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Challenges Facing the 21st Century U.S. Workforce

Date: August 4, 2005
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Speaker(s):

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
Host(s): Tim Kane, Ph.D.
Bradley Fellow in Labor Policy,
Center for Data Analysis,
The Heritage Foundation
Details:

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.
 
 

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