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Center for Industry Initiatives

 

Agenda - Maryland Construction and Energy Workforce Solutions Forum

 
Maryland Construction and Energy Workforce Solutions Forum
 

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Tuesday, July 21, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., at the Marriott Baltimore/Washington International Airport

8:30 a.m. Welcome

  • Eric M. Seleznow, Executive Director, Governor's Workforce Investment Board
  • Thomas E. Perez, Secretary, MD Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
  • Martin G. Knott, Jr., President, Knott Mechanical, Inc.
  • Peter Lowenthal, Executive Director, Maryland Solar Industries Association
  • Malcolm D. Woolf, Director, Maryland Energy Administration 9:00 a.m. Jobs in the Green Economy
  • Bracken Hendricks, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

9:30 a.m. Remarks

  • The Honorable Martin O'Malley, Governor

10:00 a.m. Technology and Trends that Drive Workforce Development

  • Gino J. Gemignani, Jr., Senior Vice President, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.
  • Katherine Magruder, Executive Director, Maryland Clean Energy Center
  • Kurt W. Roth, Ph.D., Group Leader, Building Energy Efficiency Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • James E. Rzepkowski, Director of Workforce Development, Constellation Energy
  • Robert L. Wallace, President and CEO, BITHGROUP Technologies

11:00 a.m. Preparing Maryland's Workforce for the 21st Century - Breakout Sessions

  • Industry and Education: Making Connections, Creating Alignment - Blue Room
  • Our Future Workforce: Creating a Pipeline of Skilled, Professional Employees - Red Room
  • Readying Today's Workforce for Tomorrow's Work: Training, Retraining, Up-Skilling - Green Room
  • Partnerships and Policy by the Numbers - Yellow Room

12:15 p.m. Wrap-up and Call to Action

  • James E. Rzepkowski, Director of Workforce Development, Constellation Energy