November 5, 2018
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Do technology and automation kill jobs? Or just the reverse?
2018 MBA Case Competition
Join us for the U.S. Chamber Foundation's third annual MBA Case Competition in partnership with FedEx Freight to watch three teams from top MBA programs go head-to-head as they explore the crucial role businesses play in communities. A great opportunity to connect with next-gen talent and business school leadership.
October 29, 2018
This report summarizes and brings to a close phase one of the T3 Network. The report is divided into two parts. Part I focuses on the T3 Network’s vision, guiding principles, and profiles the work groups. Part II highlights the T3 Network’s recommendations, organized as a list of pilot projects that together provide the foundation for an open, distributed, public-private data infrastructure that supports access and opportunity for the American student and worker. The report concludes with next steps and acknowledgements.
October 12, 2018
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Sublime innovation is changing the way we work, play, and live. It’s also disrupting the way we eat. That’s a good thing. Our future – and the U.S. economy – depends on it.
U.S. Chamber Foundation Announces New Funders, Pilot Projects for Job Data Exchange
August 28, 2018
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced today additional support for the Job Data Exchange (JDX), an effort to help employers and their HR technology partners more clearly communicate hiring requirements in a rapidly changing talent marketplace. These new funding partners are Lumina Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and Walmart. Google.org and JPMorgan Chase & Co. previously announced their support for the project.
June 15, 2018
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The co-owner of the Wyoming Machine sheet metal company in Stacy, Minnesota that makes armored Humvees, steel spokes and other manufactured parts, Tapani posted an ad to fill a production job at their plant. Two months later she didn’t get a single applicant. Hiring skilled welders and laser operators was already tough. And in the manufacturing space winning the heated competition for good workers could mean the difference between profitability and closing the door. The American Welding Society anticipates a shortage of about 400,000 operators by 2024. But Tapani and Wyoming didn’t take the bad news laying down.
FOOD FORWARD
Join us as we hear from entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, and tech experts who will discuss the innovations and emerging technologies driving the food and agriculture industries forward and creating new ways to produce, transport, and consume food in the coming years.
August 16, 2018
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We often think of the use of technology in early education as detrimental to child development. Yet, the reality is that technological innovations have an incredibly valuable role to play in the classroom. By looking at the technology readily available in the world today, AEL, Wonderschool, and ELL are paving the way for the next breakthrough innovations in early childhood education and care.
June 19, 2018
At the backbone of PNC’s corporate responsibility efforts is the belief that when communities prosper, their business prospers. PNC supports the communities where it conducts business through job creation, local infrastructure, small business loans, financial education, and sponsorships.
June 8, 2018
Last month, leaders in business and sustainability met for the U.S.