BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20221206T123000Z DTEND:20221206T143000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Economic Summit: Talent Migration and Community Branding DESCRIPTION:In the Economic Mobility Report adopted by New Hanover County earlier this year\, limitations to future economic growth included our lack of available sites and buildings and a critical need to develop and retain the younger workforce. Other key recommendations included creating a brand identity that clearly defines Wilmington\, NC\, for both employers and the highly skilled talent we hope to recruit to southeastern North Carolina. \n\n \n\nWe hope you will join us on December 6 from 7:30 to 9:30 am for the Wilmington Chamber's Economic Summit on Talent Attraction & Community Branding at UNCW's Burney Center.\n\n \n\nTo kick off our event\, Dr. Mouhcine Guettabi\, Regional Economist at UNCW's Swain Center\, will update our audience on Wilmington's performance compared to our "peer cities" as defined in previous Economic Scorecard publications. \n\n \n\nOur expert panelists below will share more about the relationship between community branding on site selection and talent attraction.\n\n \n\n\n Christopher Chung\, CEO\, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC)\n Patience Fairbrother VP\, Brand and Digital Strategy\, DCI\n Sarah White\, Principal and VP of Site Selection\, Global Location Strategies\n\n\n \n\nAttendees can expect to take away critical information about national trends in talent development and retention\, the future of workforce and education alignment\, diversity and equity in talent retention\, and how peer cities are connecting to remote workers and interns. We also plan to discuss the impact of a unified community brand on economic development and trends in site selection post-COVID. \n\n\nTICKETS & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION\n\n\n\nTickets for Wilmington Chamber members are $55 each and nonmembers are $65 each. Tables of 10 are available for $550 for members and $650 for nonmembers.\n\n \n\nFor sponsorship information\, please contact Megan Mullins at mullins@wilmingtonchamber.org. \n\n \n\nAGENDA\n\n \n\n7:30 am - 8:00 am\n\nCheck-in\, Networking\, & Breakfast\n\n \n\n8:00 - 8:30 am\n\nProgram begins\; Keynote remarks from Dr. Mouchine Guettabi\n\n\n\n8:30 9:30 am\n\nPanel Discussion re: post-COVID Talent Migration trends\, Site Selection trends\, and regional branding\n\n\n\nPlease arrive early and come prepared. Allow ample time for travel\, parking\, check-in\, and seating. If you're not feeling well\, please stay home.\n\n \n\nLOCATION\n\n \n\nBurney Center on campus at the University of North Carolina Wilmington\,\n\nUnion Drive Wilmington\, NC 28403\n\n \n\nPARKING\n\n \n\nParking is in lot M: https://uncw.edu/transportation/documents/campus-map-19_directory.pdf\n\n\n\nOverflow parking will be in the Central Deck adjacent to Lot M.\n\n\n\nARRIVAL\n\n \n\nAfter parking\, find your way to the lobby for check-in. Registered attendees will receive a name tag that will serve as your ticket before being directed to the ballroom. A coat check will be available near registration. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\nIn the \;Economic Mobility Report \;adopted by New Hanover County earlier this year\, limitations to future economic growth included our lack of available sites and buildings and a critical need to develop and retain the younger workforce. Other key recommendations included creating a brand identity that clearly defines Wilmington\, NC\, for both employers and the highly skilled talent we hope to recruit to southeastern North Carolina. \;
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\n\nWe hope you will join us on December 6 from 7:30 to 9:30 am for the Wilmington Chamber'\;s \;Economic Summit on Talent Attraction &\; Community Branding \;at UNCW'\;s Burney Center.
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\n\nTo kick off our event\, \;Dr. Mouhcine \;Guettabi\, \;Regional Economist at UNCW'\;s Swain Center\, will update our audience on Wilmington'\;s performance compared to our "\;peer cities"\; as defined in previous \;Economic Scorecard publications. \;
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\n\nOur expert panelists below will share more about the relationship between community branding on site selection and talent attraction.
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\n\nAttendees can expect to take away critical information about national trends in talent development and retention\, the future of workforce and education alignment\, diversity and equity in talent retention\, and how peer cities are connecting to remote workers and interns. We also plan to discuss the impact of a unified community brand on economic development and trends in site selection post-COVID. \;
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