7:15 - 8:30
Europe Bay Room | |
| Breakfast and Committee Meetings |
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| Breakfast begins at 7:15, with Committee meetings starting at 7:30 a.m. |
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8:30 - 9:15
Europe Bay Room | |
| Federal E-Commerce Legislation |
Speaker:
U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-Wisconsin, 8th Congressional District) |
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| Congressman Green will discuss proposed and pending federal legislation regarding
technology issues, computer fraud, taxation and E-commerce. Q&A will follow this
presentation. |
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| Congressman Green currently serves on the House Budget, Science, and Banking
Committees and was recently appointed as Assistant Whip by House Majority Whip Tom
DeLay. Green was also elected by his colleagues to serve as freshman representative to
the House Republican Policy Committee. |
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| Congressman Green represents Wisconsin's 8th Congressional district, which covers 13 counties in the northeastern part of the state. |
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| 9:15 - 9:30 | |
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9:30 - 11:00
Europe Bay Room | |
| Workforce Development: E-Cruiting Lessons Learned |
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Opening Comments:
Dean Amhaus, President, Forward Wisconsin |
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Moderator:
Glenn Olsen, Workforce Shortage Specialist, Department of Workforce Development |
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Speakers:
Paul Ehrfurth, Vice President-Economic Development, Advance, Green Bay
Melanie Platt-Gibson, Director of Marketing, Forward Wisconsin
Brian Solomon, Wisconsin Employment Connection/Transportation Specialist,
Department of Workforce Development |
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| Learn valuable lessons from organizations that are developing E-commerce workforce
recruiting strategies. Hear them describe how their ideas became strategies and how they
financed and implemented their plans. Each story is a work in progress. You will have
lots of questions for this panel. |
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11:00 - Noon
Europe Bay Room | |
| Apples to Apples: How to Have Fun with Labor Market Information |
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Speaker:
Terry Ludeman, Workforce Information Section Chief, Department of Workforce Development |
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| Tired of comparing apples to oranges? Terry Ludeman will provide you with the tools
you need to enable you to extrapolate and interpret BLS data that you can use in your
community. |
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Noon - 12:15
Europe Bay Room | |
| Conference Wrap-up and Prize Drawing |
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| Roger Nacker, WEDA President |
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 One lucky conference attendee will be
awarded a weekend getaway for two
at the Stone Harbor Resort. |
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