
The annual Pasadena City College Future of Work is proud to return for its fifth year as the Los Angeles region’s premiere conference on improving community college student success outcomes. This year, Pasadena City College is pleased to bring together students, faculty, state and federal workforce leadership, community colleges colleagues, and labor to discuss ways to revolutionize the workforce pathways to increase equitable student success.
The Future of Work Conference will focus on:
- How to better align the goals and systems of California’s workforce development programs, California community college career technical education, and trade unions.
- Exploring how to adapt best-in-class systems innovations in student success to the California community college academic system to meet student and employer needs.
- Understanding how community colleges, and its regional collaborators, can best align national and state priorities, from industry sector priorities to the growth of good-paying union jobs that keep America globally competitive.
Submit Your Nomination for the Inaugural Los Angeles Changemaker Award
This year, we invite you to nominate a trailblazer in Los Angeles County who has made a significant impact in workforce development and student success. From your nominations, one individual will be honored as our first Los Angeles Changemaker at this year’s Future of Work Conference. Click on the link to access our online form to submit your confidential nomination. The deadline for submissions is Friday, October 6, 2023.
Conference Agenda
Time | Agenda Item | Speaker |
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8:00AM | Registration and Breakfast | |
9:00AM | Welcome |
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9:15AM | Opening Keynote |
Dr. Sonya Christian, Chancellor, California Community Colleges (Invited) |
9:45AM | Panel 1: Training, Trades and Transformation of Pathways |
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11:00AM | Power Break | |
11:15AM | Voice of the Worker Video | |
11:30AM | Panel 2: Innovation in Driving Student-Focused Systems Change |
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12:30PM | Closing Luncheon | w/Keynote Speaker |
1:30PM | Award Recognition: Inaugural Los Angeles Changemaker | |
2:00PM |
Event Close |
Please view our recording of last year's Future of Work Conference here.