# Keynote Case Study: Mississippi Economic Development Council: The Growth Was Already Arriving.
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Jim Carroll's keynote challenged Mississippi economic-development leaders in Biloxi to build the skills, infrastructure and mindset required to capture growth from fast-moving technologies and industries. The keynote, "The Growth Was Already Arriving," laid out the challenge and the path forward. Regions were competing for investment in a world where manufacturing, logistics, technology and workforce requirements were changing at high speed. Six trends are shaping that shift. Smart Factories. Digitized manufacturing was changing the skills, facilities and supplier ecosystems regions needed to attract. Autonomous Mobility. Self-driving technologies were reshaping transportation, logistics and the infrastructure around them. 3D Printing. Additive manufacturing was creating new production models and new opportunities for local specialization. Artificial Intelligence. AI and cognitive systems were creating new industries while reinventing existing ones. Connected Infrastructure. The Internet of Things was raising the value of digital infrastructure and data-rich operating environments. Skills + Mindset. Growth followed regions that built future-ready skills and chose adaptation over defeatism. The future you are looking for, Jim told Mississippi's economic-development leaders, is often right in front of you. Turn emerging trends into regional opportunity. Economic-development audiences are used to competing on incentives and tax breaks. Jim's challenge in Biloxi was to compete on readiness instead — the regions that build the skills and infrastructure first are the ones that capture the growth, incentives or not. Explore more keynote case studies.

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Source: https://jimcarroll.com/2018/07/keynote-case-study-mississippi-economic-development-council-the-growth-was-already-arriving-2/