International Education Collaboration: Best Practices & Opportunities in Economic & Workforce Development Kona Kai Resort San Diego, California USA February 1 4, 2012 TITLE SPONSOR: Hosted by:
PROGRAM Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Location 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Registration Lobby 5:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. ICEED Board of Directors Meeting (closed session) Bay View 6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Welcome Reception Coronado Thursday, February 2, 2012 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Registration Point Loma II 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Opening Point Loma II Dr. Melinda Nish, President, Southwestern Community College, Mstro. Wilfrido Perea Curiel, President of ICEED and Director General Colegio Nacional de Educación Profesional Técnica (CONALEP), México Cónsul General of México, Maria de Los Remedios Gómez Arnau, Consulate of Mexico, San Diego Joseph Crook, Public Affairs Officer, Consulate of the, Tijuana, México Enrique Perez, Executive Director of ICEED and Asst. Vice Chancellor, Educational Services, Rancho Santiago Community College District, Dr. Mark Meadows - Changing the World through Global Education Dean, Continuing Education, Economic & Workforce Development Southwestern College, 10:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Session 1 Point Loma II Building a Successful & Sustainable International Student Program: Best Practices & Opportunities Virginia Macchiavello, Director, International Development, Centennial College, Canada Michael Brennan, International Education Director, Hillsborough Community College District, Dr. Jewel Price, Dean of Student Services, Glendale Community College,
11:30 a.m. 11:45 a.m. Break & Networking Opportunity 11:45 a.m. 12:45 p.m. Session 2 Point Loma II Global (In)Security: Challenges & Opportunities for Higher Education M.C. Ricardo Antonio García Parra, Rector, Universidad Tecnológica de Ciudad Juárez, México Dr. Francisco Rangel, Rector, Universidad Tecnológica del Centro de Veracruz, México Dr. Irina Weisblat, Faculty, Southwestern College, 12:45 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Lunch Point Loma III 2:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Session 3 Point Loma II Developing Win/Win Strategies: How Public-Private Partnerships Can Build Value For All Stakeholders Involved Gustavo Chamorro, Director, Digital Media Center, Rancho Santiago Community College District Ramesh Sabetiashraf, CEO, RCampus, Inc. Michel Kamel, CEO, MelRoK, LLC. Brian Hagerty, CEO, Topgallant Group, Inc. Dr. Taj Eldridge, Advisory Board, Textopoly, Inc. Dr. Lou Lipschultz, CEO, United Webcast, LLC 3:30 p.m. 3:45 p.m. Break & Networking Opportunity 3:45 p.m. 4:45 p.m. Session 4 Point Loma II Training the Future Workforce: Best Practices in Workforce Development Victor Castillo, Director, Center for International Trade Development, Southwestern College, Felicito Cajayon, Vice Chancellor, Economic & Workforce Development, Los Angeles Community College District, Leticia Barajas, Vice President, Economic & Workforce Development, Los Angeles Trade Technical College, Ing. Federico Pérez Fuentes, Director Académico, Universidad Nacional Aeronáutica en Querétaro, México 4:45 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Break & Networking Opportunity
5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Session 5 Point Loma II 6:00 p.m. Evening Open Immigration Laws: Their Impact on the Workforce & International Students Jacob Monty, Monty & Ramirez, LLP, Houston, Texas, Mtro. Pedro Cardona Medina, Sub Coordinador de Intercambio Académico Internacional del CONALEP, México. Friday, February 3, 2012 8:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Registration Point Loma II 9:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m. Session 6 Point Loma II Strategies for International Collaboration Alice Blayne-Allard, Associate Vice President, International Programs and Services, American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), Jesús María Contreras Esparza, President, Asociación Nacional de Universidades Tecnológicas (ANUT), México Paul Brennan, Vice President, International Partnerships, Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC), Canada 10:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Break & Networking Opportunity 10:30 a.m. 11:10 a.m. Session 7 Point Loma II Public-Private Partnerships: Perspective from the Private Sector Lic. Carlos del Rosal Díaz, Vice President, Bimbo, México
11:10 a.m. 12:40 p.m. Session 8 Our Role in Job Creation: Best Practices in Economic Development Lou Anne Bynum, Vice President of Economic & Resource Development, Long Beach Community College District, Jeff Williamson, Statewide Director, Centers for International Trade Development, Riverside Community College District, Ing. Miguel Campos Cambranis, Director General del Colegio Estatal de San Luis Potosí del CONALEP, México. Israel Dominguez, Director, Business & Entrepreneurship Center, Cuesta College, 12:40 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Lunch Coronado 2:00 p.m. 3:15 p.m. Session 9 Point Loma II Responding to Industry Needs: Building a Green Workforce Peter Davis, Statewide Director, Advanced Transportation Technology & Energy, Doug Smith, CEO, Village Green Global, Inc., Jon P. Kropp, Interim Director, Environmental Training Center, Cuyamaca College, 3:15 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Break & Networking Opportunity 3:30 p.m. 4:45 p.m. Session 10 Point Loma II Encouraging Future Innovation: Youth Entrepreneurship Programs Michele DeCoste, Center of Entrepreneurship, Centennial College, Canada Lic. Christian Iván Aguirre Garza, Coordinador de Incubadora y Asuntos Internacionales, Universidad Tecnológica de Hermosillo, México Lic. Francisco Cuauhtémoc Santiago Jaime, Titular de la Unidad de Operación Desconcentrada para el Distrito Federal del CONALEP, México Darren Gurney, Director, Youth Entrepreneurship Program, Shasta College, Michael Roessler, Statewide Director, Business & Entrepreneurship Center,
4:45 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Business Meeting (Open To All Attendees) Point Loma II Mstro. Wilfrido Perea Curiel, President of ICEED and Director General Colegio Nacional de Educación Profesional Técnica (CONALEP) Enrique Perez, Executive Director of ICEED and Asst. Vice Chancellor, Educational Services, Rancho Santiago Community College District 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Closing Dinner Coronado Closing Remarks Dr. Melinda Nish, President, Southwestern Community College Mstro. Wilfrido Perea Curiel, President of ICEED and Director General Colegio Nacional de Educación Profesional Técnica (CONALEP) Enrique Perez, Executive Director of ICEED and Asst. Vice Chancellor, Educational Services, Rancho Santiago Community College District