The old model of attracting existing large companies is no longer viable. The Delaware Valley tri-state region is now focused on economic and job growth through smaller, home-grown companies.
Learn how we’re re-deploying our region’s basic strengths – our transportation network, expanded Convention Center, a robust “eds & meds” economy, growing pharma and alternative energy, and the new Clean Energy Campus at the Philadelphia Navy Yard – for a very different kind of sustainable future.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Amy Liu, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Metropolitan Policy Center, The Brookings Institution – on the interconnectedness of infrastructure, educational institutions and job creation.
PANELISTS
- Richard A. Hayne, President and Chairman of the Board, Urban Outfitters, Inc., the Philadelphia-based global retailer with more than 16,000 employees.
- Jeff Bartos, Chief Executive Officer, Mark Group, a small and growing new company focusing on environmental and renewal energy.
- Thomas G. Morr, President and Chief Executive Officer, Select Greater Philadelphia, on the “supply side” of corporate regional efforts to retain and attract companies.
- Craig Carnaroli, Executive Vice President, The University of Pennsylvania, on retaining college graduates and the key role of business incubators.
- Moderator: Steven T. Wray, Executive Director, Economy League of Greater Philadelphia.
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PlanPhilly: Planning Philadelphia's Future