>> EACH WEEK A GROUP OF INSIDERS JOINS ME TO OFFER PERSPECTIVE ON SOME OF THE WEEK'S TOP STORIES. THIS WEEK SOUNDING OFF ON THE
CENTRAL INDIANA CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP CELEBRATING A MAJOR MILESTONE: ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY. IT IS A HOLDING COMPANY FOR
SEVERAL STATEWIDE INITIATIVES, INCLUDING AGRINOVUS INDIANA, ASCEND INDIANA, BIOCROSSROADS, CONEXUS INDIANA, ENERGY SYSTEMS
NETWORK, AND TECHPOINT. WITH MORE NOW ON THE IMPACT OF CICP AND WHAT'S NEXT, I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME A SPECIAL
PANEL INCLUDING UNITED ANIMAL HEALTH BOARD VICE CHAIR ELLEN SWISHER CRABB AND EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CHAIRMAN, CEO AND
FOUNDER JEFF SMULYAN AND CICP PRESIDENT AND CEO DAVID JOHNSON. DAVID I'LL START WITH YOU, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE EARLY
DAYS, BUT FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, THE CENTRAL INDIANA CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP, HOLDING COMPANY OF SORTS FOR SOME REALLY IMPORTANT
INITIATIVES. >> IT IS, AND IT IS ALSO DRIVING ITS OWN. SO 16 TECH IS AN EXAMPLE OF ALL
THOSE INITIATIVES COMING TOGETHER WITH THE REST OF OUR ECONOMY TO PRODUCE AN INNOVATION DISTRICT, NEW DOWNTOWN OF
INDIANAPOLIS. >> AND I THINK PROBABLY REPRESENTATIVE COLLABORATION IS I KNOW A BIG FOCUS ON THE 16
TECH PROJECT IS INNOVATION DISTRICT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. >> THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION IS INTERESTING, IT IS CERTAINLY
THE CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR MEMBERS ARE CORPORATE CEOs AND BOARD CHAIRS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE
UNIVERSITY LEADERS AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION LEADERS AND THOSE ARE IMPORTANT IN THIS ECONOMY TOO.
>> JEFF, TURNING THE CLOCK BACK TO THE EARLY DAYS, THE FORMATION RIGHT AFTER THE NCAA, I THINK, RELOCATED HERE IN 1999, YOU WERE
INVOLVED IN ONE OF THE VERY FIRST CHAIRS. TALK ABOUT THOSE EARLY DAYS AND THE WHY AND HOW THIS CAME ABOUT.
>> I THINK THE IDEA AND THE IMPETUS, I THINK, WAS LILLY ENDOWMENT, ELI LILLY, AND I THINK THE IDEA WAS WE NEED TO
GET THE CEOs TOGETHER. THEY'RE A DISPARATE GROUP, THEY DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER, AND IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A LONG TERM
VISION FOR THIS REGION, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM CORPORATE LEADERSHIP. IT'S A LONGER TERM VISION THAN
YOU MIGHT GET FROM POLITICAL LEADERS, AND I THINK THE IDEA WAS LET'S THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS REGION.
I COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF WHAT DAVID AND EVERYONE HAS DONE. >> THINK BACK TO THOSE EARLY DAYS, TOUGH, WHAT IT YOU THINK
AS IT WAS FORMING? WERE THERE SOME FITS AND STARTS OF PEOPLE WONDERING WHAT ARE WE DOING?
>> WELL, I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THE NEED. EVERYBODY SAID, LOOK, WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE FUTURE OF THIS
REGION. I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE SECRET TO INDIANA AND INDIANAPOLIS, IS THAT PEOPLE
ALWAYS COME TOGETHER AND THERE WAS A COLLABORATION AND I THINK EVERYBODY CHECKED THEIR EGO AT THE DOOR AND SAID HOW DO WE MAKE
THIS PLACE BETTER, AND THEY BROUGHT IN BATTLE TO DO A STUDY AND AGAIN, THE RESULTS FRANKLY ARE BEYOND MY WILDEST
EXPECTATIONS FOR 20 YEARS. >> YOU MENTIONED I THINK A GOOD POINT IS WHAT MAKES INDIANAPOLIS AND INDIANA GREAT IS THAT
PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION. ELLEN, A COMPANY, A GREAT AG BIOSCIENCE COMPANY, HEADQUARTERED IN SHERIDAN,
UNITED ANIMAL HEALTH. IN YOUR VIEW, THE IMPORTANCE OF CICP, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO A COMPANY LIKE YOURS AND WHAT
REALLY DO YOU THINK THE IMPACT IS OF CICP? >> ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS IS THAT IT REALLY INCREASES THE
VISIBILITY OF AGRICULTURE WITHIN THE STATE OF INDIANA BUT ALSO WITHIN THE MIDWEST ITSELF, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AS
WELL AS THE TECHNOLOGY THAT MANY OF THE LEADERS IN AGRICULTURE ARE DOING TODAY. I HAVE BEEN SO IMPRESSED WITH
THE LEADERS THAT HAVE BEEN WITHIN CICP, IT IS A POWERHOUSE OF INTELLECT AND OF INCREDIBLE RESEARCH.
I AM SO GLAD THAT IT WAS STARTED 20 YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT IS REALLY WORKING WITH THE LEADERS AND ALSO PUTTING -- TAKING THE
ADVICE OF VERY, VERY WELL-FOUNDED RESEARCH TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMY CENTRAL INDIANA.
>> AND IN PRESENT DAY ISSUES, CURRENT DAY ISSUES LIKE TALENT AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S REAL IMPACT THERE.
>> YES, VERY MUCH SO. >> DAVID, SO MANY OF THESE INITIATIVES, BIOCROSSROADS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST, BUT ONE THAT
WE WERE TALKING OFF CAMERA YOU KIND OF MISSED ACTUALLY WAS THE AG BIOSCIENCES, WHICH NOW WITH AGRINOVUS CATCHING UP IN A BIG
WAY AND DOING A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. >> ALL TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER, ALL OF OUR INITIATIVES
HAVE STARTED BY DATA AND BY STUDY AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR ECONOMY REALLY CONSISTED OF AND THEN SEEING IF
WE COULD GET SOME STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER AND IF THEY WOULD CARE ABOUT IT ENOUGH TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
WE WERE REAL GOOD ON THE BIOSCIENCES AND ON INFORMATION TECH NOTHING ANGD OF COURSE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND
LOGISTICS AND LATER EVEN CLEAN TECHNOLOGY AND NEW FORMS OF ENERGY. BUT SOMEHOW WITH ALL THAT WORK,
WE MISSED THE AG BIOSCIENCE SECTOR. >> THE MOMENTUM THAT I REMEMBER BEING AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT, I
COULD TELL THAT DAY, THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR THIS. >> AND TO BE FAIR, BIOCROSSROADS DID STUDY IT FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING AS PART OF THE LIFE SCIENCES SECTOR HERE, AND ALWAYS IDENTIFIED IT AS BEING AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ECONOMY,
BUT IF YOU THINK BACK IN THE EARLY 2000s, PEOPLE WERE THINKING A WHOLE LOT ABOUT AGRICULTURE AS A SOURCE OF FUEL,
LESS GO FEEDING PEOPLE, LESS ABOUT FEEDING MORE PEOPLE. THAT ALL CHANGED IN THE LATE 2000s, AND THESE BUSINESSES
THAT ACTUALLY MAKE IT UP HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME BUT PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T PUT THE PICTURE TOGETHER.
>> JEFF, AND I'LL ASK ALL OF YOU THIS AS WE WIND DOWN A BIT, BUT THE IMPACT IN YOUR VIEW. YOU DO BUSINESS, HAVE DONE
BUSINESS IN MANY CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, AROUND THE WORLD. HAVING A CICP HERE, WHAT ADVANTAGE OR WHAT'S THE IMPACT
THAT IT HAS BROUGHT TO INDIANAPOLIS AND INDIANA >> I THINK IT'S JUST MADE US COMPETITIVE IN SO MANY AREAS.
I THINK WE'VE HAD VISIONARY LEADERSHIP, I COULD NOT BE PROUDER TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH DAVID, BUT DAVE GOODRICH AND
MARK MYLES BEFORE, AND I THINK IT IS HAS REALLY PUT US ON THE MAP. SEEING THE BROOKINGS
BROOKE SAYING WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS UNIQUE IN ALL THE WORLD, VERY, VERY GRATIFYING, AND I THINK IT
REALLY HAS MADE A REGION WHICH, YOU KNOW, BY ANY MEASURABLE STANDARD, IT MAY NOT BE COMPETITIVE, MUCH MORE
COMPETITIVE. >> ELLEN, YOUR TAKE ON THE IMPACT? >> WELL, I KEEP USING THE WORD
INSPIRATION, BECAUSE I AM BRAND NEW ON THIS GROUP AND SO THE FIRST TIME I GO, I'M JUST SO INSPIRED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE
LEADERSHIP, THE QUALITY OF THE PEOPLE, THE QUALITY OF THE MEET MEETING, THE QUALITY OF THE RESEARCH.
IT HONESTLY IS INSPIRING. AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO BE A BETTER LEADER, AND MAKE A LARGER CONTRIBUTION TO MY COMMUNITY,
RELY MORE ON ECONOMIC RESEARCH, THE STRONG FOUNDATION THAT THEY'VE ESTABLISHED FOR OUR BUSINESSES.
SO IT'S INSPIRATIONAL. >> DAVID, TO YOU, IMPACT, BUT THEN ALSO AS YOU LOOK AHEAD, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AHEAD TO WHAT'S
NEXT, TALK ABOUT THAT IMPACT THAT YOU FEEL CICP HAS MADE, BUT ALSO WHAT'S NEXT. >> SO IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE
SECTORS OF CICP AND THE ORGANIZATION, IT'S BASICALLY ALL OF OUR R & D INNOVATION INTENSIVE ACROSS THE SECTORS AND
WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM. GOING FORWARD WE WANT A PLACE MAKING STRATEGY FOR THOSE SECTORS, WE THINK PEOPLE WILL
UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF THE ECONOMY BETTER WHEN THEY SEE HOW IT COMES TOGETHER. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THOUGH, WE
ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH BOTH BROOKINGS AND THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE, WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THIS SHORTLY ON A
MAJOR STUDY NOT ONLY OF OUR REGION BUT OF THE ENTIRE STATE AND ITS ECONOMY SO THAT WE CAN -- AND WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT
ISSUES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OF WORKFORCE, OF INCLUSION, WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT -- THAT'S A BUSINESS ISSUE AS WELL
AS A MORAL ISSUE FOR ALL OF US, AND REALLY SEEING WHERE THIS STATE, WHICH HAS MANY THINGS GOING FOR IT BUT SEEING WHERE
WE'RE HEADING AND HOW WE CAN BE HEADING IN AN EVEN MORE STRATEGIC WAY GOING FORWARD. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
DO THAT KIND OF WORK, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO DO IT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING IT OUT. >> CICP, THE CENTRAL INDIANA
CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP CELEBRATING 20 YEARS AND IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH THAT IMPACT IS MAYBE JUST BEGINNING.
DAVID JOHNSON IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE ORGANIZATION, ALSO JEFF SMULYAN AND ELLEN