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Devil in the Details: Reconciling the House and Senate Versions of Competitiveness Legislation

Thursday, March 17, 202210:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Webinar

Event Summary

Both chambers of Congress have passed competitiveness bills that would reshape major features of the U.S. innovation system. This rare convergence presents a big opportunity if the conference committee resolves the differences between the Senate’s U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness Act (USICA) and the House’s America COMPETES Act by taking the best elements of both. The future of the semiconductor industry, U.S.-China tech policy, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Standards and Technology, and the DOE national laboratory system are all at stake.

Watch ITIF and an expert panel featuring key policymakers and leading analysts who discussed how to bring House and Senate versions of competitiveness legislation across the finish line in a form that will be a winner for U.S. workers and the economy.

USICA co-sponsor Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) will provide opening remarks.

Speakers

Todd
Todd Young@SenToddYoung
Senator (R-IN)
U.S. Congress
Speaker
Robert D.
Robert D. Atkinson@RobAtkinsonITIF
President
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Moderator
Bruce
Bruce Andrews
Corporate Vice President and Chief Government Affairs Officer
Intel
Panelist
Stephen
Stephen Ezell@sjezell
Vice President, Global Innovation Policy, and Director, Center for Life Sciences Innovation
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Panelist
David M.
David M. Hart@profdavidhart
Professor of Public Policy
George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government
Panelist
David
David Vasko@DaveVasko1
Director of Advanced Technology
Rockwell Automation
Panelist
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