Tuesday, October 28, 2008
| 7:30 - 8:45 a.m. | Registration | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 8:30 - 8:50 a.m. | Opening Remarks: Secretary Richard Leinenkugel, Wisconsin Department of Commerce | Grand Ballroom |
| 8:50 - 9:50 a.m. | Economic Development: A Partnership for Growing Wisconsin
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Grand Ballroom |
| 9:50 - 10:20 a.m. | View Exhibit / Break | Grand Ballroom |
| 10:20 - 11:15 a.m. | Workforce Development: A Partnership for Growing Wisconsin
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Grand Ballroom |
| 11:15 - 12:00 p.m. | Track One - Programs
Analyzing Your Local Labor Market
Gary Green will summarize some of the strategies for collecting data on local labor markets that are not available through other sources, and also speak on the latest trends he is seeing in local labor markets. |
Grand Ballroom |
Track Two - Training
Wisconsin Labor Market: The AFL-CIO Perspective
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Sierra Vista | |
| 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch: Update from the Department of Workforce Development
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Upper Dells Ballroom |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | Not your Father's Manufacturing Keynote Speaker:
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Grand Ballroom |
| 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. | Targeted Skills Training Based on Regional Industry Clusters Increasing the Skills of the Wood Technology Workforce: A Public, Private, Higher Education Partnership in Langlade County.
The Harry V. Quadracci Printing and Graphics Center for Excellence in Pewaukee Offers a Unique High-end Learning Environment to Support the Printing Cluster in Southeastern Wisconsin.
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Grand Ballroom |
| 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. | View Exhibit / Break | Grand Ballroom |
| 4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Track One - Programs
Booming & Retaining: Incumbent Worker TrainingSpeaker to be Announced |
Grand Ballroom |
| 4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Track Two - Training
Healthcare Workforce: WHA Study
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Sierra Vista |
| 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. | Evening Reception | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 7:30 p.m. - ? | Hospitality Suite All attendees are welcome to stop by! |
Condo 2103 |