Registration for the Governor’s 2018 Future Ready Iowa Summit is Now Open

The Governor’s 2018 Future Ready Iowa Summit will be held on April 3 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. The purpose of this all-day event is to amplify the public conversation about transforming education and the workforce, including expanding work-based learning and computer science instruction.

The Governor’s STEM Advisory Council, which is hosting the summit, is inviting leaders from business and industry, PK-12 and postsecondary education, nonprofits, parents, students, elected officials and others, who will take information from the summit back to their communities to build upon existing initiatives.

Speakers include:

• Mary Andringa, Chair of the Board of Vermeer
• Brandon Busteed, Gallup's Executive Director of Education and Workforce Development
• Hadi Partovi, CEO of Code.org
• Jeff Weld, Senior Policy Advisor for STEM education at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Jemar Lee, a College Community School District senior and co-founder of EdRevision
• Nicole Smith, Chief Economist at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
• Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a computer science education pioneer

Registration is $50 for adults and free for students. Register at this link.