Conference Agenda

Connection Zone

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Registration

8:00 AM - 6:30 PM EST

Networking Breakfast

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM EST

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

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST

It's a Journey: Creating a Culture of Inclusion

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM EST

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

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM EST

Recruitment Strategies for Targeting the Most Diverse and Capable Candidate Pools

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM EST

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

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM EST

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

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM EST

How to Avoid Insensitive Language and Interactions to Build Inclusion

10:15 AM - 10:33 AM EST

Metrics and Data: What Should My Organization Be Tracking?

10:35 AM - 10:53 AM EST

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

10:55 AM - 11:13 AM EST

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

11:15 AM - 11:33 AM EST

Lunch (Meet to Eat or Grab a Bite Offsite)

11:45 AM - 1:30 PM EST

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

1:30 PM - 1:48 PM EST

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

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EST

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

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EST

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

1:30 PM - 4:15 PM EST

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

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EST

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

1:30 PM - 4:15 PM EST

It's a Journey: Creating a Culture of Inclusion

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EST

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

1:50 PM - 2:08 PM EST

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

2:10 PM - 2:28 PM EST

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

2:30 PM - 2:48 PM EST

Coffee Break

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

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

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM EST

Revealing the Top 3 Strategies to a More Inclusive Tech Industry

3:15 PM - 3:33 PM EST

Inclusion Begins and Ends in Meetings

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM EST

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

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM EST

Maximizing Inclusion While Minimizing Backlash

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM EST

Power Phrases for Empathic Leaders

3:35 PM - 3:53 PM EST

I&D Solutions for a HR Department of One

3:55 PM - 4:13 PM EST

Opening Reception in the SHRM Exposition

4:15 PM - 6:30 PM EST

Meet to Eat with Conference Speakers

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST