Save the Date!

Raising the Bar 2009
Turf Valley Resort and Conference Center
Ellicott City, Maryland
November 5-6, 2009

Call for Proposals – Deadline June 8, 2009
Instructions (doc, 84 KB) | Application (doc, 78 KB)

Thank you to everyone who attended or participated in Raising the Bar 2008! You helped make it a great conference!! Presentations are now posted!

Raising the Bar is one of the premier conferences for workforce development professionals in the mid-Atlantic region. This year’s conference will feature keynote presentations, round table discussions, and focused workshops addressing a variety of critical topics and emerging trends in key areas of workforce development, such as:

• Job seeker and business services
• Youth programs
• Personal development
• Program planning/management
• Economic and workforce development
• Education and workforce development
• BRAC

This conference provides workforce development professionals from numerous fields with the opportunity to enrich their knowledge and skills, and network with others in the workforce development sector.

Raising the Bar 2008, Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century Workforce, was held on June 16-18, 2008 at Turf Valley Resort & Conference Center, Ellicott City, Maryland. You can download the Program (pdf, 356KB) to find out more about it.

Many thanks to our 2008 Gold Sponsors:

• Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
• Baltimore City Department of Social Services

Watch for more news about Raising the Bar 2009!

SPONSORED BY : 

THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT NETWORK FOR MARYLAND
THE MARYLAND INSTITUTE FOR WORKFORCE EXCELLENCE
THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION