11:15am–12:00pm GENERAL SESSION PANEL: BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT AT THE NATIONAL, STATE, & LOCAL LEVELS: REGENCY BALLROOM Moderator: Linda Mock, JD-VRTAC & Demand-Side RRTC Jeanne Miller, JD-VRTAC: Business engagement practices in the field Yvonne Wright, Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation: State-level business engagement and partnerships John Marchioro, Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services: Regional business engagement and partnerships Morgan Rincon, Oregon Commission for the Blind: Engaging businesses statewide while ensuring blind and visually impaired individuals find competitive, integrated employment 12:00–1:15pm LUNCH (ON YOUR OWN) 1:15–2:05pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS: MARKET INFORMATION, SECTOR STRATEGIES, AND COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROVIDERS (CRPS) BREAKOUT ROOM: HOW CAN VR USE LMI TO ENGAGE BUSINESS?: SUSQUEHANNA/SEVERN Moderator: Paula Pottenger, JD-VRTAC Amanda Gerson, New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired: Labor Market Information Training and Implementation Michael Quinn & Milton Moats, Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services; Susan Foley & May-Lorie Saint Laurent, Demand-Side RRTC: The Creation, Implementation, and Challenges of Rolling Out an LMI Dashboard in Alabama and Preliminary Perspectives of Users BREAKOUT ROOM: SECTOR STRATEGIES: DIPLOMAT/AMBASSADOR Moderator: Russ Thelin, JD-VRTAC Kartik Trivedi, JD-VRTAC & Demand-Side RRTC; Mark Schultz & Janet Drudik, Nebraska Vocational Rehabilitation: the Origin of Species”: Evolution of Middle Skills Training “On by Natural Selection Steve Marshall, South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department: How South Carolina VR uses sector strategies to serve the dual customer Jennifer Scilacci, Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation: How Colorado VR uses sector strategies to serve the dual customer BREAKOUT ROOM: CRPS AND BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT: POTOMAC/PATUYENT Moderator: Laurie Ford, JD-VRTAC Betsy Hopkins, Maine Division of Vocational Rehabilitation: How Maine DVR partners with CRPs to engage business Shannon Myers: Iowa Department for the Blind: How Iowa Dept. for the Blind partners with CRPs to engage business
11:15am–12:00pm GENERAL SESSION PANEL: BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT AT THE NATIONAL, STATE, & LOCAL LEVELS: REGENCY BALLROOM Moderator: Linda Mock, JD-VRTAC & Demand-Side RRTC Jeanne Miller, JD-VRTAC: Business engagement practices in the field Yvonne Wright, Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation: State-level business engagement and partnerships John Marchioro, Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services: Regional business engagement and partnerships Morgan Rincon, Oregon Commission for the Blind: Engaging businesses statewide while ensuring blind and visually impaired individuals find competitive, integrated employment 12:00–1:15pm LUNCH (ON YOUR OWN) 1:15–2:05pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS: MARKET INFORMATION, SECTOR STRATEGIES, AND COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROVIDERS (CRPS) BREAKOUT ROOM: HOW CAN VR USE LMI TO ENGAGE BUSINESS?: SUSQUEHANNA/SEVERN Moderator: Paula Pottenger, JD-VRTAC Amanda Gerson, New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired: Labor Market Information Training and Implementation Michael Quinn & Milton Moats, Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services; Susan Foley & May-Lorie Saint Laurent, Demand-Side RRTC: The Creation, Implementation, and Challenges of Rolling Out an LMI Dashboard in Alabama and Preliminary Perspectives of Users BREAKOUT ROOM: SECTOR STRATEGIES: DIPLOMAT/AMBASSADOR Moderator: Russ Thelin, JD-VRTAC Kartik Trivedi, JD-VRTAC & Demand-Side RRTC; Mark Schultz & Janet Drudik, Nebraska Vocational Rehabilitation: “On the Origin of Species”: Evolution of Middle Skills Training by Natural Selection Steve Marshall, South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department: How South Carolina VR uses sector strategies to serve the dual customer Jennifer Scilacci, Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation: How Colorado VR uses sector strategies to serve the dual customer BREAKOUT ROOM: CRPS AND BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT: POTOMAC/PATUYENT Moderator: Laurie Ford, JD-VRTAC Betsy Hopkins, Maine Division of Vocational Rehabilitation: How Maine DVR partners with CRPs to engage business Shannon Myers: Iowa Department for the Blind: How Iowa Dept. for the Blind partners with CRPs to engage business
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