Join us for our 2017 Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership Annual Workshop. This year’s workshop is September 11-12 at the US Census Bureau at 4600 Silver Hill Road in Suitland, Md. The LED Partnership is a collaborative partnership between state data agencies and the Census Bureau to leverage existing data in the development of new sources of economic and demographic information for policy makers and data users. The workshop provides professional development and networking for Labor Market Information directors, data analysts and data providers at state and federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and other data users.

We will be highlighting the work of our state Labor Market Information (LMI) partners and other state and local data users through plenary and breakout sessions. By popular demand, we will also be offering hands-on training opportunities throughout the workshop.

The workshop will include presentations, working sessions, and panel discussions on:

• Earnings in the US Economy
• Making the most of Published LED Data
• Training on using the new Job-to-Job Explorer application and QWI Application Interface (API)
• LED in Action
• Recent Development in LED
• Ask an LED Staffer

Please see preliminary agenda below:

2017 LED Partnership Workshop Agenda

Monday, September 11, 2017

U.S. Census Building, Suitland, Md.

 8:00 a.m.     Registration

 9:00 a.m.     Call to Order Welcome/Opening Remarks (Auditorium)

 9:30 a.m.     Panel Discussion - Earnings in the U.S. Economy

 10:30 a.m.   Break and Network

 11:00 a.m.   State Spotlight

 11:20 a.m.   Panel Discussion – State and Local Uses of LED Data

 12:15 p.m.    Lunch – Census Cafeteria

  1:00 p.m.     State Spotlight

   1:15 p.m.     Keynote Speaker - Rachel Meltzer, Assistant Professor, Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy, New School  - “Does Gentrification Increase Employment Opportunities in Low-Income Neighborhoods, New School”

    2:00 p.m.     Panel Discussion “Making the Most of Published LED Data”

    3:30 p.m.     Break and Networking

    4:00 p.m.     State Spotlight

    4:15 p.m.     Recent Developments in LED

    5:00 p.m.     Adjourn

 Tuesday, September 12, 2017

 U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Md.

 9:00 a.m.    State Partner Business Meeting (Auditorium) - STATE PARTNERS ONLY

 10:30 a.m.   Census Bureau Updates (Auditorium)

 11:15 a.m.   Concurrent Roundtable Session

Table 1 – LED in Action (Training Room T-3)

Table 2 – LED Urban Planning (Training Room T-4)

Table 3 - LED and Education Pilot (Training Room T-5)

 12: 15 p.m.    Lunch on your own in Census Cafeteria

 1:00 p.m.       Training Session 1

Job-to-Job Flows (Training Room T-3)

OnTheMap and Quarterly Workforce Indicators (Training Room T-4)

Ask an LED Staffer (Training Room T-5)

 2:15 p.m.    Training Session 2

Job-to-Job Flows (Training Room T-3)

OnTheMap and Quarterly Workforce Indicators (Training Room T-4)

Ask an LED Staffer (Training Room T-5)

 3:30 p.m.    End of Workshop

 Information on previous workshops can also be found at http://lehd.ces.census.gov/learning/.

If you have any questions about the workshop, please call (301) 763-8303, or email CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov.