Innovation Spurs Job Growth

With the President’s job summit beginning today, folks all around DC are talking about job creation. This was a dominant theme at the Innovation Economy Conference on Monday and Tuesday as well. The intention of the conference was to facilitate a dialogue among government leaders, industry executives, academics and others interested in outlining workable ideas to spur U.S. innovation.

At Intel, we are passionate about the entire process of innovation – from idea generation to product deployment, but we are also motivated by the knowledge that innovation creates jobs. Jobs that are important to our nation’s economy.

We heard from President Barack Obama’s top economic adviser, Larry Summers, on Monday night at the Innovation Economy Conference about the urgency around tackling high U.S. unemployment. Watch his remarks here.