NIGA Chairman presents at the MGM Resort Public Policy Institute Symposium
April 23, 2019 – Las Vegas, NV – National Indian Gaming Association Chairman Ernie Stevens, Jr., joined a powerful group of business and industry leaders for the MGM Resorts Public Policy Institute at UNLV for a symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 23, 2019. The MGM Resorts Public Policy symposium event was led by Co- Chairs Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner. Chuck Todd, Moderator of Meet the Press on NBC and host of Meet the Press Daily on MSNBC, presided over the event as Master of Ceremonies. There were numerous esteemed speakers from around the world along with notable audience members such as Former Senator Ben “Nighthorse” Campbell. The theme of the symposium was titled, Investing in America: The Future of Work.” The symposium convened a group of expert voices intending to work together to identify and elevate bipartisan solutions that address the evolving future of work and connect the best ideas and perspectives on issues facing American workers, communities, and businesses. The daylong symposium featured a Keynote address by the Honorable RahmEmanuel, Mayor, City of Chicago. Mayor Emanuel focused on several topics including, The Role of the Private Sector in the Future of Work, Higher Education in the Future of Work, Living and Leading the American Dream: Reflections on Work, Class, and Community in America and a Call for Leadership. Chairman Steven joined the “Investing in an Adaptive Workforce” panel moderated by Mr. Balaji Ganapathy, Head, Workforce Effectiveness, Tata Consultancy Services, located in India. The topic brought leaders across the industry who are investing in building an adaptive workforce for the evolving future of work. Chairman Stevens’ panel explored why this is an important pillar of leadership today, what programs and approaches are helping to
support continuous learning, and how employers can help empower workers with the skills they need to be successful today and prepare for the jobs of the future. Chairman Stevens joined Jim Murren, Chairman, and CEO, MGM Resorts International, David L. Cohen, the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer of Comcast Corporation and the Honorable Gordon Smith, President, and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB.) Chairman Stevens represented the evolving Indian Gaming industry workforce. He noted how Indian Gaming operations are the leaders in innovation and encouraging a highly skilled and adaptive workforce at Tribal properties. Tribal gaming operations were the first to adopt web-based integration of their entire gaming floors. This was driven out of necessity given the scale of Tribal operations and the need to rely on automation. Tribal Gaming’s workforce was the first to deal with the ticket in/ticket out cashless slot machines, and other technological breakthroughs. This has provided tribal operations with highly skilled workers capable of meeting challenges outside of their normal duties. Chairman Stevens summed up the panel as a “unique opportunity to demonstrate to policymakers, corporate CEOs, and academic researchers, how tribal gaming is meeting today’s challenges of a fully integrated and tech-savvy workforce.” NIGA expects this to be just the start of a long collaboration between our Tribal gaming operations and the commercial sector as this Country searches for methods to adapt the existing workforce with the technological advances that customers have come to expect. Indian gaming believes in the power of collaboration and human touch that respects the dignity of our employees while recognizing how technology has made our industry more efficient.
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