Event Sponsors
Date and Time
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM EDT
Tuesday, June 18th
8:30am - 3pm
Location
Chase Center on the Riverfront
815 Justison St, Wilmington, DE 19801
Fees/Admission
$95 for Members
$135 for Non-Members
**Resource table opportunities available. Contact us for more information.
**all sales final
Description
A full day conference that will bring together industry, academia, and providers of workforce development programs and training to discuss short– and long-term needs and solutions. Pick your roundtable discussion:
· STEM/Science Industry
· Fintech/Financial Services
· Skilled Trades, Manufacturing & Logistics
Structure of the day:
· Registration and breakfast
· Event Kick off with and Delaware Prosperity Partnership President & CEO Kurt Foreman
· Morning Keynote: Secretary of Labor Cerron Cade
· Roundtable Discussions
· STEM/Science industry roundtable discussion facilitated by:
Helen Stimson–President, Delaware Biotechnology Association
Terri Hartwell-Easter—Founding Principal of T.H. Easter Consulting
· Skilled Trades, Manufacturing, & Logistics industry roundtable discussion facilitated by
Jennifer Kmiec—Executive Director, Committee of 100
Bryon Short—Executive Vice President, Delaware Contractors’ Association
· Fintech/Financial Services industry roundtable discussion facilitated by:
John Collins—First State Fintech Lab
Peggy Geisler—Owner, PMG Consulting
· Afternoon Keynote: Ashley Putnam, Director of Economic Growth and Mobility Projects, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
· Afternoon demonstration from FAME.
· Resource provider expo—meet one-on-one with providers of talent and workforce initiatives and solutions
The following workforce development organizations will be in attendance:
| DE Small Business Development Center (SBDC) |
| Delaware Division of Libraries |
| Delaware Foundation for Science & Mathematics Education |
| Delaware Founders Initiative |
| Delaware Prosperity Partnership |
| Delaware State University-Wilmington |
| Division for the Visually Impaired |
| Goodwill |
| Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. |
| New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District |
| Opportunity Center Inc. d/b/a ServiceSource Delaware (OCI) |
| Tech Impact |
| The Teen Warehouse |
| University of Delaware |
| University of Delaware - Career Center |
| University of Delaware - Office of the EVP |
| University of Delaware - Professional and Continuing Studies |
| Year Up |
For Sponsorship information, click here.
For the full event info packet, click here.
