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Note: Speakers and Panelists will be added to the agenda as they are confirmed.

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• 8:00 to 8:45 am, Room 201A: Continental Breakfast sponsored by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield; Networking, Exhibit Area


• 8:45 to 9:00 am, Room 201A: Opening Remarks
  
  
  • COG's Focus on Workforce Competitiveness
    

  COG is the non-profit association of more than 250 local, state and federal officials representing 21 local governments in the National Capital Region. Recognizing that the economy is changing, the COG Board of Directors took action to help the region prepare for and adapt to this transition by creating a Taskforce on Workforce Competitiveness. The Taskforce’s report, Closing the Gaps to Build the Future, is the catalyst for today’s event. The report’s recommendations will be highlighted and will guide today’s program as participants learn, network, share insights, and develop partnerships with an array of healthcare and workforce development leaders.

  • Kwame Brown, D.C. Councilmember; Chair, COG Board of Directors


• 9:00 to 10:00 am, Room 201A: Plenary Session
  
  
  • Improving Health-Related Workforce Development in the National Capital Region: An Overview of Regional Economic Development Opportunities
    The National Capital Region boasts the fifth-largest regional market in the U.S, across two states and the District of Columbia. Cooperation amongst agencies and businesses therefore, is enormously complex but not impossible. Our region is projected to create an additional 1.2 million jobs over the next 20 years; we need to be prepared to fill them. This opening session will lay the framework for learning how to leverage our resources and come together as a region to build on existing health-related workforce initiatives for enhanced collaboration, capacity building and economic development growth.
    
    
    • Moderator: Bill Euille, Mayor, City of Alexandria; Chair, COG Workforce Competitiveness Taskforce
    • Matt Erskine, Executive Director, Greater Washington Initiative
    • Elyse A. Kaplan, Vice President, Human Resources, Adventist HealthCare Inc.
    • Ellen M Dawson Ph.D., ANP. Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Nursing Education, The George Washington University


• 10:00 to 10:15 am: Networking, Coffee Break, Exhibit Area


• 10:15 to 11:30 am: Breakout Sessions [Pick one]
  
  
  • Workshop I, Room 204A: Regional Workforce Development Solutions for Special Populations
    Special populations present greater regional programmatic challenges. Reducing barriers for workers crossing governmental jurisdictions, reciprocal educational benefits, and alignment of certifications and licensing, for example, have a greater return on investment for achieving positive training and job placement outcomes. Learn how service providers achieved regional success while simultaneously addressing the needs of special populations and severe urban challenges.
    
    
    • Moderator: Joe Carbone, President, The Workplace, Inc.
    • David Hunn, President and CEO, The SkillSource Group, Inc. [Ex-Offender Workers]
    • Phyllis Snyder, Vice President, CAEL [Mature Workers]
    • Donna Kinerney, Ph.D., Instructional Dean, Adult ESOL & Literacy Programs, Montgomery College [ESL Workers]
    • Colleen Paletta, Vice President, Training & Employment, Goodwill of Greater Washington [Disabled Workers]
    
    
    
  • Workshop II, Room 204B: How the HITECH Act Will Impact Healthcare Workforce Development and Education
    Electronic health records (EHR) implementation is a complex process, requiring expertise in a variety of highly specialized occupations, in skill combinations yet to be fully understood. This workshop will put the HIT employment puzzle together, focusing on the occupations, skill sets and core competencies projected to be in demand and the options available to recruit, assess and select the best candidates. Attendees will be given an overview of the $750 million in HHS workforce grants distributed to hundreds of public and private healthcare agencies, educators, workforce development boards to support accelerated adoption of electronic health records. The workshop will also focus on ways you can participate in future HIT partnerships, programming and funding opportunities.
    
    
    • Moderator: Richard Katz, Founder, Human Resource Marketing Services, Inc.
    • Brian P. Foley, M.Ed., MHA, CPHQ, FACHE, Provost, Medical Education Campus, Northern Virginia Community College
    • Sallie Cook, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Virginia Health Quality Center
      
    • Peter Preziosi, PhD, CEO, Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity, Medical Transcription Industry Association
    • Vic Eilenfield, MS, MHA, FACHE, CPHIMS, PMP, Senior Consultant Health IT Strategist
      
      
      
  • Workshop III, Room 204C: Exemplary Regional Healthcare Workforce Development Programs
    According to a post-conference survey of attendees at the March 2010 National Association of Workforce Development Forum, job creation emerged as the single most important concern. Learn from workforce development leaders as they present innovative approaches to creating and funding regional programs that focus on job creation in the context of regional delivery of services.
    
    
    • Moderator: Sarah Oldmixon, Director, Workforce Initiatives at The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
    • Ron Hearn, Executive Director, Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare
    • Gerry Hofler, Program Managaer, NoVa Health FORCE
      

11:30 am to 11:45 am: Networking, Break, Exhibit Area

11:45 am to 1:00 pm, Room 201A: Lunch sponsored by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

• Washington Post Panel on Healthcare Reform
  On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka healthcare reform) into law, completing a task worked on by seven Presidents before him. Healthcare reform is considered the single largest domestic policy legislation enacted in 45 years.
  
  Washington Post staff writers David Hilzenrath, Amy Goldstein, Alec MacGillis and David Brown will discuss the new health care law and its implications. In their new book, Landmark: The Inside Story of America's New Health Care Law and What It Means for Us All, they write about various provisions of the new health law. They will also discuss the legislations potential implications on the region’s health workforce.

1:00 to 1:15 pm: Break, signed copies of Landmark sold

1:15 to 2:00 pm, Room 201A: Forum Summary

• What Did We Learn Today? Tapping Into Our Collective Genius
  At the conclusion of the lunch presentation, moderators from each breakout session will report on some of the recommendations for future action that participants in each session arrived at. There will also be time for a general conversation on the day’s activities and a discussion on topics for future “United for Jobs” forums.

 

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