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Acknowledging the economic challenges facing all of us now, Gary Shapiro is enthusiastic that tech is going to be part of the solution to fix it.  While much of his keynote was crowd-bolstering rah rah messages, his thoughts went beyond just the economy.

Shapiro touted our first Digital President.  He pointed out how connected and open to tech President Elect Obama is.  Shapiro believes Obama has the mandate to open up tech, bring in the best minds to propel our industry even further.

To assist Obama an dhis administration, CEA has come up with a checklist for them to follow.  They are:

• Does it create jobs?
• Does it spur new tech? 
• Does it encourage the best and bringhtest to come to the US?
• Does it reward risk taking?
• Does it promote exports?
• Will it help deploy broadband?

Shapiro closed his keynote with the introduction of Gary String of Sony.  Stay tuned to Gadgetell for the live blog on Stringers talk.