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Council Vice President Delivers Keynote at APEC Symposium

September 30, 2008

RII APEC Aug 08

U.S. delegation from left to right: Pam Tedesco, Florida’s Great Northwest; Chris Watson, U.S. Department of Labor; Randall Kempner, Council on Competitiveness; Doug Small, U.S. Department of Labor; and Amy Young, U.S. Department of Labor

In August, Randall Kempner, Council on Competitiveness vice president of regional innovation, traveled to Singapore to deliver the keynote address at the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation Symposium, Developing Effective Public-Private Partnerships: Meeting the Needs of the 21st Century Global Workforce.

Kempner joined a delegation from the U.S. Department of Labor, led by Douglas Small, deputy assistant secretary for employment and training. At the two-day conference, Kempner shared his presentation on public-private partnerships in U.S. economic and workforce development with 45 APEC delegates from 17 different countries.

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