NYCETC’s conference is the premier event of New York City’s workforce development community, bringing together over 400 national and local experts, employers, workforce professionals, government officials and funders for a day filled with information, idea sharing and networking.
This year’s theme is “Innovative Solutions for an Equitable Workforce.”
The Conference will explore the variety of opportunities and challenges currently impacting employers, jobseekers and workforce organizations, including the role of technology on the workforce, workforce organizations and academic institutions that are successfully tackling these challenges.
Jim Conigliaro, Jr. (Founder/ President Independent Drivers Guild), Eli Dvorkin (Managing Director, Center for Urban Future), Elizabeth Lukas (CEO, Decoded Americas), Abby Marquand (Program Officer of Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase), Ritchie Torres (Council Member, New York City Council) in conversation with Ben Max (Executive Editor, Gotham Gazette)
Kenneth Adams (Dean of Workforce and Economic Development, Bronx Community College), David Garza (CEO and President, Henry Street Settlement), Wayne Ho (Chinese-American Planning Council), Donovan Richards (Council Member, New York City Council) in conversation with Zach Williams (staff reporter, City & State / NYN Media)
Andrew Rasiej (Founder and CEO, Civic Hall) provides an overview on Civic Hall @ Union Square & the Digital Learning Center
Resources: Presentation on Civic Hall @ Union Square
Patrick Cohen (Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, NPower), Kia Floyd (Head of Public Policy and Community Engagement, Facebook), Jessica Haines (Director of Grow with Google, Google), Julie Samuels (Executive Director, Tech:NYC), Grace Suh (Corporate Citizenship, IBM) in conversation with Jen Curry (Samaschool)
Jessica Barrett (Managing Director of North America Sales, pymetrics), Paul Boatman (Director of Talent Science and Analytics, INFOR), Martine Cadet (Vice President of Global Enablement, INFOR), Barbara Chang (Executive Vice President, Here to Here), Larry Curran (Vice President of Talent, Horizon Media) in conversation with Jarrett Murphy (Executive Editor, City Limits)
Diallo Shabazz, Chief Administrator of the DC37 Ed Fund, provides an overview of the DC37 Ed Fund's Digital Badging Program
Resource: Presentation on Digital Badges and Workforce Development
Katie Beck Sutler (Vice President of Workforce Development, Brooklyn Navy Yard), David Meade (Executive Director, Building Skills NY), Liliana Polo-McKenna (CEO, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow), Mark Anthony Thomas (Senior Vice President, NYCEDC) in conversation with Jeff Mays (journalist, NY Times)
Stacy Woodruff, Founding Director of the Workforce Field Building Hub at WPTI, provides an overview of the Workforce Agenda
Resources: The Workforce Agenda Presentation + Report
Elizabeth Glazer (Director, NYC Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice), Gyasi Headen (Vice President of Workforce Development, The Osborne Association), Keith Powers (Council Member, New York City Council), Michael Tausek (Deputy Commissioner for Adult Programming and Community Relationships, Department of Corrections), Christopher Watler (Executive Director of New York, Center for Employment Opportunities) in conversation with Andre Ward (WBAI's On the Count)
Work-Based Learning: Making it Work for Diverse Communities
How to build work-based learning programs - implementation, scalability,
best practices & more.
Stacey Pellegrino (Grant Associates), Harini Venkatesh (NYC DOE, Career & Technical Education), Jennifer Buchanan (NYCT Department of Buses)
Resources:
Presentation - Work-Based Learning
Mental Health for Employment Success: Integrating Care into Workforce Development
How to incorporate lessons from the Connections to Care grant into your workforce development programming.
The Employer Perspective:
Recruiting, Hiring and Onboarding People with Disabilities
How businesses can best recruit, hire and onboard people with disabilities.
Moderator: Elaine Katz (Kessler Foundation)
Speakers: Jerry Gallagher (Museum of the City of New York), Martha Jackson (Mayor's Office of People with Disabilities), John O'Neill (Kessler Foundation), Jean Shein (UNIQLO)
Resources:
Presentation - "Employer Perspective: Recruiting, Hiring and Onboarding People with Disabilities"
Pathways for the Immigrant Workforce
How to assist immigrant workers with language proficiency, re-credentialing, citizenship status, cultural isolation and US workplace norms.
Setting the Stage for Diversity: Employer-Driven Training in the Arts
How to partner to train and place young adults for careers in commonly out-of-reach sectors, through a case study of a Theatrical Workforce Development Program.
Mitch Mattson (Roundabout Theatre Company), Allison Quigney (Public Works Partners), Andrea Vaghy (The Door)
Resources:
Roundabout Theatre Company Theatrical Workforce Development
Program (TWDP) Initial Evaluation Findings
Flyer: "Education @ Roundabout: Technical Theatre Training"
kathleen culhane (co-chair) *
president, nontraditional employment for women
shari krull (co-chair) *
executive director, streetwise partners
erik antokal
assistant vice president, nontraditional employment for women
karen bornarth
program director, hot bread kitchen
nakisha evans
director, office of workforce partnerships, cuny
j.t. falcone
policy analyst, united neighborhood houses
italo medeliu
program and recruitment manager, friends of the highline
liliana polo-mckenna *
chief executive officer, opportunities for a better tomorrow
angela williams *
executive director, i have a dream foundation
* indicates role on nycetc board of directors