1 Welcome to Technology / Engineering Educational Forum Working together – Creating Pathways concepts for our students and the workforce Monday - November 17, :00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Semi Zanker Road - San Jose, CA 95124

2 Hosted by: Technology Studies Department Mission College Presented by: Rendee Dore’ Educational Consultant Cliff Monroe

3 Agenda November 17, 2008 Agenda 1.Welcome and purpose of the meeting 2.Economics/Trends impacting SV Technology / Engr. Education - Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Industry Report, Projections Greeting by SEMI CEO Stan Myers 4.What is “Environmental Clean and Green Technology”? Panel Participants: - Dr. KRS Murthy, CEO, Sunrgi, Solar Power Thousands of Suns - Doug McNeil, Vice President, AOptix Technologies, Inc. - Dr. Ken Youssefi, Prof. SJS Univ. and UC Berkeley - Bruce Whistler, Program Director - Mission College - Rick Kuhn, Program Director, Foothill-De Anza College Dist. - Chris Martin, Dept. Chair Technology Studies,Mission College - Cliff Monroe, Prof. Emeritus, Mission College, Past SVEC Pres. 5. Question and Answers: 6. Adjournment

4 “… the climate change crisis is arguably the most important environmental call to action our Valley has ever faced…” Purpose of the meeting “Green jobs require certification throughout the postsecondary spectrum and an opportunity for creating a strong jobs base that has been lost in other sectors such as manufacturing or construction.”… “The workforce potential in the green space – design, manufacturing, energy management, sales, services is vast.” Increasing the availability of a Green Workforce

5 Silicon Valley Leadership Group - Sept. 10, Silicon Valley Projections Economic/Trends impacting Workforce and Technology Education Workforce

6 Silicon Valley Leadership Group 2009 Silicon Valley Projections “Silicon Valley is leading the way to this clean and green future. The area has become the world’s premier locale for “green tech” and “clean tech.” It is home to an ever-growing number of companies that are developing innovative solutions for today’s most challenging environmental issues.” “Companies located all throughout the Valley are at the leading edge of new clean energy sources, developing ways to use existing resources more efficiently, or designing cleaner products.” Silicon Valley’s Future Silicon Valley’s Challenge

7 Silicon Valley Leadership Group 2009 Silicon Valley Projections “The green jobs revolution can also help bridge a gap between groups advocating college and groups that see hands-on technical education as a viable pathway to employment.” “Green jobs require certification throughout the postsecondary spectrum and an opportunity for creating a strong jobs base that has been lost in other sectors such as manufacturing or construction.” K-12 Education’s Challenge Vocational Education’s Challenge

8 Silicon Valley Leadership Group 2009 Silicon Valley Projections “Silicon Valley is at the forefront of green innovation as seen by the scope of the venture capital investment in the region of $450 million in 2006.” “California drew nearly half of all clean-tech investment nationwide in 2007” CleantNetwork, LLC and Next 10 “The workforce potential in the green space – design, manufacturing, energy management, sales, services – is vast.”

9 Silicon Valley Leadership Group 2009 Silicon Valley Projections “The state’s community college system… has the potential to be a major force in training green-tech workers and re-training incumbent workers… … the University of California and California State University systems are struggling to keep programs open and serve all eligible applicants.”

10 Silicon Valley Leadership Group 2009 Silicon Valley Projections “Venture capital investment in cleantech rose to $1.13 billion in 2006 an 80 percent increase over 2005, and the investment continues.” 2008 Silicon Valley Projections

11 Silicon Valley Leadership Group 2009 Silicon Valley Projections “Facing acute workforce shortages in skilled tech workers…”

12 Silicon Valley Leadership Group 2009 Silicon Valley Projections “…the state is under-producing highly skilled college graduates to maintain innovation and economic growth.” “…work is plentiful… for many companies, highly qualified workers are scarce.”

13 Silicon Valley Leadership Group 2009 Silicon Valley Projections “…most serious problem over the next three years will be incoming workers with inadequate technical skills …” “…this problem is particularly acute in the technical areas of math, science and engineering.”

14 Silicon Valley Leadership Group - Sept. 10, Silicon Valley Projections ary/projections_2009.pdf

15 SEMI Greeting Greeting Stan Myers President & CEO

16 Panel Discussion “Environmental Clean and Green Technology” Definitions? Jobs? Required skills? Education integration and support?