

Lonnie Emard, Executive Director, Consortium for ESM
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.
Columbia, SC – March 17, 2010
Midlands Technical College, Northeast (Enterprise) Campus (Directions and a Map)
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.
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