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Agenda at a Glance

 Monday May 17th

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Cristal Room
(Lower Level)

Opening Reception & Registration
Poster Sessions of Innovative Practices

 Tuesday May 18th

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Connaught Room

Registration
Light Continental Breakfast & Networking

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Vancouver Room

Setting the Stage

Andrea Marantz
, Forum Moderator
Sandra McKenzie & Francine L’Espérance, FLMM-LMI Working Group Co-Chairs

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Vancouver Room

Opening Keynote
TBA

Shirley Seward,
Canadian Labour and Business Centre

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Connaught Room

Break

10:15 a.m. - 12 noon Vancouver Room

Panel Discussion
Canada's Aging Workforce and Implications for Workforce Development

Gary Greenman, Alliance of Sector Councils

Keith Lancastle, Canadian Apprenticeship Forum

Bernard Matte, Emploi-Québec

Jean-Pierre Lachance, HRSD

12 noon - 1:00 p.m
Diva at the Met
Hotel Restaurant

Lunch (provided)

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m

Construction
Sector Council Labour Market Program


George Gritziotis

Construction Sector Council

Alberta Aboriginal
LFS Pilot Study

Diane Paul
Alberta Human Resources & Employment
& Deborah Sunter
Statistics Canada

Title TBA

Norma Strachan
ASPECT & Canadian Coalition of Community Based Employability Trainers

2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. Connaught Room

Break

2:20 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. Vancouver Room

Plenary Session
Shaping Australia’s Skills for Future Growth

Denis Hart
, Department of Employment
and Workplace Relations, Government of Australia

3:20 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Vancouver Room

Wrap-Up
 Wednesday, May 19th

7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Connaught Room

Light Continental Breakfast & Networking

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Vancouver Room

Plenary Session Working Connections: Reporting on Canada 's First Pan-Canadian Symposium on Career Development, Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development

Lynne Bezanson, Canadian Career Development Foundation

9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. Connaught Room

Break

9:40 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Vancouver Room

Plenary Session
Essential Skills

Bridging the Gap with Essential Skills
Donna Palmer
, Essential Skills Group Inc.

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Connaught Room

Break

11:00 p.m. - 12:00 noon
Skill Shortages and Occupational Information - An Australian Perspective
Denis Hart

Government of Australia

TRIEC: A Regional Experiment
Ratna Omidvar
Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council

Information and Career Decisions - Two Sides of The Same Coin
Bruce Rosove HRSD NHQ and
Kathy Harris KE Harris Focus First Inc.

12 noon - 1:00 p.m.
Diva at the Met
Hotel Restaurant

Lunch (provided)

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Vancouver Room

Plenary Session
The Limits of Information in the
Information Age

Norton Grubb, University of Berkeley

2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Connaught Room

Break

2:25 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Vancouver Room

Summary Panel
Next Steps

To Be Announced

3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Vancouver Room

Conclusion

Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English and French for plenary sessions, panel discussions and breakout workshops held in the Vancouver Room. Concurrent sessions in other rooms will be conducted in English with presentation handouts available in English and French

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