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Profiles of panelists at the labour market symposium will be available on October 4, 2006. The following is a list of confirmed panelists as of September 25, 2006:

• Hon. Paul Shelley, Minister, Human Resources, Labour and Employment
• Doug House, Deputy Minister, Provincial Development Plan and Chair of the Strategic Partnership Committee
• Rebecca Roome, Deputy Minister, Human Resources, Labour and Employment and Chair of the Labour Market Sub-Committee
• Business and Labour Representatives for the Labour Market Sub-Committee
• Dr. Graham Lowe, President of the Graham Lowe Group
• Elizabeth Beale, President and CEO, Atlantic Provinces Economic Council
• Ken Hicks, Senior Economist, Department of Finance, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Professor Doug May, Labour Market Economist, Memorial University; Consultant for the Labour Market Development Division, Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment
• Dr. Andrew Sharpe, Executive Director, Centre for the Study of Living Standards
• Jim Milway, Executive Director, Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity
• Dr. Sharon Manson-Singer, President, Canadian Policy Research Networks
• Michael C. McCracken, Chair, CEO and Founder, Informetrica Limited
• Ron Saunders, Director of the Work Network, Canadian Policy Research Networks
• Ray McIssac, President, Newfoundland Association for Community Living and Manager, Bay St. George Community Employment Corporation
• Anne Marie Anonsen, Executive Director, Women in Resource Development Committee
• Douglas Watt, Senior Research Associate, Conference Board of Canada
• Beverlie Cook, Project Manager, Canadian Apprenticeship Forum
• Rob Shea, Assistant Professor (Post-Secondary and Adult Education), Memorial University of Newfoundland
• Martha Friendly, Senior Research Associate and Coordinator of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit, University of Toronto
• Bonnie Kennedy, Executive Director, The Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment
• Andrew Cardozo, Executive Director, The Alliance of Sector Councils
• Dave Robertson, Director of Work Organization and Training, Canadian Autoworkers Union (CAW)
• Lynn Toupin, Executive Director, Human Resources Council for the Voluntary/Not-For-Profit Industry
• Dr. Rob Greenwood, Founding Director, Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development
• Beverly Kirby, Director, Community Education Network
• Carolyn Lavers, Economic Development Officer, Northern Peninsula Business Network
• Dr. Allan B. Quigley, Professor, Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier
• Kim Gillard, Executive Director, Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador
• Christine McLean, Child Care Services Program Consultant, Department of Health and Community Services
• Jocelyn Greene, Executive Director, Stella Burry Community Services
• Andrew Wells, Manager of Health Human Resources Planning, Department of Health and Community Services
• David Gale, Deputy Minister, Public Service Secretariat 
• Rhonda Neary, Executive Director, Canadian Homebuilders Association, NL
• Rhonda Tulk-Lane, Executive Director, Futures in Newfoundland and Labrador's Youth (FINALY!)
• Nellie Burke, Director, Immigration Policy, Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment
• Dr. Ray Gosine, Dean Of Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland
• Colin Forward, Dean, Industrial Trades, College of the North Atlantic
• Larry Slaney, Training Coordinator, U.A. Training Centre
• Gus Doyle, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Newfoundland and Labrador Regional Council of Carpenters, Millwrights and Allied Workers
• Denise Hanrahan, Director, Institutional and Industrial Education, Department of Education
• Wayne Scott, Manager of Human Resources, Voisey’s Bay Nickle Co.
• Doug House, Deputy Minister of the Provincial Development Plan and Chair of the Strategic Partnership Initiative
• Reg Anstey, President of the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour and labour representative of the SPC
• Denis Mahoney, Chair of the Newfoundland and Labrador Employers' Council and business representative of the SPC (To be confirmed)
• Mike Alexander, Region Executive Head, Service Canada, Federal Co-Chair of the CA/NL LMDA Management Committee (To be confirmed)
• Wayne Penney, Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment, Provincial Co-Chair of the CA/NL LMDA (or representative)
• Sandi Howell, Provincial Coordinator, Prior Learning and Assessment Recognition (PLAR) adn Essential Skills for Competitiveness, Training and Trades, Government of Manitoba
• Rachelle Cochrane, Assistant Deputy Minister, Post Seconday Education, Department of Education, NL
• Deanne Howe, Essential Skills Coordinator, Canadian Manufacturer’s and Exporter’s Association (NL) and the College of the North Atlantic
• Nancy Healey, Executive Director, Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador
• Bob Marshall, Superintendent, Training and Employee Development, Voisey’s Bay Nickel
• Captain Rick Strong, Marine Services Manager, Seabase/Maersk; Marine Careers Secretariat
• Paull Barnes, Petroleum Industry Human Resource Committee & The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
• Dr. Cecilia Moloney, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Memorial University; NSERC/Petro-Canada Chair for Women in Science and Engineering
• Michelle Brown, Random North Development Association
• Margie Hancock, Literacy and Workplace Training Coordinator, NL Federation of Labour
• Gerard MacDonald, Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness, NL Hydro
• Cathy Bennett, Owner/Operator, Bennett Restaurants, St. John's, NL 
• Bob Ridgley, M.H.A., St. John’s North and Co-Chair of the Skills Task Force