We'd like to make you aware of the Governor’s 2018 Future Ready Iowa Summit, which will be held on Tuesday, April 3,
at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. The purpose of this all-day
event is to amplify the public conversation about transforming education
and the workforce, including expanding work-based learning and computer
science instruction.
The
Governor’s STEM Advisory Council, which is hosting the summit, hopes to
attract an audience of 1,000 leaders from business and industry preK-12
and postsecondary education, nonprofits, parents, students, elected
officials and others, who will take information from the summit back to
their communities to build upon existing initiatives.
Speakers
include Mary Andringa, chair of the board of Vermeer; Brandon Busteed,
Gallup's executive director of education and workforce development; Hadi
Partovi, CEO of Code.org;
Jeff Weld, senior policy advisor for STEM education at the White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy; Jemar Lee, a College Community
School District senior and co-founder of EdRevision; Nicole Smith,
chief economist at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the
Workforce; and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a computer science
education pioneer. The agenda also features a showcase of work-based
learning exhibits and breakout sessions.
Registration opened Thursday, Feb. 1, with a $50 fee for adults and no charge for students, at
We hope that you will consider attending.
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