Business Leaders Promote Impact Of Child Care And Early Education On Workforce And Economy

NEW YORK, Oct. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 200 business and civic leaders from the U.S. and around the world will bring good and bad news to the 12^th Global Business Summit on Early Childhood, hosted by ReadyNation, November 1 and 2 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York.

On the upside, they'll celebrate the impact of quality early childhood experiences on the workforce and economy. On the downside, they'll acknowledge how difficult it is for many families to afford quality early education and childcare.

Attendees will also discuss how to:

• HELP WORKING PARENTS ACCESS QUALITY CHILD CARE, based on actions that companies are taking right now;
• STRENGTHEN EARLY CHILDHOOD BRAIN POWER TO BUILD THE FUTURE WORKFORCE, reviewing the latest research on brain development during the first five years of life, and why that matters so much to the future workforce;
• RECOGNIZE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ACTIONS TO PROMOTE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS, reviewing initiatives underway in countries such as Australia, Romania, Uganda, Brazil, India, and UK;
• LEVERAGE THE BUSINESS BULLY PULPIT, learning how to make a stronger workforce/economic case for early childhood experiences when meeting with lawmakers; and,
• TAP UNEXPECTED MESSENGERS FOR THE BOTTOM LINE IMPACTS OF QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, discovering how law enforcement, retired military, faith and sports leaders can amplify business advocacy for quality early childhood experiences.

Key Panelists on November 2:

Opening Keynote, 8:45 a.m.:

Sylvia Acevedo, CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA, former NASA engineer and executive at Apple and Dell

Corporate Leadership for Early Childhood, 9-10 a.m.:

Douglas M. Baker, Jr., Chairman & CEO, Ecolab, Inc.
Mike Petters, President & CEO, Huntington Ingalls Industries
J. Scott McCain, President, JSM Capital Corporation
Gregory Davis, Chief Investment Officer, Vanguard
Mariano Montero, Director, FEMSA Foundation

General Session: Brain Development and the Business Case for Early Childhood Investments,  10:05 a.m.:

Ellis Rubenstein, President & CEO, New York Academy of Sciences
Annette Dixon, Vice President for Human Development, World Bank Group
Aleem Walji, CEO, Aga Khan Foundation USA
Dr. Laura Jana, pediatrician and author, The Toddler Brain
Prof. Kenneth Dodge, Pritzker Professor of Early Learning Policy Studies and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University

Closing Keynote: 4 p.m.:

Rob Arning, Vice Chair, Market Development, KPMG, introduced by Carolyn Berkowitz, President & CEO, Association of Corporate Leadership Professionals.

For full agenda, visit:

https://www.strongnation.org/articles/464-2018-global-business-summit-on-early-childhood

SOURCE ReadyNation