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An Executive Leadership Conference on Accelerating North Carolina’s Future

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On Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, nearly 200 of the state’s most prominent CEO’s and thought leaders gathered for this exclusive, invitation-only event to discuss a number of initiatives critical to our state’s prosperity.

Discover the outcomes of their discussion.

North Carolina expects to add nearly 2 million people between now and 2030, becoming the seventh most populous state in the country.

It begs the question: Are We Ready?

To empower North Carolina’s business community, the North Carolina Chamber Foundation – a nonpartisan, business-led, solutions-oriented organization – developed a long-term strategic vision to produce good jobs.

North Carolina Vision 2030 – A Plan for Accelerating Job Growth and Securing North Carolina’s Future, is a forward-thinking, strategic plan that provides focused economic development initiatives to drive real economic recovery and growth for North Carolinians.

North Carolina must be a business-friendly state that attracts top employers and employees, and provide a high quality of life.

Job creation is the key. North Carolina Vision 2030 provides the means to deliver it.

To achieve the ambitious goal of job creation, the plan outlines four “Pillars of a Secure Future”:

The first priority outlined in Vision 2030 is to develop and maintain strong education and workforce-development systems, including:

Effective, innovative public schoolsA strong community college systemA world-class university system

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“Your best investment when it comes to retention and talent acquisition is building your mentoring capabilities within your organization.”Dr. David DeLongPresident, Smart Workforce Strategies

The second pillar addresses our competitive business climate compared to other states’ rankings in eight key areas:

Unemployment Insurance TaxesWorkers’ Compensation Health CareGovernment Efficiency Right-to-Work StatusRegulatory EnvironmentTort Reform & the Legal Climate

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“You have to start thinking differently. Start early, start with technology, start with the ability to continue to evolve technology and ultimately, win the hearts and the loyalty of your future customers.”Ricky BrownPresident, BB&T

The third pillar will help facilitate innovations and advances to bolster North Carolina’s leadership in:

TechnologyPharmaceuticals FinanceFood ProcessingManufacturing

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“The ability to get entrepreneurship to collide with the fundamental infrastructure that can make and convert innovation into real industry is something we should focus on.”Joydeep GangulyVice president & general manager, Biogen

The fourth pillar addresses sufficient infrastructure maintenance and improvements to meet the demands required by growth, including:

EnergyWaterTransportationBroadbandManufacturing

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“We’re competing on a national stage and we need to continue to treat the stage in which we’re operating in that same fashion.”Ward NyePresident & CEO, Martin Marietta

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