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APRIL 28

ALLIED HEALTH OR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MANUFACTURING

3D Futures Award and Networking


PLATINUM SPONSORS




TUESDAY, APRIL 27

1:00 - 5:00 PM EST


1:00 - 2:00 PM

Welcome and Introduction of Platinum Sponsors



KEYNOTE

CHRIS ZANNETOS

CEO AND FOUNDER OF COVERED SECURITY

Entrepreneur,  Education Activist and Catalyst


2:00 - 4:00 PM

SECTOR SESSION: Cybersecurity

Sector Sponsorships Available

4:00 - 5:00 PM

SECTOR SESSION 

CYBERSECURITY

SECTOR LEADERS



Dr. James Barrott, EVP

Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT), Chattanooga State Community College


AL Bunshaft

SVP Dassault Systemes,

President Dassault Academic 

Foundation


PANELISTS



Casey Welch

Co-founder and CEO

of Tallo

Steve Mallard

Master Teacher II, Information Technology and Infrastructure Management Tennessee College of Applied Technology, Shelbyville, TN



Chitra Javdekar, Ph.D.

Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, Massachusetts Bay Community College


Michelle Drolet

CEO and Founder

Towerwall


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28

1:00 - 5:00 PM EST


1:00 - 2:00 PM

Welcome and Introduction of Platinum Sponsors



KEYNOTE

The Future of Work

Todd McLee


OPTION 1


ALLIED HEALTH CARE

SECTOR LEADERS


Dr. Alex Clifford

Maine College of Health Professionals, VP Academic and Student Services


Dr. Betty Reynard

President Lamar State College, 

Port Arthur TX


Dr. Jimmy Hodges

Director, Northern District Workforce

Development Alabama Community

College System

KEYNOTE

Leaving so soon?

The exodus of new healthcare team members and how IPE can help preserve the workforce.

Dr. Ann Curtis ,DNP, RN   

Director of Interprofessional  Education, Maine College of Health Professionals


PANELISTS



Tiffany Howe

VP for Teaching and Learning, Western Dakota Technical College, Rapid City, South Dakota--leader of 7 Allied Health Best Practice Calls 2020



Ken Kirkland

Healthcare Programs, Alabama Community  College System

Shirley MacNeill

Shirley MacNeill, Chair of Allied Health Department,  Lamar State College Port Arthur, Port Arthur, Texas




Deborah Hoover

Chair, Department of  Nursing Education, Wallace State College, Hanceville, Alabama


OPTION 2

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MANUFACTURING

SECTOR LEADERS


Dean Ray Koukari   

Gateway Technical College


Dr. Bryan Albrecht

President Gateway Technical College

KEYNOTE

Dr. Jay Lee

Chairman of Foxconn Industrial Internet



PANELISTS



Bassam Matar

Engineering faculty in the Maricopa Community College District




Carlos Contreras 

Intel senior government partnership and initiatives director for Americas Region



Daniel Barajas, M.Ed.
MARICOPA COMMUNITY COLLEGES District Workforce & Economic Development Office, District Deputy 
Chief Director | Workforce Development


Takis "Ty" Kinis

District Chair for Information Technology,

and IT Web Software Developer and IT

Data Analytics Instructor at Gateway Technical College in Racine, WI. 


Habib Matar

Instructor at Chandler/Gilbert CC, developing courses in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Part of Maricopa Community College System


Kent Powell

Amatrol

North America Sales Manager


THURSDAY, APRIL 29

1:00 - 5:00 PM EST


1:00 - 1:30 PM

Welcome and Introduction of Sponsors



OPTION 1

AGRICULTURE: LIVESTOCK, CROP, CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT & FORESTRY

SECTOR LEADERS



Dr. Ann Bolman

President, Western Dakota Technical College, SD


Ryan Purdy

President, Mid Plains, NE


Marie Price

Director of Workforce Training,

Idaho Forest Group, ID 


SILVER SPONSOR


BRONZE

SPONSOR


PANELISTS


"Sustaining Agriculture and Forestry for the Future"

MODERATOR

Ryan Purdy

President, Mid-Plains Community College, North Platte NE



CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS

CROP PRODUCTIONS


Dr. Fei Jai

Heliospectra, Technical Solutions Manager




Bryan Mitchell

Program Director, Electrical Trades, Western Dakota Technical College, Rapid City, South Dakota


Brad Ramsdale

Professor of Agronomy, Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture


Roric Paulman

Local Producer, Lincoln County, Nebraska



MASS TIMBER

LIVESTOCK

Brandon Brooks

Construction Manager Program Manager, Woodworks





Ricky McLain

Senior Technical Director--Tall Wood, Woodworks




Kristin Tupa

Cargill Protein, Sustainability Manager  Chair, Framework Committee, US Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry and Egg



Brenda Masek

Nebraska Cattlemen's Association President Elect, 3rd Generation Calf and Cow Producer southeast Cherry County Nebraska

OPTION 2

AEROSPACE, UNMANNED SYSTEMS, SPACE EXPLORATION

SECTOR LEADERS


Elizabeth Colbert-Busch

Economic Advisor  President's Office, Trident Technical

College SC 


Mary Kaye Bredeson,

EX Director, COE Aerospace and

Adv Manufacturing, Everett WA

KEYNOTE

"WORKFORCE THAT WORKS"

Mary Thornley

President, Trident Technical College

Charleston South Carolina



PANEL 1

"You're Cleared to Land: How SC Aerospace is Growing a Robust Aviation Manufacturing Culture"

Join leaders from South Carolina's aviation and aerospace cluster, and composites industry leader Don Myers from Toray, to discuss how South Carolina has grown their aerospace/aviation footprint over the last decade, creating an aerospace culture evidenced not only by the number of commercial aerospace

firms but also by the growth in aviation-related employment and workforce development initiatives. 

MODERATOR

Elizabeth Colbert-Busch 

Colbert-Busch Short Bio 2-5-2020.pdf


Panelists: South Carolina Council on Competitiveness and Don Myers, Toray Company

 

Susie Shannon

CEO, SC Council on Competitiveness



Adrianne Beasley

Director of Strategy and Communications



Stephen Astemborski

Director of Aerospace Initiatives



Don Myers

Director of Aerospace Sales

& Marketing, Toray


PANEL 2


“Building the Next Generation Workforce” 

Listen to the insightful perspectives from experts from Texas to the green grasses of Kentucky to New York to the west coast of Washington. Industry and Higher Education are forging a resilient and agile workforce that is embracing new technologies, utilizing new tools and building state of the art facilities to assemble a diverse workforce of the future. 


MODERATOR

Dr. Sharon DeVivo

President of Vaughn College of Aeronautics, Aviation and Technology, New York

Chair of US DoT Aviation Careers Task Force



Makesh Nandyala

President of S3M Solutions LLC, Dallas, Texas 



Robin Toth

Governor's Sector Leader for

Aerospace WA



Jay Schmidt

Exec. VP/General Manager, Silicon Forest Electronics


Jason Simon

Director of Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Collaboration AMTEC Owensboro Community and Technical  College, Kentucky


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