Conference Agenda

Connection Zone

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Registration

8:00 AM - 6:30 PM EDT

Networking Breakfast

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM EDT

Opening General Session featuring Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

It's a Journey: Creating a Culture of Inclusion

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Microaggressions: A New Way to Define and Address These Subtle Acts of Exclusion in the Workplace

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Recruitment Strategies for Targeting the Most Diverse and Capable Candidate Pools

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Who Should Lead Inclusion and Diversity Efforts in the Workforce of the Future?

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Shifting Your Organization to Inclusion and Preparing for Workforce 2020 and Beyond

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

How to Avoid Insensitive Language and Interactions to Build Inclusion

10:15 AM - 10:33 AM EDT

Metrics and Data: What Should My Organization Be Tracking?

10:35 AM - 10:53 AM EDT

Distance Bias: When Out-of-Sight Really Means Out-of-Mind for Dispersed and Mobile Employees

10:55 AM - 11:13 AM EDT

How Veterans (Like Me) Are an Asset to Your Organization: A Personal Perspective

11:15 AM - 11:33 AM EDT

Lunch (Meet to Eat or Grab a Bite Offsite)

11:45 AM - 1:30 PM EDT

Diversity & Inclusion: What’s Food and Beverage Got to Do With It?

1:30 PM - 1:48 PM EDT

Future of the Workplace: Expert Practitioners Share Inclusion How To’s

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

60 Case Studies (Summarized) in 90 Minutes for Overcoming Tech’s Diversity Barriers

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

CANCELLED: A Day in the Life of a Job Candidate Recently Released from Incarceration*

1:30 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

Embrace D&I Using Emotional Skills, Nonthreatening Communication and Listening Techniques

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

SESSION FULL Start Here: Five Key Components for Building Your Best-Practice I&D Strategy*

1:30 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

It's a Journey: Creating a Culture of Inclusion

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

The Top Three Dangerous Online Behaviors Affecting the Workplace and How I&D Managers Are Getting Involved

1:50 PM - 2:08 PM EDT

Mirror, Mirror: Solutions for Challenges Around Religious and LGBT Identities

2:10 PM - 2:28 PM EDT

Microaggressions: A New Way to Define and Address These Subtle Acts of Exclusion in the Workplace

2:30 PM - 2:48 PM EDT

Coffee Break

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

Embrace D&I Using Emotional Skills, Nonthreatening Communication and Listening Techniques

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

Revealing the Top 3 Strategies to a More Inclusive Tech Industry

3:15 PM - 3:33 PM EDT

Inclusion Begins and Ends in Meetings

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

When a Gap Becomes a Sinkhole: Addressing Wage Disparity in a Balanced Way

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

Maximizing Inclusion While Minimizing Backlash

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

Power Phrases for Empathic Leaders

3:35 PM - 3:53 PM EDT

I&D Solutions for a HR Department of One

3:55 PM - 4:13 PM EDT

Opening Reception in the SHRM Exposition

4:15 PM - 6:30 PM EDT

Meet to Eat with Conference Speakers

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT