Early Education: A Smart Investment
Economic Development Summit for Southeast Wisconsin 2006
September 25, 2006
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 
       
       
Agenda
 
(Select the name of the Speaker to watch the corresponding video)
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I) Welcome and Opening Remarks
 The Honorable Roberta Gassman, Secretary, Department of Workforce Development State of Wisconsin
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II) Making the Case for Increased Investments in Early Education
     - Jeffrey A. Joerres, Chairman, CEO & President, Manpower Inc.
     - The Honorable James Doyle, Governor, State of Wisconsin
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III) Why Business Leaders are Making Early Childhood a Priority
    - Charles E. M. Kolb, President, Committee for Economic Development (CED)
    - Daniel Pedersen, President, Buffett Early Childhood Fund
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IV) Panel Discussion - Why Wisconsin Business Needs to Lead the Way
Moderated by Charles E. M. Kolb, President, CED
    - W. Steven Barnett, Director, National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)
    - Robert H. Dugger, Managing Director, Tudor Investment Corporation
    - Dennis Mueller, Vice President, Gas Operations, Quanta Services, Inc.
    - Sister Joel Read, Education Committee Chair, Greater Milwaukee Committee
 
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V) Call to Action and Concluding Remarks
    - Helen Johnson-Leipold, Chairman & CEO, Johnson Outdoors Inc.
Chairman Johnson Financial Group
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