Indiana Gov. Eric J. Holcomb will participate in the 2018 SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington, D.C. June 20-21. SelectUSA is a U.S. Department of Commerce program dedicated to facilitating job-creating business investment into the United States. At its fifth annual summit, SelectUSA will convene global executives and business leaders to discuss opportunities in key sectors—including infrastructure, energy and advanced manufacturing—as well as issues like tax and regulatory reform, trade, infrastructure and workforce development.
While there, he will participate in meetings with business executives and government leaders. On Thursday, he will give remarks highlighting Indiana’s global economy and Next Level Jobs workforce initiative. The governor will be joined by Indiana Secretary of Commerce Jim Schellinger, Indiana Economic Development Corporation President Elaine Bedel and a delegation of economic development professionals from across Indiana.
The 2017 Investment Summit drew more than 3,000 participants, including 1,200 business representatives and economic development organizations from 52 U.S. states and territories.
Indiana is home to more than 950 foreign-owned business establishments that support approximately 190,900 Hoosier jobs across the state. Indiana has the highest percentage of private sector jobs coming from foreign-owned firms in the Midwest, and that number continues to grow as companies like India-based Infosys, China-based SF Motors, Israel-based MCP USA, Germany-based ElringKlinger, and Japan-based Subaru, Toyota and Honda choose to locate and expand in Indiana.
