Location: The Heritage Foundation's Lehrman Auditorium
Panel I: Technology and Evolving Labor
Markets -
Despite media-driven myths of American economic decline,
record-high employment and surprisingly strong labor productivity
growth reveal a very prosperous future for the American worker, but
not a future devoid of risks. Old skills become irrelevant faster
and more suddenly, and the pressures of a globalized labor market
are growing. What are the skills and jobs of the future?
Panel II: Labor Laws - Ripe for Reform? -
Are federal labor laws relevant for the 21st Century? Panelists
will explore the need to reform federal laws regarding pensions and
other benefits, immigration, and unemployment insurance.
More About the Speakers
Panel I: Technology and Evolving Labor Markets
(9:30 a.m.)
Diana Furchtgott-Roth
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Senior Fellow and Director,
Center for Employment Policy,
Hudson Institute
Daniel H. Pink
Author of Whole New Mind and
Contributing Editor,
Wired Magazine
David Barnes
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Worldwide Leader,
Human Resources Policy,
IBM
Panel II: Labor Laws - Ripe for Reform?
(10:30 a.m.)
Janemarie Mulvey, Ph.D.
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Chief Economist,
Employment Policy Foundation
Paula Collins
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Vice President,
Government Relations,
Texas Instruments
William Conerly, Ph.D.
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Adjunct Fellow,
American Institute of Full Employment
Keynote Address
(11:30 a.m.)
The Honorable Elaine Chao
Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor
Hosted By
Tim Kane, Ph.D.
Visiting Fellow
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