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Printable Agenda |
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Taking Education, Economic Development and Employment to the
Next Level:
Managing Change Through Creativity |
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DAY 1 (January 18) |
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9:00 |
Registration |
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11:00 |
Exhibits Open |
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12:00 |
Opening Plenary Luncheon |
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Governor Sam Brownback
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Secretary of Commerce Pat George |
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1:00 |
Break and Exhibit Visitation |
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1:15 |
The
Glass Ain't Half Empty, It's Just Too Big |
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Mark Mayfield,
CSP, CPAE. There are a great many changes that will be
forthcoming in workforce development programs. Are we prepared
for those changes? The ability to think creatively and the
ability to work with people are the two biggest items in successful
change management. Ask yourself, do you think creatively, or
do you just react? The thinkers are the winners! |
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Emerging
Industries: The Future of Kansas Industry |
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Kathy Howell, Chairman,
Post-Secondary Tech Ed Authority, and President/CEO, Saint Luke's
South Hospital in Overland Park, will moderate a Business Panel
including Steven D. Hendrickson, Direction of Government
Operations, The Boeing Company, and Kyle Bauer, KFRM Radio,
discussing the aviation, health care and agriculture fields. |
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3:00 |
Break and Exhibit Visitation |
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3:15 |
NAWB Presentation |
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Laurie Moran, Chairman, NAWB Board, and
Ron Painter,
Chief Executive Officer, NAWB, will bring the
latest information from our Nation’s Capitol. |
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4:15 |
Break and Exhibit Visitation |
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4:30 |
The Importance of STEM in
our Competitive World Economy |
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Dr. Anita Krishnamurthi, Director of STEM
Policy, Afterschool Alliance. Dr. Krishnamurthi will discuss the
national STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
education agenda, the current state of STEM education in afterschool
programs, and how states such as Kansas benefit from engaging a
variety of partners in educating their children and youth. |
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5:45 |
Reflections from Day 1 - Eddie
Estes |
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6:00 |
Reception, Cash Bar and Exhibit Visitation |
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6:30 |
Kansas
Celebration Banquet and SDA Performance Awards sponsored by Kansas Department of Commerce, hosted by
Caleb Asher |
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Post-Secondary Readiness
Larry Isaak, President, Midwestern Higher Education
Compact (MHEC) |
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DAY 2 (January 19) |
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7:15 |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:00 |
The 2012 Kansas Legislative
Update: Where Do We Go From Here? |
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Steve Morris,
President, Kansas Senate;
Laura Kelly,
Kansas Senate;
Mike O’Neal,
Speaker, Kansas House of
Representatives; and
Ann Mah,
Kansas House of Representatives |
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9:00 |
The Changing World of Work |
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Melanie Holmes, Vice President, World of
Work Solutions, ManpowerGroup, will discuss how the world is experiencing a
global readjustment in which powerful forces are converging to create a new
reality where business models will have to be redesigned, value propositions
redefined and social systems reinvented. |
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10:00 |
Break & Exhibit Visitation |
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10:15 |
An Update from the U.S. Department of Labor, Washington D.C. |
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Adele
Gagliardi, ETA Regional Director (Region
5),
U.S. Department of Labor |
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11:00 |
Kansas
Workforce Projections |
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Blake Flanders, Vice President,
Workforce Development, KBOR, will moderate a panel including
Karin Brownlee, Kansas Secretary of Labor; Loretta Shelly,
Apprenticeship Programs; and Patti Bossert, Governor's
Council of Economic Advisors, discussing the most current workforce projections
in our state. |
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11:45 |
Key Strategies and Commitment
- Eddie Estes |
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12:00 |
Hit the Hill for Workforce Development |
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** Speakers subject to change** |
