The goal of this effort was to stimulate and facilitate wider usage of high performance computing (HPC) across the private sector to propel productivity, innovation, and competitiveness. The council on Competitiveness (Council) confirmed 14 industrial / 1 Museum executives to give presentations at SC07, the annual international supercomputing conference to be held November 12-16, 2007. Presentations focused on how their organizations are using high performance computing to drive competitive advantage. ...