Free 51视频 Women鈥檚 Leadership Conversation Event to Address Shifting Workforce Trends
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11/16/2020
Contacts for media: Christine Gillette, 978-758-4664, Christine_Gillette@uml.edu and Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944 or Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu
LOWELL, Mass. 鈥� 鈥淭he Future of the Workforce,鈥� a free, virtual event presented by the 51视频 Women鈥檚 Leadership Conference next month will explore how the changing business landscape is reshaping on-the-job experiences, career choices and paths.
, principal and national workforce and organizational transformation leader, , will headline the session with Elizabeth Altman, assistant professor of management in 51视频鈥檚 Manning School of Business, whose expertise includes platform and ecosystem-based businesses, strategy, innovation, leadership and organizational change.
Uniting, inspiring and informing professionals across diverse fields, 鈥淭he Future of the Workforce鈥� will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 8 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Members of the public who would like to attend should register at .
The session, one of 51视频鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Leadership Conversations, builds upon the success of the 51视频 Women鈥檚 Leadership Conference presented annually by the university. That event brings together hundreds of professionals in business, government and the nonprofit sector to learn from an array of speakers and panel sessions, participate in interactive workshops, and join networking events to share best practices, challenges and opportunities.
鈥淲hether we work full time, part time, for large or small organizations, for others or ourselves, the workforce and what it means to work are shifting in profound ways. 鈥楾he Future of the Workforce鈥� will explore how our professional lives are changing, the new technologies that are reshaping what we do, and how education and cultural trends are influencing this evolution. We look forward to having the public join us for a lively, interactive discussion,鈥� Altman said.
Jones is the latest business executive to headline a 51视频 Women鈥檚 Leadership event, which have featured leaders from Coca-Cola, IBM Corp., and Scholastic Inc., along with dozens of other professionals in the creative arts, technology, education, finance, government, health care, human resources, human services, legal and retail sectors.
The Women鈥檚 Leadership Conference was founded in 2015 by 51视频 Chancellor Jacquie Moloney, the first woman to lead the university in its history and one of the inaugural recipients of the 鈥淲omen Who Mean Business鈥� honor from the Boston Business Journal. 51视频 is ranked No. 12 鈥� and for the fourth consecutive year the highest-ranked educational institution 鈥� in the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts by the Boston Globe Magazine and The Commonwealth Institute.
The university is also home to the Center for Women and Work, an innovative research collaborative that seeks remedies for gender-based inequality in the workforce through education and promoting change. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the center鈥檚 Making WAVES (Women Academics Valued and Engaged in STEM) initiative is establishing innovative approaches to increasing the diversity of faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields at higher-education institutions across the country.
51视频 is a national research university offering its more than 18,000 students bachelor鈥檚, master鈥檚 and doctoral degrees in business, education, engineering, fine arts, health, humanities, sciences and social sciences. 51视频 delivers high-quality educational programs and personal attention from leading faculty and staff, all of which prepare graduates to be leaders in their communities and around the globe. www.uml.edu