AGENDA

Tuesday, September 29, 1998
8:30 AM	Registration and Refreshments
9:00 AM	Introduction and Recognition of Guests
9:15 AM	Keynote: Work-based Learning - Department of Children, Family and Learning
10:45 AM	Break
11:00 AM	SESSION I
	Room I - Youth Apprenticeship
	Room II - Work-Site Field Trips
	Room III - Career Exploration for all Students
	Room IV - Lifework Planning
12:00 Noon	Lunch
1:00 PM	SESSION II
	Room I - Youth Internships
	Room II - Pathways for the Elementary
	Room III - Legal and Liability Issues
	Room IV - Youth Entrepreneurships
1:30 - 4:00 PM			SPECIAL SESSION
			Year 2000 Compliance Brian Brorson
2:00 PM	Break
2:15 PM	SESSION III
	Room I - Graduation Standards and Work-Based Learning
	Room II - Community Involvement
	Room III - Elementary Applied Economics
	Room IV - High School Career Pathways
4:00 PM	Adjourn - Day One (School to Work)
4:00 PM	Vendor Set Up
7:00 PM	Dinner - Speaker: Peter Leyden

Wednesday, September 30, 1998
7:00 AM	Registration Opens
8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
	Speaker: Senator Kelly "State of the Art" legislative perspective
9:00 AM	Community Breakout I		Business Breakout I
	Topic: Community Partnerships - Learn how rural communities can successfully create the coalitions and infrastructure that they need to be competitive in the global economy.		Topic: Internet 101 - Explore the possibilities and the potential offered by the Internet, designed for beginners
	- John DeCramer
	- Chuck Myrbach
	- Harry Weilage
10:15 AM	Break
10:30 AM	Community Breakout II		Business Breakout II
	Topic: Security and Electronic Transfer - Hype or reality --- How do you position your interests so they aren't compromised in a digital economy ?		Topic: Doing Business on the Net - The Internet can open substantial new streams of revenue an profitability by tapping into rich new markets that would otherwise be beyond the reach of your business.
	- Mark Pfeiffer		- Pam Matchie
12:00 Noon	Lunch
	Speaker: Don Tapscott
1:30 PM	Community Breakout III		Business Breakout III
	Topic: Web Page Presence - Learn to leverage the internet's unique networking and marketing capabilities through exploration of creative and successful internet sites.		Topic: The Potential of Telecommuting - Will home offices and telecommuting provide a solution to our current workforce shortage ? Learn about this fast growing segment of the work world.
	- Lee Warne		- Bresnan Communication
	- Chuck Myrbach		- DTG
	Community Breakout IV		Business Breakout IV
	Topic: Education		Topic: Work force Transformation
4:00 PM	Panel Discussion
	Rural Evolution: Telecommunications in Rural Minnesota
	- Steven O'Conner, Moderator
	- Peter Leyden
	- Senator Kelley
	- Brainerd
	- Rural Expert
5:00 PM	Adjourn Conference

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