Virginia Rounds, Director of the ICATT Apprenticeship Program, will moderate a panel discussion about workforce issues at the first Indiana-Germany Business Conference on April 11.
Hosted by the Indianapolis-Cologne Sister City Partnership Committee and Wunderbar Together, the conference will take place at the Hilton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites, and connect business and government leaders. With more than 120 German companies located in Indiana and even more Indiana companies exporting to Germany, the state already enjoys a rich bilateral business relationship with Germany.
The Indiana-Germany Business Conference aims to strengthen and grow this relationship. The goals of the conference are to:
- Help Indiana companies learn more about the German market to spur additional exports and trade
- Attract further investment from German companies; and
- Cultivate and adopt workforce training programs (such as German-style apprenticeships) to develop a stronger workforce in Indiana
At the conference, Rounds will lead a discussion with other industry leaders on the topic, Workforce & Skills Initiatives.
Robert Head, Apprentice Program Manager at ICATT Network Company Endress+Hauser, and Sue Smith of participating ICATT Network College Ivy Tech will join Blair Milo Secretary of Career Connections and Talent for the State of Indiana as participants in the discussion.
Industry Consortium for Advanced Technical Training (ICATT) is the leading apprenticeship program in the Midwest for high-tech manufacturers and companies with complex technologies or logistics. It is the largest program fully benchmarked on the German Dual Education System – an approach recognized globally for its combination of company-specific knowledge, theory, and hands-on learning – resulting in highly-trained employees that position companies to embrace technical advances, keep pace with market demands, and harness growth opportunities.
Learn more about ICATT’s leadership team and mission.