Upcoming Event
2010 NWA Legislative Leadership Conference
Agenda
2010 Final Agenda
(as of 11-24-10)
Saturday, December 4
8:30 am - 4:00 pm Conference Registration Open
9:30 am - 12:00 pm Pre-conference Session 1: Sharpening Your Advocacy Skills
Receive a detailed critique of election results and learn how we get traction
with the new Congress.
David Bradley, CEO, National Workforce Association
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Pre-conference Session 2: Applying your Advocacy Skills
Create a specific advocacy plan for your area and/or your region and state.
David Bradley, CEO, National Workforce Association
Sunday, December 5
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Conference Registration Open
10:30 – 11:10 am & Pre-conference Exhibit Demo Workshop Sessions
11:20 am - Noon Learn how the services and products offered by our sponsors and exhibitors can assist you in your work.
12:30 - 5:30 pm Resource Exhibit Hall & Cyber Cafe Open
1:30 - 5:30 pm Opening General Session
1:30 pm Welcome Remarks and Opening Ceremony
John Morales, President - NWA Board of Directors
David Bradley, CEO, National Workforce Association
1:45 - 4:15 pm SHIFTS IN POWER
Legislative changes we are likely to see related to workforce development,
including WIA Re-authorization. How the budget and appropriation process
may unfold.
Congressional Speakers
Representative Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA)
Senior Member, House Education and Labor Committee
Member, House Majority Transition Team
Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committee
Representative Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (R-PA)
Member, House Education and Labor Committee
Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Member, House Appropriations Committee
Member, House Budget Committee
4:30 - 5:30 THE NEW DYNAMIC
Succeeding with Workforce Issues in the 112th Congress
David Bradley, CEO, National Workforce Association
6:00 - 7:30 pm NWA Welcoming Reception
Monday, December 6
6:30 am Sunrise Walk
8:30 - 5:00 pm Conference Registration Open
7:30 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
7:30 am - 3:00 pm Resource Exhibit Hall & Cyber Cafe Open
8:30 - 10:00 am OUR NATIONAL CHALLENGE
Working More Closely with the Economic Development Community?
H. Philip Paradice, Jr., Acting Deputy Assistance Secretary Economic
Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
America and the World after the financial Crisis
Jeffry A. Frieden, Professor of Government, Harvard University
10:00 - 10:30 am Refreshment Break in Resource Exhibit Hall
10:30 - 12:00 pm LIVING THE CRISIS
Business, Community Development and the Bottom Line
Charles E. "Gus" Whalen, Jr., Chairman, Warren Featherbone Company
12:00 - 1:30 pm Networking Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 pm FEDERAL SPENDING PRIORITIES & THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
A Debate about the Responsibility to Fund Employment & Training Programs
Scott Lilly, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Daniel J. Mitchell, Senior Fellow, CATO Institute
2:30 - 3:00 pm Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:00 - 4:30 pm SUPPORTING COMPETITIVENESS AND EMPLOYMENT
Major Policy Issues That Impact workforce Competitiveness and Employment
Growth In the United States
Louis Soares, Director, Postsecondary Education Program Center for
American Progress
Scott Paul, Founder/ Executive Director
Alliance for American Manufacturing
James Hermes, Director of Government Relations
American Association of Community Colleges
Tuesday, December 7
6:30 am Sunrise Walk
7:30 - 10:30 am Conference Registration Open
7:30 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 am GETTING TO ACTION: WIA REAUTHORIATION
Identifying common ground that can help garner bi-partisan support for
workforce programs. Defining our role in the economic recovery. Actions to
help make WIA reauthorization a reality.
10:00 - 10:15 am CLOSING THOUGHTS