1. 2007 Governor’s Conference on Workforce Development Gary M. Green President August 28, 2007

2. Technology, Innovation and Workforce “Technology allows businesses to innovate” Innovation with a Southern Accent, Southern Growth Policies Board, 2006 The knowledge workforce applies the technology that allows businesses to innovate

3. Labor surplus with limited skills from apparel, textiles, furniture, and tobacco –-63.3% of apparel jobs –-48.3% of textile jobs –-25.3% of tobacco manufacturing jobs –-16.6% of furniture jobs Advanced skill shortage in innovation and technology-based sectors –+54.6% growth in clinical health jobs –+48,000 biotech technicians needed in NC by 2013 Winston-Salem: Labor Surplus/Shortage

4. Workforce Challenges Uniting disparate elements of education/workforce development Moving to a flexible, adaptive employer- driven system Building individual career ladders Expanding regional capacity Adapting to technology and globalization Developing community leadership

5. Textiles to Technology Advanced and Emerging Technologies –Clinical Health –Information Technology –Nanotechnology –Biotechnology –Logistics/Supply Chain Management

6. Biotechnology College Center for Biotechnology BioWork Certified Training Course –128 hour biomanufacturing and bioprocessing program Short Courses and Certificates –Biotechnology, chromatography, cell culture, flow cytometry, recombinant DNA, tissue processing, aseptic technique, lab animal handling Associate Degree in Biotechnology –Lab or research technicians, quality control technicians, biomanufacturing/ bioprocessing technicians –Curriculum includes genetics, microbiology, bioprocess, fermentation, cell culture, immunology, analytical chemistry, statistics

7. Biotechnology College Center for Biotechnology Associate Degree Regional Collaborative –8 community colleges / 16 NC counties –Commuter shed focus, rather than economic development district –1+1 curriculum; first students at Forsyth Tech in fall 2004 –Creating educational opportunities for students and economic development opportunities for communities

8. Biotechnology College Center for Biotechnology Associate Degree Regional Collaborative BioNetwork Pharmaceutical Training Center –Joint Forsyth Tech/Guilford Tech management –Piedmont Triad Research Park and CC facilities –Statewide support for pharmaceutical manufacturing

9. Biotechnology College Center for Biotechnology Piedmont Triad Regional Collaborative BioNetwork Pharmaceutical Training Center National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce –Forsyth Tech leads five-college consortium –Model community college workforce training curricula –Skill standards for biotechnology industry

10. National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce

11. Northwest NC Workforce Dev Board NC State Employment Services Employers Universities: WSSU, UNCG K-12 Federal: DoL, DoC, NSF, DoEd State: Approp, BioNetwork Local: County, private capital Funding Biotech Development Model State Economic Dev and Private Sector HR Dev National Curriculum Dev and Best Practices Forsyth Tech Biotechnology Initiative CC Partners Regional Econ Dev and Employment

12. Policy Implications Seamless K-12/higher education/lifelong learning system Economic change/cultural change –Historical value of education –Urban/rural – win/win Scalability –Regional development: WIRED –Regional development: SGPB and Southern Innovation System

13. Thank you Gary M. Green, President 2100 Silas Creek Parkway Winston-Salem, NC 27103 ggreen@forsythtech.edu (336) 734-7201