{"250181":{"#nid":"250181","#data":{"type":"news","title":"President Peterson Joins National Leaders to Focus on Manufacturing and America\u2019s Competitiveness","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInternational business and education leaders gathered in Washington, D.C. this week to discuss the future of manufacturing, industry and their roles in higher education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn Wednesday Georgia Institute of Technology President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson spoke at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.compete.org\/ncf\/\u0022\u003ENational Competitiveness Forum\u003C\/a\u003E about the importance of getting more middle and high school students excited about science and engineering. The event also addressed how manufacturing drives economic growth and positions America as a world leader.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImmediately after a speech by President Barack Obama at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.selectusasummit.com\/\u0022\u003Ethe Select USA Investment Summit\u003C\/a\u003E on Thursday, Peterson also moderated a panel that discussed how America\u2019s universities can better partner with the world\u2019s leading businesses and industries.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs the United States moves more toward an innovation-based economy, it will be increasingly dependent upon cutting-edge research, development and the transfer of technology,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cUniversities have been able to successfully integrate each of these into the overall mission of higher education. By combining the human capital available at our universities and the wealth of the natural resources available in the U.S., we have a tremendously appealing environment for both foreign and domestic investment.\u201d\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEvent participants included Fortune 500 CEOs and five Cabinet secretaries, including \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.commerce.gov\/news\/secretary-speeches\/2013\/10\/31\/remarks-selectusa-2013-investment-summit\u0022\u003ECommerce Secretary Penny Pritzker\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"President Peterson serves on two national panels in Washington, D.C."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2013-10-31 21:47:18","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:14","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"250151":{"id":"250151","type":"image","title":"President Peterson Select USA","body":null,"created":"1449243795","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:15","changed":"1475894929","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:49","alt":"President Peterson Select USA","file":{"fid":"198080","name":"1-cropped.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/1-cropped_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/1-cropped_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1369980,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/1-cropped_0.jpg?itok=PC0U-lL_"}},"250161":{"id":"250161","type":"image","title":"President Peterson NCF","body":null,"created":"1449243795","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:15","changed":"1475894929","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:49","alt":"President Peterson NCF","file":{"fid":"198081","name":"img_0429.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_0429_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_0429_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1540716,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_0429_0.jpg?itok=MsFKdaC4"}}},"media_ids":["250151","250161"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/videos\/2013-10-30\/the-future-of-tech-programming","title":"President Peterson on Bloomberg TV"},{"url":"http:\/\/selectusa.commerce.gov\/selectusa-2013-investment-summit","title":"SelectUSA Investment Summit"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.compete.org\/ncf\/","title":"National Competitiveness Forum"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003EMedia Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}