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Economic Development and Early Childhood

January 13, 2006
The Madison Concourse Hotel

Registration deadline:
January 5, 2006

Highlights:

Morning Keynote by Mildred Warner, Director of the Child Care and Economic Development Project, Cornell University

Go to the weblink listed below and click on the links for:
- Economic Development Strategies to Promote Quality Child Care
- Child Care and Parent Productivity: Making the Business Case
- Comparing Child Care Multipliers in the Regional Economy: Analysis from 50 States
http://government.cce.cornell.edu/doc/viewpage_e.asp?ID=Child_Care

Luncheon Keynote by Richard Florida, economist and author of The Rise of the Creative Class and The Flight of the Creative Class
To register for luncheon only
Please complete and return this form by January 5, 2006
brochure and registration 190k PDF

Presentation of a white paper on the Economic Impact of Early Childhood, by Roger Nacker, Director of the Wisconsin Economic Development Institute

Update on the Council on Economic Development’s national early childhood initiative, by Dennis Winters, NorthStar Economics

Overview of state demographic data,
by Terry Ludeman, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development

Examples of successful economic development / early childhood partnerships in Wisconsin

Conference Objectives:

  1. Strengthen development of a comprehensive statewide early childhood system.

  2. Increase understanding of early childhood investment as an economic development strategy

  3. Expand connections among existing and new partners, especially economic development and business leaders.