Emerging Technologies
Our mission is to bring awareness to the full spectrum of new high technology career opportunities in the Tech Valley Region and the global marketplace. As an intermediary organization, Workforce Consortium provides connections between the educators and industry members that will enhance the knowledge and skills of interested persons with respect to science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) and related career development opportunities.
The Workforce Consortium activities are, more often than not, a collaborative effort that leverages the resources and expertise of the different partners to ensure that the overall goals are met and programs are effectively delivered.
Featured Programs
Through summer 2010 — Local community colleges and the regional BOCES network are offering seven Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) themed summer camps available to high students with a scholarship.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
August 23-24, 2010 — The Workforce Consortium will be supporting the highly acclaimed SEMI High Tech U program for the third summer. This program is an industry-sponsored event that involves industry partners to teach the valuable components of the program.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
August 17-20, 2010 — The SEMI High Tech U is an industry driven and sponsored event that involves partners teaching the valuable components of the program.
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Monday, July 19, 2010
July 19-23, 2010 — Rensselaer’s National Science Foundation funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center will sponsor and be conducting a Nanotechnology Curriculum Development Summer Institute. This program is free to a team of two teachers from each school district.
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The 2011 Clean Energy Workforce Education Conference will be held in Saratoga, NY, on March 8-10, 2011. You can participate by submitting a short presentation proposal for consideration.
Presentations will be grouped into 90-minute sessions organized around a common topic. Four to six speakers will be part of each session. More information is available here.
Read more >>The NACK center is offering two nanotechnology Train the Trainer Workshops: Aug 9-12 and Oct 4-7. Expenses for lodging and travel will be reimbursed for accepted applicants. Be sure to apply soon – the application deadline for the August workshop is July 9th.
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