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Introduction of New AY2023-2024 Board Chair & Board of Directors Michael Harrington, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Labor and NASWA Board Chair, Association Year 2022-2023 Joe M. Barela, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Labor & Employment and NASWA Board Chair, Asso...

Tracks: E&T, Tech, and WLMI Skills Magic: Building the Future Workforce with Skills What will it take to create a skills-based economy? What can skills-as-currency bring about for our communities and customers? Listen as workforce development leaders and solution providers share the...

Tracks: Administrators, Comms, and WLMI  Communications and Labor Market Information Shops Partner to Create Data Magic Increase the spotlight on your agency and the impact of its data. This session will feature strategies that Communications and WLMI units employ as they work...

Tracks: Comms, EO, and UI Equity, Plain Language, and Behavioral Insights: Frameworks for Improving State UI Programs This enlightening session will feature states sharing their experiences with using behavioral insights, plain language, and other strategies to improve equity and access...

Track: E&T Teacher Apprenticeships: State Workforce Agency Solutions to a National Challenge As the U.S. emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, school districts across the country have encountered significant teacher shortages. To address this challenge, state workforce agencies have l...

Tracks: Legal and UI Tackling Worker Misclassification: Strategies to Respond Join to hear about how states and the USDOL Wage & Hour Division are responding to address worker misclassification. Over the last decade, the rise of a gig economy and virtual employment positions ha...

Tracks: Administrators, E&T, Legal, UI and WLMI Transitioning to the Evidence Era: From Dreams to Reality State workforce agencies have critical data assets and can help ignite a culture of evidence-building in their states. At this session, you'll hear from leaders who are on ...

And the Winner Is: Mark Sanders Award Announcement and Presentation The 2022 Mark Sanders Award for Exceptional Service to Veterans, with special emphasis on Veterans with Significant Barriers to employment, recognizes the efforts of an entire one-stop career center whose efforts to serv...

Implementing an Additional SIDES Exchange Whether you are implementing an additional exchange or starting a modernization project, there are steps you will need to navigate to ensure success. Join us in an open discussion as we highlight key project steps that led the SIDES community to a...

During the pandemic, UI IT Systems were challenged to be scalable and flexible in implementing new programs and technologies. In this session, states will share how the pandemic shifted their systems and modernization efforts to focus on improving service delivery, customer journey, fraud ...