Register by September 10th and receive full registration for only $200.
Biomass South is the premier event establishing the South’s leadership position in the critical transformation of the global economy from a fossil fuel economy to a bio-based renewable resource economy. The basis of the bio-economy is the utilization of renewable biological raw materials called biomass—agricultural crops and forestry materials which can effectively harness solar energy—which can then serve as the building blocks to replace petroleum in many products such as biofuels, green chemicals, novel polymers, and many other materials.
Biomass South 2010 is brought to you by Memphis AgBioworks, Southeast Agriculture & Forest Energy Resources Alliance, and Southern Growth Policies Board. Speakers will include State and Federal officials along with experts from Academia, Industry and the Financial Sector.
According to a 2009 national survey, Americans believe that manufacturing is the
most important industry for a strong national economy. Yet only 17 percent said
their schools encourage manufacturing careers, and only 13 percent said their
own parents encouraged them to pursue a career in manufacturing.
The disconnect between these two views—that manufacturing is critically
important, but not as a career—has dire implications for the U.S. since now, more
than ever, competitive manufacturing rests on employee quality.
Click here to read the entire commentary, written by Scott Doron, Director of the Southern Technology Council.
Ask the Experts
“Ask
the Experts,” features a rotating
panel of experts from around the region offering their views on
an important economic development question. This month, we posed
the following question:
Given the context of the Driving the Next 20 conference, and/or your professional perspective in the automotive industry, what can states do to promote the automotive industry (maximum of three)?
Click
to see
what our panel of experts had to say.
SJF Summit on the New Green Economy
Southern Growth is proud to be a promotional partner of the SJF Summit on the Green Economy. Join this dynamic gathering of business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers, and community groups for the second annual Summit on the New Green Economy in Durham, NC.
Keynote speakers will include: Bruce Kahn, Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors; Dr. Robert Wallace, BithEnergy; Bruce Usher, Columbia Business School; and David Orr, Oberlin College.
The Summit will feature fourteen panels and structured networking to develop strategies attendees can implement in their own businesses.
Teaming Up For Success Teaming Up for Success is a Blog written by Carla Ledbetter
for the Washington Times. It features stories about people
collaborating and working together to make good things happen. A
recent entry, Southern Recipe for Community Success,
features Southern Growth Policies Board's Community Forums. Read
the article and learn more about how Southern Growth's forums
help communities communicate and achieve success.
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on Twitter and LinkedIn
You can now keep up with Southern Growth and economic development
issues relevant to the South through our Twitter page and LinkedIn
group. On our Twitter page you’ll find updates on Southern
Growth activities as well as pointers to new economic development
reports, data and ideas. The LinkedIn Group allows our Southern
Growth constituents to communicate with each other by posting
their own events, reports, and ideas to the group profile. Follow
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The Road to Recovery: 2009-2010 Forum
Materials and Guidelines Now Available November 3 , 2009. Each year,
Southern Growth Policies Board starts a conversation in the
South on a particular issue related to economic development.
We do this by holding community forums, or moderated discussions,
in communities large and small across the region. In 2009,
more than 2,300 Southerners participated in community forums,
state policy dialogues and an online survey to share their
thoughts and opinions on how communities could best take advantage
of the economic opportunities associated with energy. Read
more about this year's Community Forum topic of economic
recovery and join us in organizing a forum in your community!
Nominations Open for Youth Change Maker Awards
Philanthropy News Digest – August 20, 2010
Operation REACH’s Gulfsouth Youth Action Fund, a youth philanthropy initiative that engages youth as leaders and empowers them with the resources to make strategic investments in their peers and their communities, is seeking nominations for the 2010 Youth Change Maker Awards. These awards honor outstanding young people between the ages of 7 and 25 who have shown exemplary leadership in recovery, education, entrepreneurship, and community service initiatives in the Gulfsouth region. Finalists will be recognized and winners announced during the Youth Change Maker Awards Dinner on October 16, 2010, in New Orleans. Each award recipient will be honored with a $500 donation to a nonprofit organization or project of his or her choice. Self-nominations are accepted. The application deadline is September 17, 2010. Read more...
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