Conference: Future Blue Economy Workforce Conference

圣彼得堡学院(SPC)将在佛罗里达州克利尔沃特举办一场为期一天的会议，届时学者们将与海洋行业和非营利组织领导人齐聚一堂，讨论培训未来蓝色经济劳动力的战略。本次会议是为了响应(NSF 23-134)亲爱的同事来信：确定未来海洋技术劳动力的教育需求的研讨会而举办的。SPC会议的目标是1)将海洋和其他蓝色经济行业的不同学术和非学术代表团体与学术人员聚集在一起，讨论劳动力和培训需求。(2)讨论海洋技术劳动力中通常由技术人员填补的有针对性的教育缺口；以及(3)就当前招聘趋势、必要的劳动力技能、能力、资格认证和新的蓝色经济课程建议等问题编写一份最终报告。预计将有100人参加会议，包括工业界、教育工作者、学生和教职员工。会议将帮助学术组织确定最能为未来的蓝色经济劳动力做好准备的技术培训要求，并促进加强与蓝色经济行业的伙伴关系。结果和调查结果将通过公开报告与广大受众分享。SPC的未来蓝色经济劳动力会议将导致地区社区学院和大学与海洋产业之间的联系，产生对课程的关注，使学生参与与海洋相关的研究，并改善海洋科学劳动力的招聘。会议将通过集体确定和解决劳动力需求来影响当地坦帕湾社区，这将支持蓝色经济行业的整体增长。这种增长反过来又有可能在各个部门创造更多的就业机会，特别是对当地和地区社区大学支持的服务不足的人群。这种合作将产生更广泛的影响，因为它们适用于环境管理。会议可以促进对环境可持续做法的共同承诺，确保蓝色经济行业优先考虑保护和负责任的资源管理。最后，会议将有助于提高公众对蓝色经济重要性的认识。这一奖项由本科生教育部门和海洋科学部门共同支持。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

St. Petersburg College (SPC) will host a one-day conference in Clearwater, FL that will bring academics together with ocean industry and non-profit leaders to discuss strategies for training the Future Blue Economy Workforce. This conference is organized in response to (NSF 23-134) Dear Colleague Letter: Workshops to Identify Educational Requirements of the future Ocean Technical Workforce. The goals of SPC’s conference are to 1) Bring a diverse group of academic and non-academic representatives of ocean and other blue economy industries together with academic faculty to discuss workforce and training needs. (2) Discuss the targeted educational gaps in the ocean technical workforce that are typically filled by technicians; and (3) Prepare a final report on issues such as current hiring trends, necessary workforce skills, competencies, credentialing and recommendations for new blue economy curriculum. The conference attendance is anticipated to be 100 and will include industry, educators, students and faculty. The conference will help academic organizations identify the technical training requirements that will best prepare the future blue economy workforce and foster enhanced partnerships with the blue economy industry. Results and findings will be shared with a broad audience via a public report. SPC’s Future Blue Economy Workforce conference will result in connections between the regional community colleges and universities and ocean industries, generating a focus on curriculum that will engage students in ocean-related studies and improve workforce recruitment for ocean sciences. The conference will impact the local Tampa Bay community by identifying and addressing workforce needs collectively which will support the overall growth of the blue economy industry. This growth, in turn, has the potential to create more job opportunities across various sectors, especially for underserved populations supported by the local and regional community colleges. The collaboration will have broader impacts as they apply to environmental stewardship. The conference can promote a shared commitment to environmentally sustainable practices ensuring that blue economy industries prioritize conservation and responsible resource management. Finally, the conference will contribute to public awareness about the importance of the blue economy. This award is jointly supported by the Division of Undergraduate Education and the Division of Ocean Sciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.