2008 Fall Conference - October 27-29, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

7:00 – 8:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Outside the Box: Non-Traditional Apprenticeships, Online Schools and Training
  • Manuel Perez, President/Owner, JNA Staffing
 Grand Ballroom
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Best Practices: Regional Workforce & Economic Partnerships
  • Rafael Carbonell - Executive Vice President - Thrive
  • Mike Armstrong - Director, Momentum
  • Jerry Murphy - New North
  • Michael Mortell - Milwaukee Region 7
  • Moderator: Terry Ludeman, Retired Chief Economic Advisor
 Grand Ballroom
10:30 - 10:45 p.m. View Exhibit / Break Grand Ballroom
10:45 – 11:30 a.m. Best Business Practices - EDO & Workforce Boards
  • Pat Schramm, Executive Director/CEO, Workforce Development Board of South Central WI
 Grand Ballroom
11:30 – 12:15 p.m. International Workforce & the Wisconsin Dells

Speaker to be announced		 Grand Ballroom
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. WEDA Listening Session
Hosted by the WEDA Legislative Committee

The discussion and open dialogue will include WEDA's strategies to address these two critical issues:
  • Open Meetings/Public Records and Economic Development Corporations, including an analysis of the recent Supreme Court decision involving the Beaver Dam Area Development Corporation
  • Tax Credit Reform
 Grand Ballroom
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