Agenda
| Monday, April 2, 2007 | |||||
| 7:30 a.m. | – | 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast, Networking and STEM Showcase | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | – | 8:50 a.m. | Introductory Remarks | ||
| Laurel Heffernan, Interim Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Sacramento State | |||||
| Welcome and Introductions | |||||
| Alexander Gonzalez, President, Sacramento State | |||||
| Featured Remarks | |||||
| The Hon. Doris O. Matsui, Congresswoman, Fifth Congressional District of California | |||||
| 8:50 a.m. | – | 9:45 a.m. | “America’s Perfect Storm” | ||
| Frank Gómez, Executive Director of Corporate Communications, Educational Testing Service | |||||
| Gap Analysis of the Regional STEM Workforce | |||||
| Suzanne O’Keefe, Assistant Professor, Economics, Sacramento Regional Research Institute, Sacramento State |
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| 9:45 a.m. | 9:55 a.m. | Break | |||
| 9:55 a.m. | 10:55 a.m. | Panel Discussion I | |||
| STEM: The Present and Future in the Sacramento Region | |||||
Chair: Scott Neish, President, Aerojet Sandy Merino, Senior Scientist, Novozymes, Inc. Angela Phillips Diaz, Director, Strategic Communications and |
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| 11:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion II | |||
| The Regional Educational Partnership | |||||
| Chair: Dave Gordon, Superintendent, Sacramento County Office of Education Panel Members: David Butler, CEO, Linking Education and Economic Development (LEED) Madeleine Fish, Director, MESA Engineering and Computer Science Program, Sacramento State Rick Pomeroy, Lecturer/Supervisor of Teacher Education, UC Davis John Roina, Professional Development Director, Yolo County Office of Education Sandra Scott, Director, Workforce Development and Continuing Education, Sierra College |
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| 12:00 p.m. | 1:00 p.m. | Hosted Lunch: Networking and STEM Showcase | |||
| 1:00 p.m. | 1:10 p.m. | Afternoon Welcome | |||
| The Hon. Daniel E. Lungren, Congressman , Third Congressional District of California | |||||
| 1:10 p.m. | 2:15 p.m. | Panel Discussion III | |||
| Bridging the Gap: Infrastructure Building | |||||
| Chair: David Earwicker, Assistant Vice President, Research Administration, Sacramento State Panel Members: Debra Crane, Teacher, Galt High School, Galt Joint Union High School District Glenda Golobay, Principal, Engineering and Science High School, Sacramento City Unified School District Sandra Kirschenmann, Vice Chancellor, Los Rios Community College Ted Schantz, Cheif Microelectronics Development and Testing Division, Defense Microelectronics Activity |
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| 2:15 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | Break | |||
| 2:30 p.m. | 3:50 p.m. | Open Forum: A Regional STEM Strategic Plan for Action | |||
| Facilitator: Emir José Macari, Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Sacramento State Panel Members: Barbara Hayes, Executive Director, Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization (SACTO) Dan Koellen, Chairman, McClellan Technology Incubator, Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance (SARTA) Thomas Landerholm, Director, Center for STEM Excellence, Sacramento State Refugio Rochin, Professor Emeritus, Center for Public Policy, Race, Ethnicity and Gender, Chicana/o Studies, UC Davis |
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| 3:50 p.m. | 4:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks | |||
