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Contact: Alan Fogg, afogg@fceda.org,
703-790-0600 (office) or 571-213-5065 (mobile)
Leaders in academia and journalism
will speak at the 2007 National Conference on the Creative
Economy
Wheelan, Dale, Kahn and Sesno join
lineup at the October 24-25 conference
in Fairfax County, Virginia
Fairfax County, Virginia, USA, July 2, 2007 – Belle
Wheelan, former secretary of education for Virginia and current
president of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools, will be part of a panel about education,
workforce training and creativity at the 2007 National Conference
on the Creative Economy set for October 24-25, 2007, at the
Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. Jack D. Dale, superintendent of
Fairfax County Public Schools, and Robert Kahn, the CEO, chairman
and president of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives,
will be on the panel with Wheelan.
Additionally, Frank Sesno, CNN correspondent and professor
of public policy and communication at George Mason University,
will lead the Town Hall wrap-up discussion on the last day
of the conference ( www.creativeeconomies.org).
Register now to attend. Early Bird rate is in effect!
Wheelan served as secretary of education in Governor Mark
Warner's cabinet, the first African-American female to hold
that position. She previously served as president of Central
Virginia Community College and later as president of Northern
Virginia Community College, the second largest community college
in the nation.
Dale joined Fairfax County Public Schools—the nation’s
12th largest school system—as superintendent in 2004.
From 1996 to 2004, he served as superintendent for Frederick
County, Md., Public Schools and was named Maryland’s
Superintendent of the Year in 2000. Dale is co-editor and author
of Creating Successful School Systems and has conducted
workshops on teacher compensation systems for No Child Left
Behind Act initiatives.
Declared a “Father of the Internet,” along with
Vinton Cerf, Kahn is a leading academic and prolific inventor
in the area of information technology. A former MIT professor,
he holds honorary degrees from seven universities, along with
a master’s degree and doctorate from Princeton University.
The Reston, Virginia-based Corporation for National Research
Initiatives is a not-for-profit institution providing leadership
and funding for research and development of the National Information
Infrastructure .
Sesno is an Emmy award-winning journalist with more than
23 years at CNN, where he has served as news anchor, analyst,
reporter, D.C. bureau chief and host of Late Edition with
Frank Sesno. His recent work has included hosting duties
for Sesno Reports for public television, production
of a four-part, eight-hour PBS documentary series about weapons
of mass destruction and terrorism called Avoiding Armageddon and
a 10-part series about global perspectives called Worldtalk.
The conference will address topics such as:
- Attracting and retaining the creative class
- Creating a culture of creativity in the workplace to improve
the bottom line
- Using diversity to promote creativity
- Harnessing the power of an aging workforce
- Boosting creativity in defense and homeland security industries
- Improving communities and the economy through creative
companies
The conference will feature compelling keynote
speakers: George Mason University Professor Richard Florida,
author of “The Rise of the Creative Class” and “The
Flight of the Creative Class;” Pulitzer Prize winner, New
York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman, author of “The
World is Flat;” and Alvin Toffler, author of “Future
Shock,” “The Third Wave” and “Revolutionary
Wealth.”
FORTUNE columnist Anne Fisher will moderate two
panels: one on the magazine’s annual “Best Companies
to Work for” list, and another on competing for creative
talent.
To date, sponsors of the 2007 National Conference on the
Creative Economy are the Fairfax County government, the Fairfax
County Economic Development Authority, FORTUNE magazine, The
Push Group LLC, Siddall, the International City/County Management
Association, and SkillSource. Sponsorship information is available
at www.creativeeconomies.org.
The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority ( www.FairfaxCountyEDA.org)
promotes Fairfax County as a business and technology center.
The FCEDA maintains marketing offices in Silicon Valley, Bangalore,
Frankfurt, London, Seoul and Tel Aviv.
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