8am – 830am

Registration

Coffee & pastries served

830am – 845am

Welcome

Susan Crane, Executive Director, Port Jobs

845am – 9am

Introduction

Enrique Cerna, Host and Executive Producer, KCTS 9

9am – 945am

A growing danger: America's Perfect Storm in light of today's economy and labor market

Irwin Kirsch, Director of the Center for Global Assessment, Educational Testing Service

945am-1030am

New dialogue, new initiative: policies that optimize opportunities for adult workers

Julie Strawn, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Law and Social Policy

1030am – 1045am

BREAK

1045am – 1130am

Practitioners' Panel: putting policies to work

Mark Martinez, Executive Secretary, Pierce County Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO

Betsy McKay, Director of Bilingual Leadership Development, McDonald’s Corporation

Ricardo Estrada, Vice President of Programs and Education, Instituto del Progreso Latino

1130am – 1215pm

Question & Answer session with all speakers

Guided by Enrique Cerna

1215pm – 1230pm

Closing Remarks

Enrique Cerna, Susan Crane