Friday, February 14, 2014

Think Tank Quickies (#109)

  • Sheila Bair joins RAND Corps. Board of Trustees.
  • Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew speaks at Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC).
  • Eric Cantor speaks at Brookings. 
  • TrackMaven, maker of software that allows companies to track competitors' marketing efforts, being used by think tanks.
  • For the first five years quantum computer company, D-Wave existed as a think tank focused on research.
  • Study: Two US think tanks on Turkey (CFR and Brookings).
  • "Oops" says think tanks following American Nazi Party.
  • David Frum joins board of directors of UK think tank Policy Exchange.
  • Several think tankers make Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute's (GDI) 2013 global thought leaders list.
  • European Commission unveils new online platform and think tank to support startup community.