> reporter: you bet >> for more on what we can expect from today's meeting, joining us now is barbara humptonadvisory board and will be attending today's sessions barbara, thanks for joining us today. >> thanks. >> reporter: what is the message that you are hoping to convey to the president and his administration >> reporter: yeah, we are clearly at an unprecedented time in our history with record unemployment and a transformation of the economy, as digital tools take over, more and more of the workforce that -- and the direction that we're setting. so the key thing we want to talk about today is strategies for ensuring that we do draw more people into the workforce, take advantage of work-based learning programs, like apprenticeships, and really open the doors and more pathways for good-paying jobs for more americans. >> barbara, you walk on factory floors, and i know seemans has been on the forefront of this in terms of implementing these new technologies, robotics, et cetera, but you walk on factory floors and they're very different than they were 10 years ago, 20 years ago. in terms of ma