Sept 21 – Tuesday
8:00-8:15 AM | Welcome & Opening Remarks with Ed Castile
8:15-9:00 AM | Human Centered Design for Public Workforce System Panel
9:00-9:45 AM | The State of Youth Employment: Learning from Youth-Centered Research
9:45-10:00 AM | Break
10:00-10:45 AM | Classroom to Career Pathway with Innovative Simulation-Based Training Programs
10:45-11:45 AM | Breakout Sessions:
- EQ is the new IQ: Emotional Intelligence for Workforce Professionals
- Partnerships that Work
- Disability Etiquette Training
11:45-12:15 PM | Break (Lunch On Your Own)
12:15-1:15 PM | Keynote Address: Josh Davies – 2020: Foresight not Hindsight
1:15 – 2:15 PM | Breakout Sessions:
- Branding Your Workplace to Reach Job Seekers
- Breaking Down Barriers to Postsecondary Education
- Visual Impairments & Blindness: the Myths, the Facts, and Legends
2:15 – 3:15 PM | Breakout Sessions:
- Transforming STEM Education for a Stronger Workforce
- WIOA – What is it? What does it do? Who does it serve?
- Deaf Culture in the Workplace
3:15-3:30 PM | Afternoon Break
3:30-4:30 PM | Building Disability into Alabama’s “New Normal” with Dr. Richard Pimentel
4:30-5:00 PM | Alabama Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities State-Wide Awards Event
Sept 22 – Wednesday
8:00-8:45 AM | Trauma-Informed Care for Workforce Development Professionals
8:45-9:30 AM | The Silent Progress Killer: Unconscious Bias
9:30-10:30 AM | Breakout Sessions:
- Alabama’s Talent Triad
- Using the Baldrige Criteria to Improve Workforce Development
- Autism Spectrum Disorders: Bringing Unique Strengths to Work
10:30-10:45 AM | Break
10:45-11:45 AM | Keynote Address: Jason Phelps, ACRI Building Alabama – Meeting the
Workforce Challenges of Today and Tomorrow
11:45-12:30 PM | Keynote Address: Governor Kay Ivey and Presentation of the AlabamaWorks!
Innovator Awards