Engage Oregon

Engage Oregon fosters conversations to improve the quality of life for all Oregonians through the growth of meaningful work.

[Engage Oregon @EngageOregon]

Fixing Oregon's fiscal crisis and beefing up Career Technical Education (CTE) = must do before the robots get here. https://t.co/tWfXUt6pau

[Wendy Johnson @WendyJohnsonOR]

@Chris_C_Harder tells #OLSummit To double down on innovation. Must continue to innovate to elevate economic growth in future. Calls for investment in education. Strategically educated workforce can withstand increased reliance on automation.

[Engage Oregon @EngageOregon]

@JLGomezOR is on stage to interview Young Kim, Ed Feser, and @Chris_C_Harder to talk about how Oregon can lead in the next wave of technology. #OLSummit

[Steve Benham @SteveBenham1]

Futurist Steve Brown: Need to give people robot-proof skills. Will need lifelong learning. Can Oregon be a leader? #LiveOnK2 #olsummit

[Worksystems @Worksystems]

@BaldFuturist talking about how much technology is changing. These companies didn’t exist 20 years ago. Interesting theme of automation and future of work at #OLSummit @mcgough_andrew

[Oregon Business Plan @OreBusinessPlan]

We have @BaldFuturist now after our lunch break! This will be a presentation you
don’t want to miss. #OLSummit

[Oregon Business & Industry @OBIOregon]

Governor mentions #PERS UAL task force at #OLSummit. However, most of the ideas are one-time fixes with negative consequences. https://t.co/qz1zTCf6ht

[Engage Oregon @EngageOregon]

Governor Brown says she'll convene a bipartisan group, as was done with the 2017 transportation package, to create a proposal for addressing Oregon's fiscal crisis. #OLSummit

[Brighter Oregon @BrighterOregon]

On PERS crisis: Governor Brown says that employee cost sharing should be on the table. The @OreBusinessPlan advocated for this as part of a solution in the 2017 legislative session. #OLSummit

[Engage Oregon @EngageOregon]

Gov Brown calls for increased manufacturing for timber dependent communities, workforce training with high school and community college students, regulatory reform to allow rural business to grow/expand, support small business growth in rural OR. #OLSummit

[Engage Oregon @EngageOregon]

@OreBusinessPlan chair Patrick Criteser asks Gov. Brown "Positive economic growth may not be seen by all in Oregon, how do we ensure rural Oregon is included in that growth?" #OLSummit

[Oregon Business Plan @OreBusinessPlan]

Senators Lee Beyer and @BrianBoquistGOP along with Representatives @RepBentz and @RepCaddyMcKeown discuss how Oregon was able to achieve bipartisan success on transportation and what lessons can be learned for addressing the state’s budget crisis. #OLSummit

[Oregon Prosperity @OregonP2]

Lesson from the transportation package that can be applied to fiscal crisis: You have to agree on what the problem is. #OLSummit #orleg

[Engage Oregon @EngageOregon]

Kali Ladd, Chair Portland Community College Board, "While we can't survive without education, we also can't survive without business." on why we must all work together to address our state's challenges. #OLSummit

[Oregon Business Plan @OreBusinessPlan]

#OLSummit https://t.co/qzmi8DNhBy

[Brighter Oregon @BrighterOregon]

At the #OLSummit, Business Plan Chair Criteser reminds us that we must all work together--across parties, business and public employee unions, advocacy groups, etc--to address Oregon's ability to be Future Ready.

[Brighter Oregon @BrighterOregon]

Patrick Criteser reminds us that 1 of our single biggest fiscal challenges is PERS. last year --- PERS cost schools and state and local government employers $2 billion per biennium. 2019-21: $29 billion. 2021-2023: $4.1 billion. #OLSummit

[Brighter Oregon @BrighterOregon]

Criteser on where we go from here: "Balancing the budget for the biennium is challenging and requires hard --- smart work....but balancing the budget is not the same as solving the state’s long-term structural budget crisis." #OLSummit

[Brighter Oregon @BrighterOregon]

#OLSummit on why we must do this work: No challenge – to our future --- and for that matter our present --- looms as large as Oregon’s fiscal crisis.