Thursday, November 1
9:00 am- 11:30 am
Registration
10:00 am-11:00 am
GSSC Board Meeting
12:00 pm- 12:30 pm
Opening Remarks-Lunch
Jeff Allman, President
Gulf States Shipbuilders Consortium
12:30 pm- 1:15 pm
R355: Restoring the Dignity of Work
Dr. Timothy Taylor
University of Kentucky
Eddie Clayton
CURT
1:30 pm- 2:15 pm
Creating Effective Industry and Education Pathways
Brad Kibbe, Executive Director
Florida Masonry Apprenticeship and Educational Foundation
2:15 pm- 2:45 pm
Exhibitor Expo Networking Break
2:45 pm- 3:30 pm
Women and the Trades: An Untapped Resource
Bria Sativa Aguayo, Executive Director
Becoming a Welder, Inc.
3:30 pm- 4:15 pm
Per Diems: How to Keep the Feds Off Your Back
Thomas Woodford, Counsel
Phelps Dunbar, LLC
4:15 pm- 5:00 pm
Connecting Industry to Education
Danielle Bierney, Director of Workforce Development
ABC Pelican Chapter
6:00 pm- 8:00 pm
Dinner
Orleans Foyer
Friday, November 2
7:30 am- 8:15 am
Breakfast
Orleans Foyer
8:15 am- 8:30 am
Opening Remarks
Orleans
Jeff Allman, President
GSSC
8:30 am- 9:20 am
Social Recruitment in the Modern Labor Market
Orleans
Sam Angermeier, Staffing Analyst
HKA Staffing
9:30 am-10:15 am
Reimagining Reentry
Orleans
Jon Ponder, Founder & CEO
Hope for Prisoners
10:15 am-10:45 am
Exhibitor Expo & Networking Break
Orleans Foyer
10:45 am-11:30 am
Military to Maritime: Connecting American Heroes to Maritime Careers
Orleans
Cassie Scher, Communications Associate
Nahigian Strategies
11:40 am-12:10 pm
Lunch
Orleans Foyer
12:10 pm-12:40 pm
Keynote
Orleans
Dr. Kristine Strickland, Chancellor
Fletcher Technical Community College
12:45 pm- 1:30 pm
Give Credit Where Credit's Due: NCCER Hard Hat Heroes
Orleans
John Havlik, Senior Manager, Workforce Development
NCCER
1:35 pm- 2:30 pm
Influencing the Talent Pipeline: Employer and Education Alignment to Impact Career Awareness and Opportunities
Orleans
Victoria Hunt
Ingalls Shipbuilding
2:30 pm- 2:45 pm
Wrap Up and Adjourn
Orleans
Jeff Allman, President
GSSC