Conference Agenda

Attendee Lounge Open Hours

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM MST

Registration Open Hours

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM MST

Accessibility & Accommodations Desk Open Hours

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM MST

Info Booth #1 Open Hours

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM MST

Info Booth #2 Open Hours

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM MST

Group Fitness - Yoga

7:15 AM - 7:45 AM MST

Breakfast

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM MST

Speaker Ready Room (Invite Only)

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM MST

Inclusive Leadership Growth: From Insight to Impact

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MST

Opening Remarks and General Session - Leading the Charge: How Representation Shapes Our Future

8:45 AM - 10:00 AM MST

Opening Remarks with Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP

8:55 AM - 9:00 AM MST

Opening General Session

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM MST

Networking Break

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM MST

Open for Connecting and Learning

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM MST

Open for Shopping

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM MST

Cultivating Audacity - How to Dismantle Doubt and Take Bold Risks

10:05 AM - 10:35 AM MST

Café Civility Session: Essential Skills for Civil Conversations

10:10 AM - 10:25 AM MST

Photo Signing at Main Stage with Madison Marsh, Miss America 2024

10:15 AM - 10:35 AM MST

The Provocative Role of Political Speech in an Inclusive Workplace

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM MST

Be A Destination Employer: Make Your Workplace the Place to Be!

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM MST

Accessibility is Not an Add on Service

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM MST

Leading with Awareness: Tools for Culturally Responsive Supervision

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM MST

Inspiring Cognitive Diversity to Celebrate Unique Personalities

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM MST

Creating an Equitable Compensation System

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM MST

Ten Things Inclusive Leaders Must Know How to Navigate for Workforce 2030

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM MST

Beyond Insurance: How to Ensure Equal Access to Care

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM MST

Expanding Equity: Industry Champions for Equitable Workplaces

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM MST

Check Yourself: Are You Using Parental Leave (and Return!) to Address Unconscious Bias?

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM MST

Your LinkedIn Influencer Mastery, Powered by AI

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM MST

AI and Inclusion: Transforming HR with Technology

10:40 AM - 11:25 AM MST

How to Advocate for Change-Use the Tools of a Trial Attorney to Make the Case for Your Ideas, Your Teams, Your Business and Your Potential.

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM MST

Lunch

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM MST

Book Signing at the SHRMStore with Shirley Davis

11:35 AM - 11:55 AM MST

Book Signing at the SHRMStore with Shayna Robinson

11:35 AM - 11:55 AM MST

Book Signing at the SHRMStore with Amy Beacom

11:35 AM - 11:55 AM MST

Unlock the Power of Neurodiversity: How Inclusive Technology Fuels Workplace Innovation

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM MST

Facilitated Conversation: Finding Common Ground

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM MST

Embracing Failure – Redefining Failure as a Hidden Superpower!

12:30 PM - 12:50 PM MST

Ouch! Now What? Navigating Microaggressions with Grace and Growth

1:00 PM - 1:20 PM MST

Discrimination & Fostering Psychologically Safe Workplaces

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MST

A Behavioral Approach to Neuro-inclusivity in the Workplace

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MST

Cognitive Diversity- Understanding Different Thinking Styles

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MST

Rethinking Wellness: Building Truly Inclusive Workplace Health Programs

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MST

Leading the Charge: McKesson's Visionary Approach to Women's Leadership Development

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MST

Your Role in Understanding and Interrupting Unconscious Bias in Hiring

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MST

Build Better AI: Include HR on Your Implementation Team

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MST

Diversity Without Adversity: How Civility Opens The Door to Possibility

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MST

Breaking Barriers: The Impact of Body Inclusivity on Talent Acquisition, Retention, and Business Growth in the Workplace

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MST

Inclusive Strategy and Performance Management: Powering Success through Inclusion

1:10 PM - 1:55 PM MST

Build a Resilient Culture: Transform Employee Burnout into Thriving Productivity

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM MST

Book Signing at the SHRMStore with Martinus Evans

3:25 PM - 3:45 PM MST

"F* The Tough Guy Show": Helping Men (and Everyone) Move to Healthier, More Inclusive Ways of Working

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM MST

Book Signing at the SHRMStore with Ed Frauenheim

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM MST

Neuro-Nonsense: Using Brain Science to Outsmart Workplace Bias and Boredom

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM MST

Café Civility Session: Creating Psychological Safety and Brave Spaces

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM MST

Networking Break

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM MST

Book Signing at the SHRMStore with Kara Richardson Whitely

2:04 PM - 2:25 PM MST

Book Signing at the SHRMStore with Janet M. Stovall

2:05 PM - 2:25 PM MST

Thinking at the Speed of Bias: How to Shift Our Unconscious Filters to Move Beyond Awareness towards Effective Action

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM MST

Authentic Leadership Lessons to Build High Performing Teams and Cultures

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM MST

Six Psychological Pitfalls That Prevent You from Selecting Top Talent

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM MST

Belonging in the Workplace: The Thrival! Method for Culture Change

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM MST

Embracing Neurodiversity in the Workplace

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM MST

Supporting Your Transgender and LGBTQ+ Employees in the Face of Inclusion Pushback

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM MST

Human Connection Over AI: Recruitment Professionals' Role in Advancing Health Equity and Inclusion

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM MST

Deep Listening - How to Hear Beyond Assumptions and Biases

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM MST

Navigating Compliance: Addressing Inclusion and Legal Challenges

2:25 PM - 3:10 PM MST

Equity and Leadership: Building Inclusive and Fair Leadership Practices

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM MST

Advancing HR Practices with AI Technology

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM MST

Networking Break

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM MST

Book Signing at the SHRMStore with Jim Fielding

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM MST

Book Signing at the SHRMStore with Ben Greene

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM MST

Book Signing at the SHRMStore with Sara Taylor

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM MST

What to Do When You Can’t Talk About DEI at Work: A Cautionary Tale from the Front Lines of DEIB Work

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM MST

Hiring for Diversity - the Disability Edition

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM MST

ChatGPT Can’t Fix This: Why AI Can’t Fix your IDEA issues

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM MST

Thinking Outside the Box: Developing Inclusive Job Qualifications

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM MST

Accelerating Towards the Productive Plateau in DEI

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM MST

Make Your DE&I Strategy Bulletproof: Using People Analytics to Drive Conversations at the CxO and Board Levels

3:30 PM - 3:50 PM MST

The Power of Racializing Our Unconscious Bias

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM MST

Diverse Harmony: Building Bridges Across Differences

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM MST

Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are...A Review of LGBT Leadership

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM MST

Purrfecting the Workplace: The Rise of Pet Parenting and Its Influence on Company Culture, Benefits Strategies, and Workstyles

4:00 PM - 4:20 PM MST

Book Signing at the SHRMStore with Michael Bach

4:35 PM - 4:55 PM MST

Book Signing at the SHRMStore with Tiana Sanchez

4:35 PM - 4:55 PM MST

Election Night Watch Party: Exclusive for INCLUSION Attendees

5:00 PM - 11:59 PM MST