Bringing the promise of clean technologies to market starts with a qualified workforce. Training opportunities have proliferated over the last few years and now we have the opportunity to take a hard look at what instructional strategies and curricula have worked best and what still needs to be done.
Conference speakers will look at industry competencies and how they need to be built to insure a flexible workforce with transportable skills; how to balance classroom and field experiences; introducing clean energy technologies and careers to high school students; integrating new clean energy skills into existing trade programs; and what labor market studies are telling us. This will be a fast-paced conference covering many critical and emerging issues.
On March 8, 2011 a series of technical, hard-to-find, and thought-provoking workshops will be held. The Conference will be on March 9 and 10 with over 80 presentations.
The special conference hotel rate of $128/nite (single/double) is available until February 18th. You can see the Final Program or download the Registration Brochure.
Share your expertise, network with others, and join the action. Hope to see you there.
The primary sponsor of the 2011 Clean Energy Workforce Education Conference is the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The Interstate Renewable Energy Council is the primary organizer.
For more information about the conference, visit the IREC website.
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