Job Creation and Workforce Development Summit with Keynote Address by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg

Date:	June 25, 2009 from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm EDT
Location:	Rotunda, Low Memorial Library, 535 West 116th Street, Columbia University
Contact:	For further information regarding this event, please contact University Programs and Events by sending email to universityprograms@columbia.edu .

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will give a keynote address at the NYC Global Partners summit "Job Creation and Workforce Development." Panel discussions will feature experts from Barcelona, London, New York City, Shanghai, Santiago, Toronto, and the OECD. Presentations will highlight successful policies and initiatives to train a competitive urban workforce. The program features:

Panel I: Transforming Adult Workforce Systems through Local Government Policy

This panel will examine strategies to build a competitive urban workforce system that link to economic development goals, as well as discuss how the workforce system has been able to respond to increasing unemployment resulting from the recent economic downturn.

Wei-yu Gao, PhD, Chief Economic Analyst, Development Research Centre, Shanghai Municipal Government
Anna Molero, Managing Director, Barcelona Activa, City of Barcelona
Robert W. Walsh, Commissioner, Department of Small Business Services, City of New York
Pablo Zalaquett, Mayor of the City of Santiago

Keynote Address by Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York

Panel II: Engaging International, National & Regional Governments in Local Workforce Development

Strong coordination between national, regional and local levels of government is necessary to ensure effective delivery of services. This panel will examine the nature of this challenge from a policy perspective and successful implementation strategies in cities around the world.

Anthony Browne, Director for Economic & Business Policy, Greater London Authority
Francesca Froy, Policy Analyst, Local Economic and Employment Development Programme Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
John Twomey, Executive Director, New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals
Michael H. Williams, General Manager, Economic Development, Culture and Tourism Division, City of Toronto

New York City Global Partners, Inc., Columbia University and the OECD's Local Economic and Employment Development are pleased to convene this Summit, which brings together governmental leaders, policy professionals, and renowned intellectuals from 29 global cities.

Cities represented are Addis Ababa, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Athens, Baltimore, Barcelona, Belfast, Brussels, Budapest, Calgary, Caracas, Copenhagen, Dublin, Fortaleza, Hong Kong, Kolkata, London, Manila, Miami, Milan, New York City, Philadelphia, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Shanghai, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Tokyo and Toronto.

This summit is generously supported by Macy's Inc., Accenture, Microsoft Corporation and the Sony Corporation of America.