Register 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. Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times columnist and author of The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st 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. | | | | 8:15 | Continental Breakfast | 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 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. Updated June 15, 2009 |
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