Automotive Communities and Work Force Adjustment

October 8, 2009 to October 9, 2009
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago–Detroit Branch
1600 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, MI 48207
Thursday, October 8 | Friday, October 9

Thursday, October 8
9:00 a.m.		Registration and Networking
9:45 a.m.		Welcome and Introductory Remarks John Austin, Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program and University of Michigan, Institute for Research on Labor, Employment and the Economy (IRLEE) William Testa, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
10:00 a.m.		Auto Industry Outlook, Work Force and Community Implications Moderator Sam Kahan, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago-Detroit Economic Outlook: Implications for the Auto Industry Kenneth Beauchemin, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Shifting Automotive Geography and Midwest Labor Outlook Thomas Klier, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Automotive Work Force Challenges in Recovery Kristin Dziczek, Center for Automotive Research Metropolitan Automotive Communities in Transition Howard Wial, Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program Where Have All the Auto Workers Gone? Worker Experiences during the Past Decade Randy Eberts, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and George Erickcek, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
12:30 p.m.		Lunch
1:30 p.m.		First Responses to Layoffs: Reemployment and Training Workers, Families and Communities—The Threadbare Social Safety Net Marian Krzyzowski, University of Michigan, IRLEE, and Lawrence Molnar, University of Michigan, IRLEE Union Led Reemployment Programs and Experiences Mark Gaffney, Michigan AFL-CIO Federal Policy Initiatives: From Best Practices to Creative Solutions? Rick McHugh, National Employment Law Project
3:15 p.m.		Break
3:45 p.m.		First Responses to Layoffs: Reemployment and Training The Track Record of Training (Dislocated Workers) Daniel Sullivan, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago The Role of Community Colleges in Auto Worker Adjustment Jim Sawyer, Macomb Community College/Midwest Community College Consortia Identifying Returns to Specific Retraining Curricula Lou Jacobson, Center for Naval Analyses
5:00 p.m.		Reception
Friday, October 9
7:30 a.m.		Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.		Sectoral Approaches to Work Force Transition Moderator and Discussant Kevin Hollenbeck, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Evaluating Experiences with Sectoral Approaches Sheila Maguire, Public/Private Ventures Evaluating Regional Skills Alliances Jack Litzenberg, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Green Jobs for Auto Community Workers Marcia Black-Watson, State of Michigan Session Commentary Mark Partridge, Ohio State University
10:30 a.m.		Today's Auto Worker, Tomorrow's Entrepreneur Moderator and Discussant Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Lessons from UI Experiments with Entrepreneurship Steve Wandner, U.S. Department of Labor Bringing Auto Talent to Entrepreneurship Monica Doss, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Detroit's Urban Entrepreneur Partnership Daryl Williams, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
12:00 p.m.		Lunch Speaker Economic Growth: Thinking Past the Short Run Mark Schweitzer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
1:30 p.m.		Setting the Region's Future Work Force Agendas and Human Capital Strategies Panelists Advancing Northeast Ohio Brad Whitehead, Fund for Our Economic Future David Egner, New Economy for Southeast Michigan Andrew Levin, State of Michigan
3:15 p.m.		Summing Up and Next Steps Alan Berube, Brookings Institution Randy Eberts, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research William Testa, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
3:30 p.m.		Adjournment Last Updated: October 29, 2009