Sunday | August 18, 2024 |
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| 3:00pm - 6:00pm | Pre-Conference Registration (Check-In) |
| Monday | August 19, 2024 |
| 7:00am 6:00pm | Conference and Exhibitors Registration (Check-In) |
| 8:30am - 5:00pm | Pre-Conference Sessions |
8:30am-5:00pm Strand 10 Strand 11 | Counselor Refresher Training (F) Marcus Artis, EEO Specialist U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission This course meets the annual eight-hour requirement for federal EEO counselors. Participants will receive instruction on recent developments in federal sector EEO and discuss how these changes affect the informal EEO complaint process. Participants will also practice their counseling and early resolution skills. |
8:30am-5:00pm Strand 12 Strand 13 | Investigator Refresher Training (F) Carlisa Broadway, Director Bureau of Ocean Energy Management This course meets the annual 8-hour requirement for federal EEO investigators. Participants will receive instruction on recent developments in federal sector EEO and discuss how these changes affect the formal EEO complaint process. Participants will also practice their investigation skills. |
8:30am - 12:00pm Bolden 5 Bolden 6 | The Equitable Workplace (F/P) Brien Shoemaker, Program Manager OFP Internal Training Program U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission How do you create a fair and inclusive workplace with opportunity for all? This interactive class will discuss how employees who actively maintain expected behaviors creates an equitable workplace which ultimately leads to successful outcomes. Using case studies, trainees strategize about bystander interventions and ways to help others who may be behaving in ways that are disrespectful or who are being targeted by disrespect. Finally, they use a feedback model to learn both giving and getting feedback to maintain an equitable workplace. |
1:00pm - 4:30pm Bolden 5 Bolden 6 | The Equitable Leadership (F/P) Brien Shoemaker, Program Manager OFP Internal Training Program U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission How do you create a fair and inclusive workplace with opportunity for all? This interactive class will give leaders the tools to create respectful communication between employees and leaders. Leaders will learn how to recognize incivility and practice coaching methods to bring employees back to the expected behavior. These simple but effective ways to coach employees whose behavior might be a problem will nip problems in the bud before they rise to the level of illegal harassment. Finally, leaders will learn how to address employee complaints in a fair and inclusive way. |
| Tuesday | August 20, 2024 |
| 7:00am - 6:00pm | Conference and Exhibitors Registration (Check-In) |
7:30am - 8:30am Elite A | Continental Breakfast |
8:30am- 8:50am Elite B | Plenary Sessions |
| 8:30am- 8:50am | Color Guard and National Anthem |
8:50am- 9:05am | Welcome to New Orleans General Remarks |
| 9:05am- 9:30am | Greetings Jocelyn Samuels, Vice-Chair, U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| 9:30am- 10:00am | Neighbor Networking Carlton Hadden, Director Office of Federal Operations U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| 10:00am- 10:30am | Mid-Morning Break |
10:30am- 12:00pm Elite B | Keynote Speaker Dr. Leona Tate, Director of Leona Tate Foundation for Change, Inc. |
12:00pm- 1:30pm Elite B | Lunch |
| 1:30pm- 3:00pm | Workshop Session 1 |
| Bolden 5 | 1A - Psychological Safety, Covering and Bringing your Authentic Self to Work |
| Empire B | 1B - Barrier Analysis: Back to Square One |
| Bolden 6 | 1C - Exploring the Private Sector Training Institute (PSTI): A New Initiative in the EEOC Compliance Training |
| Strand 13 | 1D - Mediation Potpourri: Navigating Trends and Insights |
| Strand 11 | 1E - Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) |
| Foster 1 | 1F - Understanding How EEOC Conducts Program Evaluations for Federal Agencies |
| Foster 2 | 1G - Civil Rights of Indigenous People in the U. S. |
| Bolden 2 | 1H - Computer Electronic Accommodation Program (CAP) |
| Strand 10 | 1I - Closer to the Truth, Selling Risk and Navigating Closure | |
| Strand 12 | 1J - Recruiting and Hiring: Exploring the Process and Combatting Implicit Bias |
| 3:00pm- 3:30pm | Mid-Afternoon Break |
| 3:30pm- 5:00pm | Workshop Session 2 |
| Bolden 1 | 2A - Ask OFO |
| 2B -Open Session |
| Strand 11 | 2C - Managing the Big Three: ADAAA, FMLA and PWFA |
| Bolden 5 | 2D - Hidden Conditions: Persistent Challenges in the Workplace Despite the ADAAA |
| Empire B | 2E - EEOC's New Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace |
| Foster 1 | 2F - Section 508 Reports |
| Strand 12 | 2G- The Emotionally Intelligent Mediator |
| Strand 10 | 2H - Transitioning from EEO Manager to Leader |
| Foster 2 | 2I - Navigating the EEOC's Federal Sector Hearing Process |
| Bolden 2 | 2J - Learning to Meet Requirements of Section 8 of E. O. 14091 |
| Wednesday | August 21, 2024 |
| 7:00am - 6:00pm | Conference and Exhibitors Registration (Check-In) |
| 7:30am - 8:30am | Continental Breakfast |
9:05am- 10:00am Elite B | Plenary Sessions |
| 9:10am- 9:15am | Introduction of Plenary Speaker |
9:15am- 10:00pm Elite B | Keynote Speaker Dr. Leah Raby, Executive Director, Office of the Governor, Louisiana Commission on Human Rights |
| 10:00am- 10:30am | Mid-Morning Break |
| 10:30am- 12:00pm | Workshop Session 3 |
| Bolden1 | 3A - Antisemitism and Anti-Muslim |
| Strand12 | 3B - Ask the Administrative Judges |
Bolden 6 | 3C - Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) |
| Foster 2 | 3D - Leveraging the Ombud Services to Support a Positive Workplace |
| Foster 1 | 3E - Examining the Legacy of Black Women in the Federal Workplace |
| Empire B | 3F - Empowering EEO, HR, and DEIA Synergy: A Workshop on Dashboards for Meaningful Change |
| Strand 13 | 3G - Creating Reports of Investigations |
| Bolden 5 | 3H - FAD Writing: From Basics to Best Persuasive Practices |
| Strand 10 | 3I - Social Media in the Workplace: Legal and Ethical Implications |
| Strand 11 | 3J - Updated Race and Ethnicity Standards: A Look at the Revised Statistical Policy Directive |
12:00pm- 1:30pm Elite B | Lunch |
| 1:30pm- 3:00pm | Workshop Session 4 |
| Strand 12 | 4A - Engaging Compliance: Interactive Strategies for Fun and Effective Mandatory Training |
| Foster 2 | 4B - Mental Health Blind Spots |
| Strand 11 | 4C - Current Challenges and Trends in ADR |
| Strand13 | 4D - Successfully Navigating Difficult Conversations to Support a Positive Workplace |
| Foster 1 | 4E - Mental Health Needs and Wellness: The Impact in the Workplace |
| Bolden 5 | 4F - Checking our Biases: Cognitive Biases in Decision-Making and Conflict Resolution |
| Bolden 6 | 4G - Fostering Belonging: Building a Culture of Inclusivity in the Workplace |
| Bolden 1 | 4H - The Effects of Trauma on the Brain and its Impact on Interviews |
| Strand 10 | 4I - Accept the Challenge? Selected Acceptance and Dismissal |
| Bolden 2 | 4J - Accessibility 101: Case Files and Decision Writing |
| 3:00pm- 3:30pm | Mid-Afternoon Break |
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| 3:30pm- 5:00pm | Workshop Session 5 |
| Strand 13 | 5A - Neurodivergence and the Workforce: Its Impact on Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention |
| Bolden 5 | 5B - Intersectional Discrimination |
| Empire B | 5C - EEOC's New Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace |
| Strand 11 | 5D - Religious Expression and Accommodation in the Federal Workplace |
| Foster 1 | 5E - Federal Community: Getting to Know EDCON |
| Bolden 2 | 5F- Developing a Community of Practice: A Journey to Building and Maintaining an Equitable Workplace |
| Foster 2 | 5G - It's a Mixed Up World: Understanding Mixed Cases |
| Strand12 | 5H - More than Skin Deep: Let's Talk Colorism |
| Strand 10 | 5I - Private Sector EEO Internal Investigations: How to Effectively Get the Information You Need |
| Bolden 6 | 5J - Who Gets the Benefit of the Doubt? |
5:30pm- 7:00pm Empire Foyer | EXCEL Networking Reception |
5:30pm Empire A | OFO Education Consortium Mixer |
| Thursday | August 22, 2024 |
| 7:00am - 6:00pm | Conference and Exhibitors Registration (Check-In) |
| 7:30am - 8:30am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30am- 10:00am Elite A | Plenary Sessions |
| 8:25am- 8:30am | Introduction of Plenary Speaker |
8:30am- 9:15am Elite A | Keynote Address Dr. Christopher Shannon, Department Chair Leadership, Ethics and Profession of Arms Air University Global College for Professional Military Education |
| 9:15am- 10:00am | EEOC Legal Updates (F/P) Carol Miaskoff, Legal Counsel U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Com |
| 10:00am- 10:30am | Mid-Morning Break |
| 10:30am- 12:00pm | Workshop Session 6 |
| Empire B | 6A - Federal Sector EEO Case Update: Part 1 |
| Bolden 5 | 6B - Using Restorative Practices as a Tool for Organizational Development and to Present EEO Disputes |
| Strand 12 | 6C - Harassment & the Do's and Don't's of Out of Office Behavior |
| Strand13 | 6D - Retaliation, Retaliation, Retaliation |
| Bolden 6 | 6E - 462 Report and the Future |
| Bolden 2 | 6F - Conducting Discovery in a Digital World |
| Foster 2 | 6G - Connecting Civility and the EEO: Activating Values for Compliance and Results |
| Bolden 1 | 6H - Performance Management in the Post-COVID Era |
| Strand 10 | 6I - Optimizing EEO Counseling: Strategies for Effective Resolution |
| Strand 11 | 6J - Breaking Barriers: Strategies for Inclusive Recruitment and Hiring |
12:00pm- 1:30pm Elite A | Lunch |
| 1:30pm- 3:00pm | Workshop Session 7 |
| Empire B | 7A - Federal Sector EEO Case Update: Part 2 |
| Strand 10 | 7B - Artificial Intelligence |
| Bolden 6 | 7C - Implementing a Centrally Funded RA Program: The Why, What, and How |
| Foster 2 | 7D - Hispanic Women in the Federal Sector |
| Bolden 5 | 7E - Sharpening My Understanding of Inclusive Workplace Policies |
| Strand 12 | 7F - Behaviors are the Bottom Line: A Guide to Building Civil, High-Performance Cultures |
| Strand 11 | 7G - Unconscious By Us |
| Strand 13 | 7H - Advancing Workplace Inclusion: Addressing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity |
| Bolden 2 | 7I - Advancing Disability Employment Through Effective Partnerships |
| Foster 1 | 7J - Netiquette: Do’s and Don’ts of Networking: Netiquette: Do’s and Don’ts of Networking |
| 3:00pm- 3:30pm | Mid-Afternoon Break |
| 3:30pm- 5:00pm | Workshop Session 8 |
| Foster 1 | 8A - Psst! You Also have External Civil Rights Responsiblities - External Civil Rights of EEO |
| Strand 12 | 8B - Adapting EEO in the Hybrid Workforce |
| Bolden 5 | 8C - How to Hold an Effective and Efficient Initial Conference in the Federal Sector |
| Strand 13 | 8D - The Aging America and the Workforce Effects |
| Bolden 1 | 8E - Open Sessions |
| Bolden 6 | 8F - Using Online Mediation: Maximizing Access to Justice and Dispute Resolution Efficiency |
| Foster 2 | 8G - Unleash Your Team's Potential |
| | 8H - Open Session |
| Strand 10 | 8I - Creating a Respectful Workplace Where Everyone Can Thrive |
| Strand J | 8J - Psychological Safety, Covering and Bringing your Authentic Self to Work |