Governor's Workforce Summit 2008 - February 8, 2008

 

2008 Governor's Workforce Summit
   
Summary:
On February 8, 2008 the Governor's Workforce Investment Board convened the Governor's Workforce Summit 2008 at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, MD. More than 500 attendees, along with Governor Martin O'Malley, Dr. Ken Poole, and two esteemed panels of workforce stakeholders, discussed how to align and streamline Maryland's workforce system. Thank you to all who participated in the Governor's Workforce Summit 2008 and contributed to its success.
Read the full press release.

Follow up:
GWIB staff is preparing a summary report of the days events and posting the report on this Web page. You are encouraged to submit your questions or follow-up comments to gwib@mdworkforce.com.

Photo gallery and video highlights:
Photo Gallery (GWIB)
Photo Gallery (Governor's website)
Are you ready? video, produced by Anne Arundel Community College (Adobe Flash, 2MB, download Flash for free)
Finding the Forgotten Middle video, produced by Skills2Compete
Governor O'Malley's address video and press release

 
Summit Resources
On the Web In Adobe Acrobat format
(download Adobe Acrobat for free)
Background and Purpose Background and Purpose (PDF document, 185KB)
Agenda Agenda (PDF document, 205KB)
Dr. Kenneth Poole's Presentation (MSPowerPoint document, 736KB, download PowerPoint Viewer for free) Dr. Kenneth Poole's Presentation (PDF document, 1.2MB)
Dr. Kenneth Poole's Biography Dr. Kenneth Poole's Biography (PDF document, 61KB)
Educating Maryland's Future Workforce: Panelists' Biographies Educating Maryland's Future Workforce: Panelists' Biographies (PDF document, 92KB)
No Such Thing as a Spare Marylander: Panelists' Biographies
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 No Such Thing as a Spare Marylander: Panelists' Biographies (PDF document, 98KB)
GWIB General Information GWIB General Information (PDF document, 842KB) 
 

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Updated June 13, 2008