The document discusses various topics that will be covered at the IEDC 2016 annual conference in Cleveland, Ohio from September 25-28. Some of the topics to be addressed include reinvestment in communities and enhancing competitiveness, the importance of transportation and logistics capabilities, innovating like successful companies such as Apple, helping entrepreneurs start businesses within a day, export support strategies for local businesses, and targeted international economic development opportunities. Attendees are encouraged to register online at the provided website for the largest annual gathering of economic development professionals.

1. iedconline.org/AnnualConference #IEDCCleveland
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2. Communities thrive when
reinvestment occurs
Reinvestment doesn’t simply maintain prior levels
of old structures, institutions, infrastructures,
relationships and organization, but it also enhances
competitiveness.
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3. #technology1

4. Why Transportation
and Logistics?
Illustrating a competitive and comparative
advantage in your transportation and logistics
capabilities can be a game-changer for a community.
Economic developers need to effectively position
their communities to attract new opportunities and
to develop strategies based on available or potential
transportation resources.
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5. #Innovation
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6. Can you innovate
like Apple?
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7. As a result of innovators like Apple, communities
and economic development organizations around
the world today are scrambling to replicate that
same type of spontaneous creativity, disruptiveness
and leadership to drive success in their own
pursuits. With a constant focus on cost-cutting,
efficiency gains, and bureaucratic control, EDOs are
feeling constant pressure to keep their communities
in the spotlight, and economic developers can
find themselves caught in an escalating battle to
maintain their competitive edge.
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8. Startup in a Day – an initiative of the White House,
the Small Business Administration, Code for
America, and the National League of Cities – asks
cities and communities to commit to making it
easier for every entrepreneur to start a business.
It’s based on the idea that it shouldn’t take more
than a day for an entrepreneur to identify and
apply for all the licenses and permits they need in
order to responsibly launch a business.
Can you help an entreprenur in
your community start up in a day?
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9. #productivity3

10. A big FDI deal might grab the headlines, but
targeted export support for a community’s existing
businesses is a more effective approach for
maximizing international economic development
opportunities. Tools such as export market
research, international matchmaking, and small
business trade missions can deliver lasting
economic value to their communities.
what’s your trade strategy?
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11. just a taste of
the content
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12. At The Largest
Annual Gathering
of Economic
Development
Professionals
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13. Join us at iedc 2016
annual conference
September 25-28.
Register online at
iedconline.org/
annualconference.
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