Driven by technological advances, innovative manufacturing techniques, the biggest domestic energy boom in a century and a new generation of pragmatic, tested leaders in industry, education and
government, the nation’s industrial core is rebounding.
Employment in manufacturing hubs is rising. Foreign companies from Toyota
to Airbus to Fiat are basing their most advanced facilities in the U.S. The biggest, boldest American companies from Caterpillar, Boeing and GE, to John Deere, GM and Ford are showing the world that the heartland is every bit as much a high-technology hotbed as either coast. Together with thousands of small companies spread across the nation, they are truly Reinventing America and redefining its role in the Global Economy.
Join Forbes as we convene a first-of-its-kind summit of the industrial executives, entrepreneurs, academics and elected officials leading this revolution.
J.W. Marriott
Chicago, Illinois
- 9:00am
- Registration Opens
- 6:00pm
- Opening Reception at the JW Marriot
- 7:00pm
- Salon dinner departure
Registration Closes
- 7:00am
- Breakfast & Registration
- 8:00am
- Summit
- 12:30pm
- Lunch
- 2:00pm
- Summit
- 7:00pm
- Closing Reception & Dinner
- 7:00am
- Breakfast & Registration
- 8:00am
- Summit
- 12:30pm
- Lunch
- 2:00pm
- End of Summit
Topic’s to be Discussed:
The Opportunity of America
The Next Industrial Revolution: Innovations in Manufacturing that are Dramatically Reshaping America’s Role in the Global Economy
The Reinventors: Transformational Innovation in Everyday Things
Reinventing Finance: Funding Innovation Beyond Silicon Valley
The Entrepreneurial Key: Unlocking Innovation Within Legacy Businesses
What Schools Should Teach Now: Reinventing Education to Produce a Highly- Skilled Workforce
Fueling the Future: The New Domestic Energy Boom
Chicago: A City of Industry?
Managing for Innovation: An Engineer's Perspective
Governing For Growth: Case Studies on the Most Successful Public/Private Partnerships
• Alliance Texas: Port in the Economic Storm
• North Dakota: Fracking a Boom
• Opportunity Nation: Iowa’s Turnaround
• The Calm After the Storm: Louisiana’s Post-Katrina Rebirth
• Milwaukee: The Silicon Valley of Water
Transportation Next: Solutions for 21st Century Infrastructure Issues
Managing Complexity
Reinventing the Farm: Food or Fuel?
Powering the Future
The Internet of Things
The Maker Revolution: 3D Printing & the Democratization of Production
The Face of the American Dream
America 2050: Where We Will Live, How We Will Work and Who We Will Be
Full participants list available upon request.
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Director, Conference Partnerships
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Event Manager
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reinventingamerica@forbes.com
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