Visions for a Competitive Workforce

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Visions for a Competitive Workforce

Join Baltimore County Executive's Advisory Board for Higher Education on Monday, June 12, 2006 for a challenging look at ways business, education and government are collaborating to build a competitive workforce.

Learn about workforce partnerships in the Baltimore region, as well as national initiatives and trends that impact the way every business recruits, trains and maintains its competitive edge.

Guest speaker Thomas L. Friedman

Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times columnist and author of The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21^st Century.

As a Foreign Affairs columnist for The New York Times, Thomas Friedman has traveled to the four corners of the globe, interviewing people from all walks of contemporary life. He has drawn on his years on the road to produce an original look at the new international system that, more than anything else, is shaping world affairs today. The three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist argues that globalization, with all its attendant geopolitical effects, is the single most significant trend of our day.

Agenda

8:15

Continental Breakfast

Sponsors

Platinum Level

The Whiting Turner Contracting Company

Gold Level

Baltimore County
Department of Economic Development

Villa Julie College

Silver Level

Johns Hopkins University

Loyola College in Maryland

The Community College of Baltimore County

University of Maryland Baltimore County

Bronze Level

Alliance Engineering

Baltimore Gas & Electric

GM Powertrain

Grant Thornton LLP

KCI Technologies, Inc.

Lion Brothers

Regional Manufacturing Institute

TIME Center

Towson University

9 a.m.

Welcome

Kevin J. Manning, Ph.D.
Chair, Baltimore County Executive's Advisory Board for Higher Education
President, Villa Julie College

9:05 a.m.

Globalization and the Workforce

Jim Smith
Baltimore County Executive

9:15 a.m.

The World is Flat

Thomas L. Friedman
New York Times columnist and author

9:45 a.m.

Q&A with Thomas Friedman

Moderated by Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, Ph.D.
President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

10:45 a.m.

Case Studies in Workforce Partnerships

Moderated by Sandra L. Kurtinitis, Ph.D
Chancellor, Community College of Baltimore County

Interactive Technologies: Beyond Games for Fun
The same technology that propels computer and video games has launched a digital revolution. This growing field is impacting military training, war games, health care and corporate training, and classroom education. This case study shows how Baltimore County's public schools, community college and University of Baltimore responded to an emerging industry's need for trained workers.

Joseph T. Biglin
Vice President, Future Markets
BreakAway, Ltd.

Kathleen Harmeyer, DCD
Director, BTPS in Simulation and Digital Entertainment
University of Baltimore

Patrick S. McCusker, Principal
Eastern Technical High School

Knowledge Industry Partnership: The Philadelphia Model

How a coalition of business, government, and higher education partners in Philadelphia is attracting and retaining students to support knowledge industries.

11:15 a.m.

Federal Initiatives: Taming the Gathering Storm
Moderated by Willard Hackerman, President
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

The Honorable Barbara A. Mikulski
United States Senator

11:30 a.m.

What's Next

Jim Smith
Baltimore County Executive

To register, download the form, fill-out and mail with you payment to:

Villa Julie College
Visions for a Competitive Workforce
1525 Greenspring Valley Road
Stevenson, MD 21153-0641
fax: 410-486-7865

Baltimore County Executive's Advisory Board for Higher Education (EAB)

The Baltimore County Executive's Advisory Board for Higher Education provides a forum for education, business, and government to develop innovative solutions and successful practices to meet workforce needs in the Baltimore region.

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Updated June 15, 2009