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Two hundred civic leaders in Dayton met this week to review their strategic options.The summit focused on the connection of education to economic development.
In the Product Innovation and Commercialization group, Ireland native Eugene Peden gave a fiery speech comparing Dayton to his homeland.
“I look at this region, and I see a great parallel to Ireland,” said Peden, vice president of operations at PECO II, a telecommunications power equipment and service provider.
Peden said like the Dayton region, Ireland was heavily dependant on the manufacturing industry, but has emerged as one of the fasted growing economies in the world because of a strong educational system.
The strong educational system allowed the country to change gears and flourish in emerging industries, which is exactly the point the summit was hoping to make with regional leaders.
“Be afraid, be very afraid, but let’s have that fear energize us,” Peden said.
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