Council on Competitiveness to Unveil Study Showing Supercomputing Boosts Global Competitiveness and Innovation.

Study Shows Increased Return on Investment When Government Shares Supercomputing Resources with the Private Sector, Contributing to Economic and National Security

WHAT:   The Council on Competitiveness will release a pioneering
        study on public-private partnerships that leverage
        supercomputing resources funded by the federal government for
        greater industry strength. Industry participants in the study,
        which included energy, aerospace, automotive, and software
        companies, reported that access to powerful supercomputers and
        necessary technical expertise provided breakthroughs that can
        result in superior products for the government and the private
        sector. The study evaluated several industrial partnerships
        with universities currently sponsored by the Department of
        Energy, under the auspices of the National Nuclear Security
        Administration/Office of Advanced Simulation and Computing.
        The new study shows that, overall, the 12 businesses that
        participated with the universities have received substantial
        value by boosting their innovation and global competitiveness.

WHERE:  Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300
        Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20004. The study will
        be unveiled during the Third High Performance Computing Users
        Conference, sponsored by the Council on Competitiveness.

WHEN:   September 7, 2006. Registration and breakfast 7:30-8:15 a.m.
        Meeting 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

WHO:    The High Performance Computing Users Conference will feature
        speakers from the Council on Competitiveness, National Science
        Foundation, Department of Energy, Defense Advanced Research
        Projects Agency (DARPA), and businesses including DreamWorks
        Animation, Microsoft, Pratt & Whitney, Proctor & Gamble,
        Acxiom, Cloplay Plastic Products, and Wal-Mart Stores.

For more information about the HPC Users Conference, and to register, go to http://www.hpcusersconference.com/. Media registration at [e-mail]