On June 9, 2015 in Atlanta, the U.S. Council on Competitiveness, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Research Alliance and Metro Atlanta Chamber—with the support of the National Science Foundation—hosted the first in series of dialogues as part of the Exploring Innovation Frontiers Initiative (EIFI). EIFI is a national public-private effort to accelerate the over-the-horizon, transformative innovation models that will drive U.S. competitiveness in the coming decades.