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Schedule-at-a-glance

All Times are in ET

Wednesday, November 2nd
Host Site: National Academy of Public Administration, Washington, DC Office

9:00 - 11:00 a.m. - New Fellow Orientation
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Academy Board Meeting (open to all Fellows)
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Academy Strategic Initiatives Update
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch and Brownlow Book Award Discussion
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. - Academy Business Meeting & Awards
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Break
3:00 - 3:30 pm - Special Remarks from Kiran Ahuja
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. - Concurrent Sessions:

1. Accessibility, Diversity, and Neurodivergence and Meaningful Work
2. Toward a Federal Workforce of the Future
   

5:00 - 6:30 p.m. - Reception and New Fellows Induction

Thursday, November 3rd
Host Site: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. - Breakfast and Sign in
9:00 - 10:15 a.m. - Mayor's Panel on Job Growth and Creation
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. - Break
10:30 - 11:45 a.m. - Technology's Impact on Workforce Development
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. - Staats Lecture Luncheon with Tom Kochan
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. - Break
2:00 - 2:50 p.m - (All Virtual) The Impact of DEIA on Academy Funded Studies
3:00 - 3:50 p.m. - (All Virtual) Analyzing to Find Innovation: Helping Localities Provide Meaningful Work through Academy Studies
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. - (All Virtual) Data-Driven Meaningful Work: How States and Localities Can Use Data in Workforce Development

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Friday, November 4th
Host Site: University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT
Hartford Public Library: 500 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103

8:30 - 9:00 a.m. - Welcome Session
9:00 - 10:15 a.m. - Identifying Challenges Facing Local and State Public Workforce Development
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. - Break
10:30 - 11:45 a.m. - Policies and partnerships to enhance the CT public sector
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. - Webb Lecture Luncheon
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. - Break
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - (All Virtual) Concurrent Standing Panel Meetings:

1. Executive Organization and Management Standing Panel Meeting
2. Public Service Standing Panel Meeting
3. Social Equity Standing Panel Meeting
4. Intergovernmental Systems Standing Panel Meeting
5. International Affairs Standing Panel Meeting
6. Technology Leadership Standing Panel Meeting

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