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Conference: August 9 – 12, 2010
Exhibit Hall: August 9 – 11, 2010
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Cutting-edge content and quality training … that’s what the Federal Dispute Resolution™ Conference is known for. For a quarter century, it’s been the must-attend event for federal civil service law professionals and practitioners to gain expert insights into hot-button issues and emerging trends — plus training in the critical skills needed to meet all the new resulting challenges.
This year's event offers 3 Plenary Sessions, a Plenary Luncheon with an inspirational keynote, and a balanced mix of sessions broken down into 5 Program Tracks — Alternative Dispute Resolution, Attorney/Legal, Equal Employment Opportunity, HR/LR/ER, and Management.
In addition to the dynamic plenary and breakout sessions, FDR Conference attendees receive admittance to the conference's Welcome Reception, continental breakfasts, refreshment breaks, and exhibit hall events.
Want even more? Full- and half-day, in-depth Pre-Conference Workshops can be added at minimal cost for maximum conference experience!
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OPENING PLENARY
Web 2.0: Creating a Better Government
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Steve Ressler, Founder and President, GovLoop
Tuesday, August 10 • 8 - 9:30 a.m.
Steve Ressler, former Department of Homeland Security IT Manager, founded GovLoop — "The Facebook for Feds" — and grew it into a website with more than 25,000 users. Benefit from his experience as he discusses how the applications that make up Web 2.0 can change the way government works — and most importantly help you do your job more effectively.
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PLENARY SESSION
A Conversation With Agency Leaders
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George H. Cohen, Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service
Christine Griffin, Deputy Director, Office of Personnel Management
Carlton Hadden, Director of Federal Operations, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman, Merit Systems Protection Board
Carol Waller Pope, Chairman, Federal Labor Relations Authority
William E. Reukauf, Associate Special Counsel, Office of Special
Counsel
Moderator: William L. Bransford, Partner, Shaw, Bransford &
Roth, P.C.
Wednesday, August 11 • 8 - 9:30 a.m.
This popular session returns with some new faces and a new, more interactive question-and-answer format. Listen to dispute resolution agency leaders as they answer direct questions on labor-management forums, personnel reform and other issues. Find out what's on their agenda and how it will impact you and your agency.
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PLENARY LUNCHEON
The New Meaning of Perseverance
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Bonnie St. John, Author, Speaker, Executive Coach, TV Personality
Wednesday, August 11 • 11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
If a one-legged, African-American girl from San Diego with no money and no snow can go to the Olympics as a ski racer …
Falling down and getting up is nothing new for Bonnie St. John, the first African-American to win ski racing medals at the Paralympics. The author/TV personality will discuss how she suffered through several difficulties — abuse, divorce, disability and struggles related to gender and race — to graduate with honors from Harvard, secure a Rhodes scholarship and work as an economic official in the Clinton White House. St. John's message is one of hope. But she also provides practical tips, step-by-step instructions and the latest in social research to give you the road map for facing the adversity, challenges and change inherent in today's federal workplace.
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CLOSING PLENARY
Focus on Diversity: EEOC and OPM Working Together
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Christine Griffin, Deputy Director, Office of Personnel Management
Representative from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Moderator: Veronica Villalobos, Director, Office of Equal Opportunity,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Thursday, August 12 • 8 - 9 a.m.
This high-powered session will discuss the new cooperation, collaboration and coordination that has developed between OPM and EEOC. The speakers will discuss the new federal-sector diversity policy and efforts by both agencies to share EEO data; develop and maintain practices to eliminate discrimination from the federal workplace; and provide a clearer, more workable EEO and diversity program for the federal government.
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