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Today’s Business Crisis: Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce,” Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & Created by BLACK ENTERPRISE
What:
Black Enterprise, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, present ” Today’s Business Crisis: Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce. ” The Symposium is part of an educational series aimed to cultivate a conversation between the academic and business communities. The Columbus event will focus on how schools can partner with businesses to create innovative learning models and improve the academic performance of K-12 and postsecondary students through the use of new technology.
When:
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Time:
4:00 p.m. ““ 6:30 p.m. Symposium
Where:
Greater Columbus Convention Center, Grand Ballroom, 400 N High St., Columbus, OH
(Logo: https://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110627/NY26810LOGO )
Moderators
Omar Wasow, Co-Founder, BlackPlanet.com/Co-Founder, Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School
Henry Hipps, Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Panel: Bringing Innovation to Education
Dr. Bernard Harris, President & CEO, The Harris Foundation
David Banks, President & CEO, Eagle Academy Foundation
Jessie Woolley-Wilson, President, CEO & Chairman, DreamBox Learning
Panel: Creating New Learning Models Through Technology
Mike Green, Co-Founder, America21 Project
Will Lucas, Founder/CEO, Classana
Mandela Schumacher-Hodge, Co-founder/COO, Tioki
Jarvis Sulcher Ph.D., Executive Director, Level Playing Field Institute
Additional Program Participants
Mayor Michael B. Coleman, City of Columbus
Joe Scantlebury, Senior Program Officer for Policy Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Earl “Butch” Graves, President/CEO, BLACK ENTERPRISE
Derek Dingle, SVP/Editor-in-Chief, BLACK ENTERPRISE
