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Watch the Closing Session of CGI America 2015
 

About

CGI America brings together leaders from the business, philanthropic, NGO, and government sectors to develop solutions for economic growth, long-term competitiveness, and social mobility in the United States.

CGI America's annual convening is designed to be a working meeting that promotes collaboration and actionable ideas. In addition to attending Plenary Sessions and networking events, meeting attendees join one of ten topic-specific Working Groups that each meet multiple times throughout the conference. Since the first meeting in 2011, CGI America attendees have made more than 500 Commitments to Action, which have already improved the lives of nearly 2.4 million people.

Participants


Working Group Model


The core of the CGI America meeting is the Working Group model, which consists of ten topic-specific groups—each bringing together about 60-120 diverse industry leaders. Attendees may join the Working Group of their choosing, and each group will convene several iterative sessions over the course of the meeting to share knowledge, build partnerships, and generate Commitments to Action—new, specific, and measurable plans for addressing significant challenges.

The 2015 Working Groups are organized into three categories—Economic Empowerment, Energy and the Built Environment, and Education and Skills Development.

Economic Empowerment

Community Investing

Entrepreneurship

Financial Opportunity

Education and Skills Development

Early Childhood Education

Reconnecting Youth

STEM Education

Workforce Development

Energy and the Built Environment

Infrastructure for Cities and States

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Buildings


Agenda

All times listed are Mountain Daylight Time
Monday June 8

6:45 PM–8:30 PM

Special Event
4 Simultaneous

Tuesday June 9

7:30 AM–8:30 AM

Breakout Sessions
5 Simultaneous

9:00 AM–10:30 AM

Opening Plenary Session
The Map of Making it in America

11:15 AM–12:45 PM

Working Groups
10 Simultaneous

1:15 PM–2:30 PM

Lunch Plenary Session
Networking Lunch Session
Lunch available

3:00 PM–6:00 PM

Working Groups
10 Simultaneous

7:30 PM–9:30 PM

Special Event
Bites & Brews: A CGI America Tasting Reception
Denver Center for the Performing Arts

Wednesday June 10

8:00 AM–9:00 AM

Office Hours
Working Group Office Hours
Breakfast available in the Attendee Lounge

9:00 AM–10:30 AM

Plenary Session
New Horizons: Unlocking the Potential of Rural America

11:00 AM–12:30 PM

Breakout Sessions
5 Simultaneous

1:00 PM–2:30 PM

Working Groups
10 Simultaneous

3:00 PM–4:30 PM

Closing Plenary Session
Comeback Cities

Past participants include

Accenture
American Association of Community Colleges
American Federation of Teachers
Appalachian Regional Commission
Bank of America Corporation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Center for Financial Services Innovation
CH2M Hill
City of Atlanta
City of Houston
City of Los Angeles
City of Philadelphia
DaVita
Duke Energy
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
ExxonMobil
Farmers Insurance Group

Gap Inc.
Girl Scouts of the USA
GoldieBlox
Goldman Sachs
Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
Google Inc.
Intel Corporation
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Local Initiatives Support Coalition
Lockheed Martin
MacArthur Foundation
McDonald’s Corporation
Noble Energy, Inc.
NRG Energy
Project Lead The Way
Rocky Mountain Institute
Samsung
Sesame Workshop

Social Finance
Target Corporation
The Coca-Cola Company
The Ford Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Western Union Company
The White House
Toyota
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
UP Global
Vestas Wind Systems
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Year Up



Commitments to Action

Commitments to Action—a defining feature of CGI—are concrete plans that address a pressing challenge. They can be small or large, and financial or non-monetary in nature. Many commitments are the result of cross-sector partnerships, with attendees combining efforts to expand their impact. Every commitment must be new, specific, and measurable, and CGI America staff provide commitment-making support in the lead up to the meeting.