/ FUll AGENDA
8:00 AM - Coffee, breakfast, registration
8:30 AM - Outlining the Issue
EMCEE
9:10 AM - In Depth: Participatory Sessions
Housing Affordability: Market Approaches
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What can and should real estate developers do to encourage and facilitate more workforce and affordable housing? Government has already put up public real estate and created incentives. What more is needed?
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Subject matter experts:
FACILITATOR
David Resnick
Bilzin Sumberg
Partner
Dialogue Activist
Upskilling: How Businesses Can Enhance Workforce Readiness
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Businesses need qualified workers. Workers need jobs that pay a living wage and prepare
them for ongoing technological changes. How can businesses provide the training needed for high-paying jobs available to those without college degrees?
What can and are educational institutions doing? And how does the benefits cliff play in to worker response?
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Subject matter experts:
Adrian Felix
Bilzin Sumberg
Partner
Dialogue Activist
FACILITATOR
Amanda Gorski
The Children’s Trust
Associate Director of Public Policy
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Childcare Solutions: Benefits for Business and Parents
Miami’s high cost of living demands full-time salaries. Quality childcare is expensive, even for those with significant salaries. How can parents find affordable, quality childcare - enabling them to focus on the jobs they (and employers) so desperately need?
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Subject matter experts:
FACILITATOR
Melissa Pallett-Vasquez
Bilzin Sumberg
Partner
Dialogue Activist
Enhancing K-12 Public Education: The Role of Business
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Miami’s high cost of living demands full-time salaries. Quality childcare is expensive, even for those with significant salaries. How can parents find affordable, quality childcare - enabling them to focus on the jobs they (and employers) so desperately need?
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Subject matter experts:
FACILITATOR
Joy Spillis Lundeen
Bilzin Sumberg
Partner
Dialogue Activist
Innovative Philanthropy: Driving Change
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Miami is blessed with generous and creative philanthropists. How can they ensure their own giving is transformative? This session is designed as a philanthropic brainstorm for those looking to boost the power of their giving. For philanthropists and funders only.
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Subject matter experts:
FACILITATOR
Erin L. Stafford
Bilzin Sumberg
Partner
Dialogue Activist
10:10 AM - Report and Wrap Up
10:30 AM: Close of Program