BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:Central Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260430T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260430T130000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:PAR’s 2026 Annual Conference & Luncheon DESCRIPTION:Conference Schedule:\n9:30am - Board and Membership Meeting10:00am - Morning Panel: Growing Louisiana's WorkforceRichard Nelson\, Louisiana Community and Technical College System PresidentKim Hunter Reed\, Commissioner of Higher EducationSusana Schowen\, Louisiana Works SecretaryJohn Wyble\, State Representative11:30am - Patrons Reception Sponsored by Entergy 12:00pm - Luncheon & Address from Keynote Speaker Casey Mock Casey Mock serves as Senior Policy Advisor to social psychologist Jonathan Haidt and the national movement behind The Anxious Generation\, focusing on how digital technologies shape youth well-being and democratic trust. At PAR's Conference\, Casey will examine the roots and consequences of today's intense political polarization\, tracing how party sorting\, social media and emerging artificial intelligence have deepened civic division.\nRead more about Casey Mock here.*Conference located in Premier Ballroom X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:



Conference Schedule:
9:30am - \;Board and Membership Meeting

10:00am - \;Morning Panel: Growing Louisiana&rsquo\;s Workforce

11:30am - \;Patrons Reception &ndash\; Sponsored by Entergy

 \;

12:00pm - Luncheon &\; Address from Keynote Speaker Casey Mock \;

Casey Mock serves as Senior Policy Advisor to social psychologist Jonathan Haidt and the national movement behind The Anxious Generation\, focusing on how digital technologies shape youth well-being and democratic trust. At PAR&rsquo\;s  \;Conference\, Casey will examine the roots and consequences of today&rsquo\;s intense political polarization\, tracing how party sorting\, social media and emerging artificial intelligence have deepened civic division.
Read more about Casey Mock here.

*Conference located in Premier Ballroom

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