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State of American Business 2024
Stand Up for Free Enterprise
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Today's Agenda
Opening Remarks
- Lillian Werbin, Co-Owner and CEO, Elderly Instruments – the 2023 America’s Top Small Business Winner
State of American Business 2024
- Suzanne P. Clark, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
AI’s Potential and How It Can Be Responsibly Developed and Used
- Brad Smith, Vice Chairman and President, Microsoft
- Harold Kim, Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
The Business Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship, and the Role of Franchises
- Matthew Haller, President and CEO, International Franchise Association
- John Bates, Franchisee, College Hunks Hauling Junk, Annapolis MD
- Nick Friedman, CEO, College Hunks Hauling Junk
Closing Remarks
- Ashli Watts, President and CEO, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
A look at the numbers
Analyzing the current state of the U.S. business community and the economy