2008 Fall Conference - October 27-29, 2008

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
  • Terry Ludeman, Retired Chief Economic Advisor
 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
  • Byron Zuidema, Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Labor - Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
 Grand Ballroom
11:15 - 12:00 p.m. Track One - Programs

Analyzing Your Local Labor Market

  • Gary Green, Professor, UW-Extension, Madison

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

  • Lyle Balistreri, President, Milwaukee Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO
 Sierra Vista
12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch: Update from the Department of Workforce Development
  • Secretary Roberta Gassman, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
 Upper Dells Ballroom
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Not your Father's Manufacturing

Keynote Speaker:
  • Mark Hendrickson Education Director / Dean of Manufacturing and Apprenticeship Coordinator - Chippewa Valley Technical College
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.
  • Dale Soumis, City Administrator, City of Antigo
  • Dr. Lori Weyers, President, Northcentral Technical College
  • Robin Stowe, Corporate Counsel, Assistant Administrative Coordinator, 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.
  • Ron Dahl, Director, Institute for Graphics and Imaging, Waukesha County Technical College
  • Niall Power, President & CEO, Printing Industries of Wisconsin (PIW)
 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 Training

Speaker to be Announced

 Grand Ballroom
 4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Track Two - Training

Healthcare Workforce: WHA Study

  • Judy Warmuth, RN, PhD
    Vice President, Workforce Wisconsin Hospital Association
 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
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