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WIRED ACADEMY

Thursday, May 1

Welcome and Opening

  • Douglas F. Small, Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of Labor Employment and Training
  • Brent%20R.%20Orrell, Acting Assistant Secretary, US Department of Labor Employment and Training

Opening Plenary Part 1 - WIRED Evaluation Challenges and Successes on the Road to Transformation; Insights from the first year Gen 1 Evaluation Study - Download PDF of Presentation (2 MB)


Opening Plenary Part 2 - Building and Sustaining Regional Leadership- Lessons from WIRED

  • Randall Kempner, Vice President for Regional Innovation, Council on Competitiveness

Breakouts

  1. BioScience Community of Practice - Best%20Practices%20in%20BioScience
  2. WIRED Nation - Cross Regional Communication and Collaboration Ed Morrison, North Central Indiana
  3. The High Cost of Dropping Out
  4. Gen 1 Evaluation - Q & As
  5. Building and Sustaining Regional Leadership - Q & As -
    • Randall Kempner, Vice President for Regional Innovation, Council on Competitiveness



 Afternoon Plenary - Keynote Speaker

  • Stephen%20Goldsmith, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government & Former Mayor of Indianapolis
  • Stephen Goldsmith is the Daniel Paul Professor of Government and the Director of the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He is the author of several books, most recently, "Governing by Network: The New Face of the Public Sector." While serving two terms as Mayor of Indianapolis, he earned a national reputation for innovations in government. Mr. Goldsmith currently serves as Chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service.


Breakouts


  1. Energy Community of Practice
  2. Connecting Low Income and Hard to Serve Talent Pools to Regional Strategies: A Workforce System Role
  3. Connected by 21: Reconnecting Out of School Youth Massachusetts Pathways to Success by 21 (P21 Initiative)
  4. Beginning the Process: Lessons Learned From Communities
  5. Developing Regional Performance Metrics / Common Measures
  6. WIRED Basics - A Time for Q & A on Allowable Costs, Implementation, Success Stories, etc.
  7. Gen 2 and 3 Evaluation Design - Download PDF of Presentation (184 KB)
    • Nancy Hewat, Public Policy Associates and Kevin Hollenbeck,
    • W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research


Friday, May 2

 

Closing Plenary Part 1



Closing Plenary Part 2

  • James Diffley, Executive Managing Director of U.S. Regional Services, Global Insight


Breakouts

  1. Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Community of Practice
  2. Governance and Social Networking - Models for Moving Forward
  3. Communications/Outreach strategies
  4. STEM Strategies
  5. PPV's Sectoral Initiatives Study


Wrap Up Remarks

  • Brent%20R.%20Orrell, Acting Assistant Secretary, US Department of Labor Employment and Training

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