WON Agenda - October 2010

Meeting Location:
Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center
3800 Reservoir Road NW
Washington, DC 20057
October 26-27, 2010

Registration Link: https://www.orcnetworks.com/node/3226

October 26: Compliance Day

8:30 AM     Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM     Welcome and Introduction

9:15 AM     Legislative and Regulatory Update and Member Roundtable
Nita Beecher, Compliance Chair, Workforce Opportunity Network

Topics to be discussed include:
• Letter of Comment to OFCCP on Rehab Act ANPRM
• Proposed ANPRM on wage data collection
• FAAP update and discussion
• EO Survey proposal
• Veterans outreach
• ADAAA regulatory update

10:30 AM    Break

10:45 AM    Member Panel on Audit Activity

12:00 PM    Lunch

1:00 PM      Best Practices in Conducting Adverse Impact Analysis
David Cohen, DCI Consulting
David Cohen and the Center for Corporate Equality held a meeting of experts to identify best practices in conducting adverse impact analysis.  The report from the Technical Advisor Committee will be issued in September and David will give WON members an opportunity to discuss its findings with him.  The TAC included people from industry, lawyers, consultants and statisticians who are experts in the area of employment discrimination.

2:00 PM      Compliance Roundtable                                                    
Confidential Member Forum
Topics may be sent in advance to nita.beecher@mercer.com

3:15 PM       Break

3:30 PM       Thoughts from EEOC Commissioner Victoria Lipnic
EEOC Commissioner Vicki Lipnic will speak to the members about
what is happening at the EEOC and what she sees as the future direction of the EEOC
under the new EEOC Chair. Commissioner Lipnic is familiar to members as the last ESA head in the Department of Labor under the Bush Administration who shepherded revisions to the FLSA and FMLA as well as overseeing OFCCP.

4:45 PM       Adjourn

5:00 PM       Peter Robertson Award Ceremony 
The Honorable Jacqueline A. Berrien, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will present this year’s Peter Robertson Award for Equality and Diversity champions to the winner, Stephen Frost, Head of Diversity and Inclusion for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
We invite you to the celebration of champions in the field of equality and diversity
Hosted by the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies
H'ors d'oeuvres and cocktails will be served.
 

October 27:  Diversity Day

8:00 AM    Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM    Welcome and Introduction

Diversity Trends & Developments – Update
Liz MacGillivray, Diversity Chair, Workforce Opportunity Network
A review of new and noteworthy research and developments in diversity and inclusion strategy and   management.

Topics to be discussed include:
• Menendez Corporate Diversity Report
• Diversity and inclusion metrics
• Latest demographic data
• Responses to Dodd-Frank legislation
• Representation of women at senior levels
• LGBT developmentsOther diversity trends
• Other diversity trends

10:45 AM     Break         

11:00 AM     Diversity on a Deadline: Bringing Diversity and Inclusion to the 2012 Olympic Games
Stephen Frost, Head of Diversity and Inclusion for The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOGOC)
With less than 800 days until the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympic Games, Stephen Frost has a huge job overseeing the diversity and inclusion efforts of LOCOG.  He will share with members the approach they are taking on the enormous task to ensure diversity and inclusion in the workforce, in procurement and in service delivery.  Inculcating diversity within the world’s biggest event is incredibly complex and demanding, and Stephen will speak about how he is working to amass as much support as possible to reinforce and communicate the systems that ensure London’s legacy in staging the most diverse Games ever in 2012 and setting new standards for inclusion.

12:30 PM     Lunch

1:30 PM       Diversity Roundtable
A confidential forum in which members discuss issues of concern, share best practices and pose questions to peers.   Topics may be sent in advance to elizabeth.macgillivray@mercer.com

2:30 PM       Adjourn

Next Meeting: February 9-10, 2011 in Miami hosted by Visa