PPI's Progress Report: Join PPI for the release of our 2023 Investment Heroes report!

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Join PPI for the release of our 2023 Investment Heroes report!

Wednesday, October 25
4 p.m. Doors open
4:30 p.m. Programming begins
Reception to follow

The Mayflower Hotel
District Ballroom
1127 Connecticut Ave NW,
Washington, DC 20036

Please join us for the release of our 2023 Investment Heroes Report, featuring remarks from New Democrat Coalition Chair Rep. Annie Kuster (D-NH). At our Investment Heroes event this year, we will celebrate the importance of American capital investment and reveal the #1 Investment Hero on our list. Taylor Maag, Director of Workforce Development Policy at PPI, will moderate a panel to discuss the importance of upskilling and investing in the economic advancement of American workers. The panel will include speakers from companies featured on our Investment Heroes list, including United Airlines, Amazon, and Duke Energy.

Cocktail reception to follow!

RSVP HERE

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The next United Nations climate change conference, COP28 , is scheduled to begin at the end of November in Dubai. Beyond the challenges of getting the world to agree on difficult climate issues, progress may be imperiled by the cloud of war between Hamas and Israel, and also by the choice of the United Arab Emirates as the host country.

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Wednesday, October 25: Webinar on The Future of High School: The Northwest Suburbs of Chicago
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Wednesday, October 25: Investment Heroes 2023 Report Release and Reception
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Thursday, October 25: Women in Policy Coffee & Conversations, on the Hill!
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For the last 10 years, PPI has released an annual Investment Heroes report which lays out the top companies of the year who invested the most in capital expenditures. With 2020 being a year like no other, PPI's Investment Heroes report looked unlike anything we have seen before and surprisingly, had a record broken for the biggest investment in the 10 years the report has been released.

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