{"71890":{"#nid":"71890","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Clough to Participate in National Summit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President Wayne Clough is participating in a panel discussion on \u0027Education and the Workforce: Skill Sets for the 21st Century\u0027 at a national summit on American competitiveness hosted by U. S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe summit will convene the nation\u0027s premiere leaders of business, government, academia and the research community to address the core components and lessons of the role of the private sector; education and workforce issues, energy independence and partnerships in innovation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPresident Clough\u0027s panel will focus on the \u0027human\u0027 challenges of the current marketplace including keeping America economically competitive with a highly skilled workforce, attracting the best and brightest students from across the globe and evaluating the academic, government and private sector\u0027s role in ensuring America\u0027s education system is world class.  The panel is set to begin Tuesday, September 18 at 10:30 a.m. in the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The National Summit on American Competitiveness provides an opportunity to highlight the progress we\u0027ve made and the need for America to continually advance strategies that keep our country on the competitive edge,\u0022 said Gutierrez.  \u0022It will be a time to learn from America\u0027s most prominent and successful leaders and innovators.  I am excited about the potential for the National Summit to make a significant contribution toward shaping the national debate and developing policies that will help foster innovation and competitiveness.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo view a full listing of speakers and the summit agenda, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.americancompetitiveness.com\u0022 title=\u0022www.americancompetitiveness.com\u0022\u003Ewww.americancompetitiveness.com\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.commerce.gov\u0022 title=\u0022www.commerce.gov\u0022\u003Ewww.commerce.gov\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough will participate in a national summit on American competitiveness"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough is participating in a panel discussion on \u0027Education and the Workforce: Skill Sets for the 21st Century\u0027 at a national summit on American competitiveness hosted by U. S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Summit will address American competitiveness."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2007-09-18 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:05","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71891":{"id":"71891","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough","body":null,"created":"1449177414","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:16:54","changed":"1475894647","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:07"}},"media_ids":["71891"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.commerce.gov\/","title":"U.S. Department of Commerce"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.americancompetitiveness.com\/","title":"National Summit on American Compeitiveness"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2271","name":"American Competitivenss"},{"id":"1970","name":"Clough"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1877","name":"Higher Education"},{"id":"767","name":"Policy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}