The ongoing dialogue in Indiana to reduce a widening gap between the demand for technically skilled workers and the number produced by Indiana colleges and universities is the topic of an IU-led panel discussion at the University Economic Development Association’s annual summit to be held Sept. 27-30 in Anchorage, Alaska.
Innovate Indiana’s Rebecca Carl, associate vice president and chief of staff for Indiana University’s Office of the Vice President for Engagement, will moderate a Tuesday, Sept. 29 discussion titled “The New Collaborative Landscape of Talent Development and Retention: Employing Effective Regional, Metropolitan and Statewide Strategies.”
The panel includes David Gard, IU’s assistant vice president for economic development. Additional panelists include:
- Rena Cotsones, Ph.D., associate vice president of engagement and innovation partnerships, Northern Illinois University;
- Janyce Fadden, executive-in-residence at the University of North Alabama’s College of Business;
- Todd Greene, vice president of research for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Over the summer, Innovate Indiana played a key role in kicking off a statewide conversation among key Indiana stakeholders concerning the “skills mismatch” in Indiana’s workforce. In collaboration with TechPoint, Innovate Indiana hosted “E2E Convergence: An Indiana Employment-to-Education Conversation,” an event that brought together education, technology, economic and workforce officials together June 25 at the Hine Hall Ballroom at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
Click here for additional information about the UEDA summit’s agenda.
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