Digital Ecosystem Forum
The innovation of technology has transformed almost every aspect of our daily lives – from how we learn, communicate, and develop professionally. The Diversity and Equity Working Group of the CEDC will bring together industry thought leaders to discuss how the U.S. can provide digital and technology upskilling through multiple avenues, including via non-traditional local and regional anchor institutions, in order to create a more diverse workforce. This half-day virtual forum will focus on the future of “work,” with the goal of providing tangible options to ensure that historically underserved populations benefit from next generation technologies. The detailed agenda for the Digital Ecosystem Forum will be released prior to the event.
Panel presentations will include:
- Your Role in the Ecosystem: Key stakeholders will raise awareness about the challenges to, and opportunities for, growth in tech education and employment in the technology sector. The stakeholders include training organizations that have focused on underserved communities, employers with programs assisting underserved communities, and public sector leaders with insights on new tech workforce models at the county and state level.
- Company Roles and Efforts to Upskill the Workers of Tomorrow: Employers with programs for upskilling, certification training, and apprenticeships, with a particular focus on creating a path towards full-time employment, will share their experiences. This segment will focus on a discussion amongst employers about ways to make talent recruiting more inclusive and provide greater upskilling opportunities, particularly for underserved communities.
- Public and Private Sector Synergy to Employ the Workers of Tomorrow: This session will help identify successful public and private sector workforce models focused on “future of work” training, job placement, and employer engagement.
- How Are Non-Traditional Anchor Institutions Accelerating Digital Adoption and Upskilling: This session will review successful practices that non-traditional anchor institutions have employed, in their capacity as respected local institutions. The discussion will focus on a wide breadth of training programs, ranging from junior high school through college, and will examine how to maximize partnerships with existing state/federal institutions.
The forum will be available to the public via live feed from the FCC’s web page at www.fcc.gov/live and on the FCC’s YouTube channel. The public may also follow the event on Twitter@fcc or via the Commission’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fcc. Members of the public may submit questions during the panel discussions to livequestions@fcc.gov.
Open captioning will be provided for this event. Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Requests for such accommodations should be submitted via e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice). Such requests should include a detailed description of the accommodation needed. In addition, please include a way for the FCC to contact the requester if more information is needed to fill the request. Please allow at least five days’ advance notice for accommodation requests; last minute requests will be accepted but may not be possible to accommodate.