Sentences with phrase «thought leaders in government»

The Summit brought together thought leaders in government, financial services, healthcare, technology and insurance from over 20 countries to advance the adoption of blockchain technology.

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Just listen to the urgent speeches from world leaders, and you might think that most governments agree that while we have no sustainable, clean alternative to fossil fuels that we can implement on a large scale today, we need to find one and put it in place quickly.

The thought that any entrepreneurial enterprise could be traitorous seems far - fetched, but it is precisely the dilemma faced by business leaders that stand in the way of the government's demands.

Throughout the year, WBENC provides best - in - class programming, events and networking opportunities for women - owned businesses, supplier diversity experts, government and corporate procurement professionals, and other industry and thought leaders throughout the U.S.

An avid proponent of collaborative communities, during his tenure as Chair, Dr. McArthur reached out to businesses, governments and academia to solidify the Foundation's position as a thought leader and agent of action in Canada's evolving relations with Asia.

By John Horgan, leader, B.C. New Democrats In these first days of 2015, I hope Premier Christy Clark and her government are thinking about their new year's resolutions.

Now, governments aren't allowed to step in and bail them out, and I think that wounding down a big bank is absolutely politically toxic for any leader so faced with that choice, most leaders would just break the rules and completely undermine the banking union and that in itself could spark off bank runs as well.

In these roles he works closely with NEA's portfolio companies, providing tactical and strategic advice and connecting them to companies, thought leaders, regulators, government officials and policy influencers to help drive growth and optimize outcomes.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: «I think what we need in this country is something more robust like a War Powers Act so that governments do get held to account by Parliament for what they do in our name.»

The leaders of two of Britain's major church denominations have urged the government to think twice before agreeing to take part in military action against Islamic State (IS).

Populist leaders are successful because they sow distrust in current government policies / officials (think Obama's «change», «yes we can» or Trump's «drain the swamp» messages).

I also think that casting governments and political leaders like you're casting extras in an old Hugh Grant rom com, it doesn't make any sense.

What are we seeing in our country today?It is no secret that plans are being made in right wing think tanks and some law firms, within the elephants media and among Npp leaders to bring back to life the 18th century notion that the heavenly prescribed duty of the opposition is to obstruct government business and to incite the public against the establishment.

I watched Brown to day, he is a very very poor leader end of story, he is dragging this government into a very very long stay out of power, I do think people will see Labour in the future as we see the Lib Dem's OK to sit in opposition sadly a waste of time running the country, what next a New Toy Blair, a new newer labour.

People know that I will take the steps that are in the national interest but I think I am perfectly entitled as the leader of a political party to say that I will spend the next 50 days fighting for a majority government.

SPIEGEL: The people wanted the county government to bring in a factory, but Chase says county leaders didn't think they could convince a company to come.

Less cynically, the leaders of ISIS may sincerely think that the Western way of life exemplified in rock concerts, large scale commercial banking activity contrary to Islamic law, and government institutions of countries that advance a way of life contrary to Islamic law in the world, is evil and that it is their duty to take action, on behalf of God, to punish this evil in a public way that discourages others.

But if Cameron is, in Stephan's view, lilkely to remain PM he thinks it unlikely that he'll be leader of a majority Conservative government.

Similarly, 78 percent thought that Governor Cuomo's decision to shut down the Moreland Commission, which was investigating corruption in the state legislature, was a political deal struck with legislative leaders, rather than a «decision based on good government.»

Flip - floppery: A leader in The Telegraph lists some recent Government U-turns... on immigration, prison - building, automatic sentence reduction for guilty pleas, home information packs, marching yobs to cashpoints, no referendum on the EU Constitution, scrapping GP fundholding... we could all think of plenty more!

The leader of the frustrated unemployed nurses association said «we think it will be tragedy for Ghana for the Npp to win the next election because they have not even apologised to the nation for how they have destroyed the economy and the massive corruption going on in government.

Whether you think the Labour leader's last - minute gauntlet yesterday at «tea - time» - as many commentators have so quaintly described Miliband's 11th hour (ie 5.15 pm) threat to vote against the government's initial motion to intervene in Syria - was politicking or boldness in the national interest, it may not necessarily be the reason behind the suddenly watered - down vote.

«If more government leaders thought and worked like mothers, with common - sense logical approaches, our country would be in much better shape,» Rosenthal said.

«When I take a step back and think about what my constituents want, they want better representation in government,» said Joseph Lorigo, the Legislature's Majority Leader.

I think that Sir Malcolm Rifkind would be a fine Shadow Commons Leader and could the job expertly in government.

It already been nearly a decade since the federal government first undertook the project of creating a veteran's cemetery, and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer doesn't think veterans in Western New York should have to wait any longer.

Thinking they could demand his head as the price of a deal was anyway always a bit implausible: Britain could not be left in limbo waiting for a government while the Lib Dems spent six weeks or so choosing a new leader.

Jay Heck, a longtime observer of state government who heads the nonpartisan Common Cause in Wisconsin, thinks former leaders gravitate to lobbying because of their strong ties with both «folks in the lobbying world» and other legislators.

«Now that Britain has voted to leave, I think the country deserves to have a leader who believes in Britain outside the European Union and who also has experience at the highest level of government.

«I told the leader of the Independence Party that if the party's parliamentarians think they can not support the government in completing joint tasks, I would dissolve parliament and call a general election,» he wrote.

With many around the leader still thinking he can hang on to the top job, even if the Tories remain in government after next May, minimising Yvette Cooper's political room for manoeuvre in this way, was particularly attractive.

Not since David Steel's famous call to his party to «prepare for government» has a leader of the third party tried harder to face his party with the thought of power than Clegg did in Bournemouth today.

Think: the floundering security agent turned away from working in the highest office, only to be trapped there in a time of crisis; the plucky child barely talking to her father, soon needing his help to survive; the weary government agent approaching his last week of service, certain to have a memorable swansong; the overworked employee forced to deal with distress on her day off; the leader lambasted for being an academic, then swiftly becoming an action hero.

A thought - leader in higher education, she has spent more than two decades at prominent national educational institutions and at the highest levels of government, working to implement effective strategies to raise academic achievement and opportunity for low - income and minority students.

State leaders dispute her assessment, but the argument hints at a larger issue: with a leader who is wired to think that less government is always better in charge of a department that has to implement federal policy, it makes little sense to complain when states take you up on your offer of less interference.

Bangladeshi contingent leader Prof Monsur Rahman of the Institute of Water and Flood Management at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, said the project was crucial to force the government in both Bangladesh and India to think and plan long - term.

Richard Betts says, approvingly (I think) with reference to the Climate Change Act: ``... successive UK governments have been, and remain, world - leaders in climate policy.»

I think the Democrats support the new EPA coal standards, regulating fuel - efficiency, promoting energy efficiency, and making the US a green energy industry leader in the world with suitable government backing.

«Forward thinking companies are setting a precedent for governments to agree a new global climate deal agreement in Paris later this year,» says Samantha Smith, leader of WWF's Global Climate and Energy Initiative.

Hosted by the Climate Action Reserve, NACW features comprehensive and up - to - date information, key thought - leaders advancing innovative climate solutions, and the best networking opportunities with colleagues in the business, government, nonprofit, and academic sectors.

Having built his law practice on energy companies and advising governments on energy matters, this thought leader has contributed to and witnessed the explosive growth of the oil and gas industry in Africa over the last 10 years.

Popular thinking at the time, says Isaac, was constitutional protection of aboriginal rights would never amount to anything because «it was sold as an empty box» to government leaders in order to make it palatable.

In 2015, one of Russia's professional trolls went to press detailing her role in making people think the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was at the hands of his own friends rather than by government hitmen, as is widely suspecteIn 2015, one of Russia's professional trolls went to press detailing her role in making people think the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was at the hands of his own friends rather than by government hitmen, as is widely suspectein making people think the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was at the hands of his own friends rather than by government hitmen, as is widely suspected.

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«We are bringing together key thought leaders from industry, technology and government in order to create a unique and focused dialogue on blockchain public policy and industry standards,» said Perianne Boring, president and founder of the Chamber of Digital Commerce.

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I'm an optimist because I believe very much in the courage shown by many Indigenous leaders; individuals with the courage to challenge conventional thinking, to promote economic opportunity, wealth creation and self - reliance; to assert the view that individual responsibility on the part of Indigenous Australians is as much a part of the reconciliation process as is the discharge of government responsibilities in the name of the rest of the Australian community.