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为期一天的会议，将学术界人士与海洋行业和非营利组织领导人聚集在一起，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）致同事的信：确定未来海洋技术劳动力的教育要求的研讨会。SPC会议的目标是1)将海洋和其他蓝色经济产业的不同学术和非学术代表与学术教师聚集在一起，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差距；(3)就当前的招聘趋势、必要的劳动力技能、能力、资格认证和新蓝色经济课程建议等问题编写最终报告。预计出席会议的人数将达到100人，其中包括工业界、教育工作者、学生和教师。会议将帮助学术组织确定技术培训要求，以最好地为未来的蓝色经济劳动力做好准备，并促进与蓝色经济产业的加强伙伴关系。结果和发现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促成区域社区学院和大学与海洋产业之间的联系，重点关注课程，让学生参与海洋相关研究，并改善海洋科学的劳动力招聘。会议将通过集体确定和解决劳动力需求来影响坦帕湾当地社区，这将支持蓝色经济产业的整体增长。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，特别是对于由地方和区域社区学院支持的服务不足的人群。这一合作将对环境管理产生更广泛的影响。会议可以促进对环境可持续实践的共同承诺，确保蓝色经济产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。该奖项由本科教育学部和海洋科学学部共同支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.