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July 10, 2005
Workforce Innovations Annual Conference Held This Week
This week (July 11 - 13), over 2,500 workforce professionals, educators, and businessmen will gather in Philadelphia for the Workforce Innovations annual conference. This is the most important conference of the year for the workforce investment system. Actions taken during the past year will be highlighted and plans for the coming year will be finalized. Please visit the conference web site at www.workforceinnovations.org for a complete schedule of events and to register for the conference .
Some of the highlights of this year's conference include:
- Speeches from Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, Governor Haley Barbour, former Governor John Engler, and BusinessWeek's Michael Mandel
- A high-level panel on Disability Employment Issues
- General sessions on Education, Manufacturing, and Energy featuring a powerful lineup of moderators and panelists
- Town Hall Forums on Economies in Transition and Employing Persons with Disabilities
- 70 workshop sessions featuring over 300 presenters
Posted by Karen Thomas at July 10, 2005 11:37 PM