CONFERENCE PROGRAM


Essential Skills & The Northern Oil and Gas Workforce
Monday (May 2, 2005)
19:00  -  21:00 Registration: Explorer Hotel Lobby
Tuesday (May 3, 2005)
07:15  -  08:15 Continental Breakfast / Registration
08:15  -  08:45 Prayer, Welcomes, Introduction and Day 1 Overview
08:45  -  10:30 Training in the North
10:50  -  12:00 Essential Skills Overview
13:00  -  14:30 Sector Council Approaches to Essential Skills
14:50  -  15:45 An Integrated Training Model
15:45  -  16:30 Pipeline Training Programs / Wrap - up of Day 1
17:00  -  20:00 Dinner  -  DND HQ
Wednesday (May 4, 2005)
07:30  -  08:30 Continental Breakfast
08:30  -  08:45 Day 2 Overview
08:45  -  10:15 Elements of Training
10:35  -  11:05 The Role of Literacy Councils
11:05  -  12:00 Job Design
13:00  -  16:00 Assessment / Wrap - up of Day 2
16:00  -  18:00 Networking  -  cash bar/appetizers
Thursday (May 5, 2005)
07:30  -  8:30 Continental Breakfast
08:30  -  08:45 Day 3 Overview
08:45  -  09:45 Hands - on Experience with Essential Skills Training Approaches
10:15  -  12:15 Integrating Essential Skills; Overview of a Delivery Model and Hands - on Learning Opportunity
13:00  -  14:00 Discussion: What Next?
14:00  -  14:30 Evaluations / Wrap - up / Prayer

Conference Sessions - Katimavik A / Dinner May 3rd DND HQ
May 3 – 4 Breakfast / Lunch / Social – Foyer Katimavik A & Melville A&B
May 5 Breakfast / Lunch Foyer Katimavik A

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