Agenda

The conference will be held at The Conference Center Niagara Falls. This technologically advanced facility offers attendees an attractive location, world class customer service and gourmet cuisine.

Below is a draft framework of the conference agenda, along with a list of the topics that will be covered during the plenary sessions and in the workshops. A more formal agenda with workshop times and room locations is still being developed. Please note that this information is subject to change.

NASWA 73rd Annual Conference
Agenda

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Monday, September 21, 2009
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration Main Entrance

Tuesday, September 22, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration Main Entrance
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.  Breakfast Buffet Conference Dining Area
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Board of Directors’ Meeting Cascades II
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.  Break Cascades II
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Board Luncheon Conference Dining Area
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Board of Directors’ Meeting

Cascades II

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break Cascades II
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Exhibits Set-up

Exhibit Center

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception

Exhibit Center

Wednesday, September 23, 2009
7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast

Conference Dining Area

7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration Main Entrance
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exhibits Exhibit Center
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. OPENING SESSION (Call to Post) Cascades Ballroom
9:00 a.m. – 9:40: a.m. OPENING PLENARY Cascades Ballroom
9:40 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. PLENARY SESSION (continued) Cascades Ballroom
10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Ten Minute Break Cascades Foyer
10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. PLENARY SESSION (continued) Cascades Ballroom
11:10 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. “Salute to Leadership” Awards Cascades Ballroom
11:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. “Two Minute Drill" Cascades Ballroom
  Introduction of Exhibitors and Sponsors  
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch Conference Dining Area
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Workshops (concurrent)  
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break Exhibit Center
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Workshops (continued)  
5:00 p.m. Adjourn  
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Reception (Heavy Hors’ d oeuvres) Top of the Falls Restaurant

Thursday, September 24, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration Main Entrance
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exhibits Exhibit Center
7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast Conference Dining Area
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. NASWA Business Session Cascades Ballroom
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break Exhibit Center
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. PLENARY SESSION Cascades Ballroom
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PLENARY SESSION (Continued) Cascades Ballroom
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Luncheon Conference Dining Area
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Workshops (continued)  
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break Exhibit Center
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Workshops (continued)  
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
Dinner on your own
 

Friday, September 25, 2009
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Exhibits Exhibit Center
7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast Conference Dining Area
8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CLOSING PLENARY Cascades Ballroom
11:00 a.m. Adjourn  

Plenary Sessions:

-- Secretary Solis and/or Assistant Secretary Oates (Invited)
-- Prospects of a “Jobless” Economic Recovery
-- Challenges to the Workforce System of a Jobless Economic Recovery
-- Creating Green Jobs and a Cleaner Economy
-- NASWA/ETA Study of the Recovery Act in the States
-- How Have State Workforce Agencies Coped with the Recession? (Selected States Report)

Workshops

-- Early Warning and Layoff Aversion
-- Real Time Labor Demand
-- National Labor Exchange and Reemployment Initiative
-- Helping Veterans Find Jobs through the National Labor Exchange and VetCentral
-- Economic Stimulus under WIA and Wagner-Peyser Act
-- Reemployment in One-Stop Career Centers
-- Contingency Planning for IT
-- Impact of Stimulus on IT
-- Employee Misclassification under State Unemployment Taxes
-- UI Integrity
-- UI Information Technology Modernization Status and Issues
-- UI Solvency
-- Data Quality Initiative:  Implications for Labor Market Information
-- Serving Customers with Limited English Proficiency and Cultural Competency Issues
-- America’s Heroes at Work
-- Business Session Orientation
-- Trade Adjustment Assistance


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