The Strategy for Change:
A Summit on Talent Development & Meaningful Actions
An effective response to our talent development crisis necessitates the engagement and dialogue of multiple sectors including
education, academia, and business. The corporate community, as leading innovators and employers, plays a particularly important role
in this conversation. Recognizing this, NAGC recently formed a Corporate Advisory Council (CAC) to infuse their perspective as a
means of better defining the scope of this problem and creating viable solutions—both public and private—that must be pursued.
In early 2015, NAGC plans to bring together relevant stakeholders for an inaugural “Summit on Talent Development.” This event will
build upon previous symposiums, reports, and recommendations to define the steps needed to launch a renewed commitment to
nurturing high level talent and potential, similar to what our nation did successfully a half-century ago following the “Sputnik
Moment,” which spurred a national commitment to developing high-level talent in math and science.
NAGC will convene a Pre-Summit planning dialogue as part of its 2014 Annual Conference in Baltimore to gather a range of
perspectives as to what such a commitment might look like. During a half-day session on November 12th, NAGC will hear from key
leaders across multiple sectors (state officials, business leaders, and researchers) on a range of critical issues that will help to define
the framework and agenda for the 2015 Summit. The Pre-Summit will conclude with a period of audience participation so invited
guests have the opportunity to contribute to the shaping of the 2015 Summit and its outcomes. An outline of this half-day session is
provided below:
Talent Development Summit Strategy Session
Invitation only
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Baltimore Hilton, Baltimore Maryland
Strategy Session Goals: In preparation for the two-day Talent Development Summit in 2015, this strategy session will:
 Identify an agenda for action and meaningful change: What questions have not been asked? What questions have not been
answered well? If we succeed, how will we describe the education environment in 2030?
 Determine what we can do collectively, across sectors.
 Answer the question as to what players need to be at the table.
 Develop the design framework for the full Summit.
7:30–8:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30–8:45 am
Welcome Remarks: The National Association for Gifted Children and the Center for Talented Youth
8:45–9:15 am
Opening Keynote: Developing America’s Talent: The State of the Nation
9:30–10: 15 am
Making the Case: What Does the Research Tell Us about Developing Talent?
10:30–11:15 am
Administrators’ Wish List: What Models and Partnerships Make a Difference for Talent
Development in the K–12 Setting?
11:15–11:30 am
Break
11:30 am–12:15 pm
Voices from the Business Community: Successful Public/Private Partnerships
12:15–1:00 pm
Shaping Public Policy: State Success Stories
1:00–2:00 pm
Wrap up/Action Planning and Lunch