Michigan CEO Summit: Michigan’s major employers lay out promising vision for state

CEO Summit engages business, civic and community leaders in Michigan’s turnaround; Recommend growth opportunities for building state’s economy, capitalizing on Michigan’s core strengths and driving the economy through innovation and entrepreneurship 

DETROIT, Mich., March 15, 2012 — Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM) hosted its first Michigan CEO Summit today at the Westin Book Cadillac to share their optimism about the state’s future and to lay out the 2012 Michigan Turnaround Plan (MTP), an aggressive agenda, to make Michigan a Top Ten State for job, economic and personal income growth.  Panel discussions at the conference centered on strategies for continuing Michigan’s turnaround and an important new sixth step of the MTP, Leveraging Assets to Grow the New Michigan, that lays out a 10+ year vision for growing a New Michigan economy and up to 500,000 new jobs. The event drew over 400 attendees from across the state.

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Presentations:

Michigan’s Future: The Timeless Power of Ideas and Optimism by Robert Taubman

Michigan CEO Summit Agenda: Lineup of top job providers to fuel discussion on efforts to grow the New Michigan economy

Today Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM) announced the full agenda for the first-ever Michigan CEO Summit which will bring more than a dozen of Michigan’s top executives together to share strategies for building the state’s economic future. The daylong event will be held on March 15, 2012 at the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit and will focus on strategies for achieving success at the local, state and national levels, and explore new ways to innovate, invest, and accelerate Michigan’s economic growth.

“This event provides a unique opportunity for business, civic and community leaders to hear directly from Michigan’s largest job providers about what they think are the major trends that will most impact our state’s economy,” said Doug Rothwell, President and CEO, Business Leaders for Michigan.  “We will also focus on Michigan’s greatest challenges and opportunities and what business and others can do to grow the New Michigan economy.”

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CEOs to Strategize about Michigan’s Economic Future

First-Ever Michigan CEO Summit Scheduled for March 2012

DETROIT, Mich., November 30, 2011 — In an event, to be hosted by Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM), Michigan’s top executives will come together to share strategies for building the state’s economic future on March 15, 2012 at the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit.

“Through this dialogue, we can heighten awareness of the steps that Michigan needs to take to continue its turnaround,” said Doug Rothwell, President and CEO, Business Leaders for Michigan. “We’ll be hearing strategies for achieving success at the local, state and global levels, and looking for new ways to innovate, invest, and accelerate Michigan’s economic growth.”

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