Champion

Lonnie Emard, Executive Director, Consortium for ESM

Objective

IT professionals in industry, academia, and government promoting initiatives that have successfully attracted students at the K-12 or college level to information technology as a career, to develop more support for these initiatives and to replicate them in other communities.

Forum

Columbia, SC – March 17, 2010
Midlands Technical College, Northeast (Enterprise) Campus (Directions and a Map)

Preliminary Agenda

     9:30 -  9:45 -   Registration

     9:45 -  9:50 - Welcome and Opening Remarks

     9:50 - 10:10 - Overview of the Consortium for Enterprise Systems Management

    10:10 - 11:30 - K-12 & Business: How Does Business Connect with Education

    11:30 - 12:30 - Networking Lunch

    12:30 - 12:50 - Equipping the Future: Career Paths and Company Needs

    12:50 -  1:00 - Workforce Transition and Talent Magnet

     1:00 -   1:20 - IT Internship Program

      1:20 -  1:45 - iTs/SC

      1:45 -  2:00 - Break

      2:00 -  2:50 - The Professional Development Model

      2:50 -  3:10 - POSSCON

      3:10 - 3:30 - Wrap-Up

Sessions will include panel discussions and best practices presentations.

Projects

• Colleagues mentor USC students in Maymester projects
• Participate in Extended Learning Opportunities with SC Public Schools

Colleagues (partial listing)

IBM - Andy Bernadin                                              
SCANA - Martha Bode
BlueCross BlueShield of SC - Joy Bowen   
Michelin Americas - Rich Sartini
USC – Bob Brookshire     
USC – Duncan Buell
TM Floyd - Terry Floyd   
VC3 - David Dunn
SC Technical Colleges - Khush Tata   
USC Upstate – Sebastian Vandelen
Hubbell Lighting – Chris Hogan     
Nexsen Pruet – C Jones Dubose
Immedion – Rob Moser     
College of Charleston - Chris Starr
Pinnacle Consult – Robert Williams     
Midlands Technical College - Tom Ledbetter

Midlands Tech - Jane Napier
Ascentron - Jill Rose
Adv. Automation Consulting - John Denise
DP Professionals - Barbara Blau
CSC - Gary Adams
SC Retirement System - Lisa Phipps