WEDA Fall 2002 Conference

Friday, September 27
	7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.	Breakfast Buffet
	8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.	Updates: Wayne R. Harris, President, Forward Wisconsin, Inc. James E. Hough, Director, Government Relations, Wisconsin Economic Development Association Janet R. Swandby, Executive Director, Wisconsin Economic Development Association
	8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.	"Build Wisconsin - The State's Strategic Framework for Economic Development" David Storey, Deputy Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Commerce
	9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Break
	9:30 a.m. - Noon	"Cluster-Based Economic Development - What is it and Why do we Need it?" Scott J. Sheely, Executive Director, Workforce Investment Board, Lancaster County, PA John Torinus, CEO, Serigraph, West Bend, WI Tim Keane, Co-Chair of the Milwaukee ICIC Partnership Strategy Board Economic development has always been a moving target and once again, the shape of economic policy and practice is changing. There are new issues, tools and results. Cluster-based economic development is one of these new tools. WEDA will hear from one of the leading "best practice" models with an established cluster development program. Lancaster County's program is creating a new environment for business and influencing public policy, land use and workforce development. Two local models will include Washington County's cluster planning and the City of Milwaukee's application of Michael's Porter's methodology with the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) study.
	Noon	Conference Wrap-Up