WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
Experts Converge on Miami for 4-Day National Workforce Institute
As the topic of jobs continues to dominate both public and presidential
debate, educators and workforce experts from throughout the nation
gather in Miami this week to examine workplace trends, current and
future labor demand, and cutting-edge practices for building a skilled
and globally competitive workforce.
More than 450 workplace specialists, business leaders, organizations and
federal representatives from the U.S. Departments of Labor, Education,
Energy, Transportation, Agriculture, Commerce and Defense, as well as
the National Institute of Standards and Technology will be on hand for
the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Workforce
Development Institute, scheduled Jan. 24-28 at the Hyatt Regency Miami.
Focused around a theme of "Working Wonders," the institute will also
serve as a programmatic hub for concurrent meetings of workforce and
economic development groups including the Automotive Manufacturing
Technical Education, National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers,
the Virtual Career Network and the Community Check out the full agenda of WDI