WELCOME AND OVERVIEW

 Angie Lucas, Director,  EPCE

 WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION CURRENT LANDSCAPE 

Christine Carpenter, Vice President, Engagement, CAEL

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Angie Lucas, Director, EPCE

• Governance
• Committee
• Workforce Impact
• Marketing Update by Ryan Cheney, Marketing Manager, EPCE

Discover tools to align competencies that support a common problem: upskilling or reskilling the workforce.             

              Topics include:

• Understanding competency frameworks
• Give employees and learners line-of-sight into how learning links to work
• Industry perspective on  competency frameworks that  support learning and development

                               Moderator:

 Claire Muth, Director of Product Development, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)

 Panelists:

Kailey Soundara,Director of Strategic Partnerships,  Excelsior College

Heather Davis, Corporate Training Director, Training Strategies and Workforce Development, Exelon

Jody Porter, Director, Nuclear Organizational and Leadership Development, Duke Energy

Discuss training challenges and positive changes that developed in response to the COVID- 19 pandemic.

• Moving online but maintaining quality
• Online evaluation options other than multiple choice testing
• Cost savings of online training
• LMS training options, lessons learned

Moderator:

Christine Carpenter, Vice President, Engagement, CAEL

Panelists:

Mark Palacio, Supervisor, Technical Training, Xcel Energy

Jamie Choate, Director, Technical Training

Ted Green, Supervisor, Nuclear Training, Palo Verde

Deanna Myers, Senior Manager, Training & Organizational Change, Sargent & Lundy

Benchmark educational assistance programs and discover ways to maximize ROI to support  recruiting, developing, engaging and retaining high-quality employees.

Moderator:

Sue Hicks, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)              

Panelists:

Linda Sechrist, PJM , HR Analyst

Alicia Uhde, Department Chair,  Bismarck State College (BSC)

Gary Pfann, Director, Executive and Staff Education, NRECA

Jim Auld, Director, External Training Initiatives, Florida Power & Light/Next Era

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS

NOT A MEMBER BUT WANT TO BE?

Learn more about EPCE and how to become a member.

 Angie Lucas, Director, EPCE

MARKETING QUICK HITS

Discover best practices to increase awareness of EPCE programs.

 Ryan Cheney, Marketing Manager, EPCE  

9:00 AM - 9:05 AM WELCOME AND OVERVIEW

Angie Lucas,  Director,Engagement, EPCE

9:10 am - 10:00 am    EXELON ANSI CERTIFICATION CASE STUDY

 Learn how Exelon employees gain credits to apply toward degree completion by completing the ANSI certification program.

 Rob Lawlor, Sr. Manager Site Training, Exelon (NUPT Committee Co-Chair)

Kyren Miller, Department Chair, Bismarck State College (BSC)

The panel will include a discussion about the latest plans for off-shore wind generation and the integration of energy storage into distribution systems.

Moderator:

Mike Ahren, Director or Power Systems, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

Panelists:

Dr. Katherine Dykes, Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark

Dr. Slobodan Pajic, GE Energy Consulting Systems Engineering member, WPI faculty

Dr. Babak Enayati, Manager of the Technology Deployment team, National Grid

Dr. Edvina Uzunovic, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

CONCURRENT  BREAKOUT SESSIONS - COURSE DEMO AND Q&A (Pick One)

• Bismarck State College - Electric Power Technology
• Bismarck State College - Nuclear Power Technology
• Bismarck State College - Cybersecurity
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
• Excelsior College