Tomorrow’s Workforce: How Can America Remain Competitive?
12:30-1:45pm
Cybersecurity is vital for U.S. global security and competitiveness: data thefts compromise individuals, government agencies, and companies daily, threatening our economy. It is difficult to name a sector whose assets are not housed within a digital infrastructure. From health care to financial services, aerospace to agriculture, business is strategically partnering with higher education to build a pipeline that will support its workforce needs.
Collaboration between business, higher education, and government agencies is essential as regions develop robust cyber-security curriculum opportunities and assess the right mix of skills. This event will discuss some of the challenges – but also some of the successes that have opened these innovative undergraduate pathways in one of today’s emerging and most in-demand fields.
Speakers:
- Renee Forney
Executive Director of the CyberSkills Management Support Initiative, Department of Homeland Security - William H. Kirwan
Chancellor, University System of Maryland and Past Chair, BHEF - Diane Miller
Director Infotech Operations and Program Director, CyberPatriot Northrup Grumman - Pat Keran
Senior Director, Innovation, Research and Development, UnitedHealth Group
Moderator:
Andrea Peterson
Reporter, Technology Policy, The Washington Post
For more information and to register, visit WilsonCenter.org.