Karen Sweeney, senior vice president, Turner Construction Company, moderates a conversation on innovation, education, and collaboration as driving forces in economic development and a 21st-century workforce. The panel includes: Chimay Anumba, department head and professor of Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University; Martha Kanter, former under secretary of the U.S. Department of Education; John Grady, president, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation; and Ted Lynch, president, Southland Industries. The Turner Construction Company established the Turner Prize and an endowment to support it in order to honor Henry C. Turner, who founded the company in 1902. The Prize recognizes advances or high achievement in the process of construction-an invention, an innovative methodology, and/or exemplary leadership.

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