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Conference Presentations
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
1:00 - 5:00 PMNew LMI Director Orientation
Note: Training at Indiana's Workforce Agency Provided by LMI Institute (Sponsored by WIC)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
7:00 - 8:30 AMContinental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:30 AMRegistration
8:30 - 10:45 AMState-Only LMI Director's Discussion
Committee Leadership Transition
Ted Halley, Teresa Voors & Don Wehbey
WIC Priorities
Graham Slater, OR, WIC State Co-Chair
LMI Director's National Conference 2009 And Winter Policy Forum February 18-20, 2009
Don Wehbey - NASWA
NASWA Partnerships, Affiliates & Exhibitors
Don Wehbey & Hope Clark
10:45 - 11:30 AMFacilitating the Labor Market: An Alliance of State Workforce Agencies and Fortune 500 Companies
Jolene Jefferies, Direct Employers Association, Inc.
Facilitating the Labor Market: An Alliance of State Workforce Agencies and Fortune 500 Companies  
11:30 - 1:00 PMLunch - On Your Own
General Session of Annual Conference Begins:
1:00 - 1:30 PMWelcoming Comments
Teresa L. Voors, Commissioner, Indiana Workforce Development and Hope J. Clark, Director, Research & Market Development
1:30 - 2:30 PMPerspectives on Labor and the Auto Industry
Thomas Klier, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Perspectives on Labor and the Auto Industry  
Thomas Klier's Biography  
2:30 - 3:00 PMBreak
3:00 - 4:00 PMGreen Jobs
Roger Therrien & Committee, Other States' Efforts
"Green" Issues and Initiatives  
4:00 - 5:00 PMLocal Employment Dynamics-On the National Map!
Jeremy Wu, Co-Chair of LED Steering Committee, US Census Bureau
National MOU: The Time Has Come  
5:30 - 6:30 PMCash Bar and On Your Own Museum Tour
6:30 - OpenDinner - Banquet at State Museum
Thursday, October 16, 2008
7:00 - 8:30 AMContinental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 AMUI Modernization - The States' Experience
Steve Hine, Moderator
9:30 - 10:00 AMBreak
10:00 - 11:00 AMEmployment & Training - Future of Core Products Grant
Jan Sten, Chief, Division of Workforce Development System Support, Employment & Training Administration
Future of Core Products Grant  
11:00 - NoonBureau of Labor Statistics Update
Jack Galvin, Associate Commissioner for Employment & Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics Update  
Noon - 1:30 PMAwards Luncheon (Buffet)
1:30 - 3:00 PMDevelopments in Projections and NCS-OES Integration
Dixie Sommers, Assistant Commissioner for Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Developments in Projections and NCS-OES Integration  
3:00 - 3:30 PM Break
3:30 - 5:00 PMQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages: Status and Update on Major Plans
Rick Clayton, Chief, Division of Administrative Statistics and Labor Turnover, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages  
6:00 - OpenDinner - On Your Own
Friday, October 17, 2007
7:00 - 8:30 AMContinental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 AM Opening Comments by Ted Halley
8:45 - 9:45 AM Developments in the LAUS and MLS Programs
Sharon Brown, Chief, Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Developments in the LAUS and MLS Programs  
9:45 - 10:45 AM Developments in the OES Program
George Stamas, Chief, Division of Occupational Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Developments in the OES program  
10:45 - 11:45 AM Changes and Refinements in the CES Program
Kirk Mueller, Division of Current Employment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics
NASWA LMI Directors CES Program Update  
11:45 - 12:00 PMLeadership Transition, Closing Remarks & Adjournment
Ted Halley & Teresa Voors















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