators
Kevin McAleenan, Chief Executive Officer, BigBear.ai
The New Topography of Trade: Reshaping Global Commerce
Bill Guidera, Deputy Under Secretary for Innovation and Engagement, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The Compute Arms Race: Open Source, Semiconductors, and American Leadership
Bruce Andrews, Chief External Affairs Officer, NVIDIA; former Deputy Secretary of Commerce
Data Centers, AI, and the Energy Imperative
Chris Womack, Chairman, President & CEO, Southern Company
How Digital Assets are Modernizing the Infrastructure Behind American Markets
Kara Calvert, Vice President, US Policy, Coinbase
The New Infrastructure of American Growth
Steve Glickman, Co-Founder & CEO, Statt
The State of the American Economy
Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL), Member, House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
Blind Spots in Economics
Michael R. Strain, Director of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Investing in the Next Generation: Why Education and Opportunity Matter
Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Member, House Financial Services Committee
American Exports and Global Competitiveness
John Jovanovic, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States
America's Place in a Changing World
Carlos Gutierrez, Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce; Author, “Sheer Will: Learning to Lead When There Is No Path”
Building America's Quantum Networking Edge
Dr. Noel Goddard, CEO, Qunnect
Tech Innovation and AI Regulation: A Tech Visionary’s Perspective
Steve Case, Chairman & CEO, Revolution and Co-Founder, AOL
Small Business Is the Real Growth Engine
Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Chair, House Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access
Why History Matters in American Finance
Richard Vague, Economist; Former Secretary of Banking and Securities, State of Pennsylvania; Author, “The Banker Who Made America”
The Workforce That Will Power the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Carolyn Lee, President and Executive Director, Manufacturing Institute
Healthy Capitalism and a Gold Standard for Kids
Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers
The Critical Minerals Imperative
Seth Levey, Head of US Corporate Affairs, Glencore
Kristi Rogers, Co-Founder & President, PRISM
Elaine Dezenski, Senior Director and Head of the Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP), Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)
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