USBLN 16Thannual Conference & Expo Lights, Camera, Access: Spotlight on Disability Inclusive

2013SummaryConference Agenda

USBLN® 16thAnnual Conference & Expo
Lights, Camera, Access: Spotlight on Disability Inclusive Diversity

September 30-October 3, 2013

Los Angeles Airport Marriott

The 2013 USBLN®16thAnnual Conference & Expo is pleased to presentthree (3) separate educational tracks: Workplace, Marketplace and Supply Chain. These tracks will best accommodate the varied professional and educational needs of our attendees. Feel free to mix and match. You do not need to select your choice of seminar in advance.

Monday, September 30, 2013: USBLN® Pre-conference Meetings

Start / End / Description / Room
7:30 AM
/ 6:00 PM / Registration Open / Satellite Registration
8:00 AM / 2:45 PM / USBLN® AffiliatesSummit- by Request / Imperial Ballroom
Suites AB
8:30 AM / 12:00 PM / USBLN® Student Advisory Council Meeting - by Invitation
Hosted by WellPoint - Ruby Partner / Denver
9:30 AM / 11:45 AM / ODEP Circle Meeting - by Invitation / Chicago
10:00 AM / 2:00 PM / USBLN®Disability Supplier Diversity Program® (DSDP) National Certification Committee Private Meeting - by Invitation / Private
12:00 PM / 1:00 PM / USBLN®Affiliate/Corporate Advisory Board Networking Luncheon – by Request /
Atlanta
12:00 PM / 3:00 PM / EY Steering Committee Meeting & Luncheon - Private /
St. Louis Room
12:00 PM / 4:00 PM / Future Leaders Luncheon & Networking - by Invitation
Hosted by PricewaterhouseCoopers – Ruby Partner /
Boston
1:30 PM / 2:45 PM / USBLN® Corporate Advisory Board Meeting - by Invitation / Chicago
1:30 PM / 2:45 PM / Disability Equality IndexSM Advisory Committee Meeting - by Invitation / Scottsdale
2:45 PM / 3:00 PM / Break
3:00 PM / 5:00 PM / USBLN® Board of Directors Meeting - by Invitation / Chicago
6:00 PM
/
8:30 PM / Evening Event: Veterans Community Service Project & Opening Reception
Hosted by Lowe’s - Ruby Partner /
Imperial Ballroom Suites C, D, E, & F

Tuesday, October 1, 2013: Opening Day

Start / End / Description / Room
7:30 AM
/ 5:00 PM / Registration Open / Satellite
Registration
8:00 AM /
5:00 PM
/ Speaker & Press Room / New Orleans
8:30 AM / 10:00 AM / Opening General Plenary Session - Breakfast served
Welcome and Conference Kick-off
Hosted by Walgreens – Emerald Partner
*PRIZE DRAWING: One (1) Deborah Ross Art Basket fromDeborah Ross Art; and
Twenty-five (25) Southwest Airlines $100 Gift Certificates from Southwest Airlines. Entry: Ticketfrom Monday Veterans Community Service Project Opening Reception. Must be present to win. / Marquis Ballroom
10:00 AM / 10:15 AM / Break / Marquis Ballroom Foyer
10:15 AM / 11:30 AM / Breakout Session: Workplace/Marketplace
Health Care Industry Roundtable – by Invitation
Hosted by: IBM – Ruby Partner / Denver
10:15 AM / 11:30 AM / Breakout Session: Workplace
An Employer's Perspective: Developing Relationships with Service Providers
/ Imperial Ballroom Suites A&B
10:15 AM / 11:30 AM / Breakout Session: Marketplace
Innovation for Disability is Innovation for the World / Meridian I
Lobby Level
10:15 AM / 11:30 AM / Breakout Session: Supply Chain - Corporate and Government Representatives, DOBE®s, BLNs, Disability and Other Diverse Suppliers
Multiple Certification Identities Open Doors for Business Opportunity / Dallas
10:15 AM / 11:30 AM / Breakout Session: Workplace/Marketplace
Compliance? National Partnerships and Effective Strategies for Competitiveness / Boston
11:30 AM / 11:45 AM / Break / Marquis Ballroom Foyer
11:45 AM / 1:15 PM / General Plenary Session - Lunch served
Partnership Programs that Empower Youth and Students with Disabilities
*PRIZE DRAWING: One (1) Two-Night Weekend Stay with Breakfast at the Marriott Boston Copley Place Hotel from Marriott. Entry: Ticketfrom Monday Veterans Community Service Project Opening Reception. Must be present to win.
/ Marquis Ballroom
1:15 PM / 1:30 PM / Break / Marquis
Ballroom Foyer
1:30 PM / 2:45 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace
USBLN® Section 503 Self-Evaluation Tool / Meridian II Lobby Level
1:30 PM / 2:45 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace/Marketplace
The New Disability Equality IndexSM
Hosted by Merck & Co., Inc. - Ruby Partner / Chicago
1:30 PM / 2:45 PM / Breakout Session: SupplyChain - Buyers, Category Managers, Supplier Diversity Professionals and BLN Leaders
Access: Best Practices and Strategies of Buyers/Supplier Diversity Professionals / Denver
1:30 PM / 2:45 PM / Breakout Session: Networking
Networking and Business Card Exchange
Hosted by Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) - Ruby Partner
/ Dallas
1:30 PM / 2:45 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace
Sprint Accessibility- Employee Engagement in Support of Accessibility Strategies / Meridian I
Lobby Level
1:30 PM / 2:45 PM / Breakout Session: Supply Chain - Corporate and Government Representatives, DOBE®s, BLNs, Disability and other Diverse Suppliers
The Dodd-Frank Act, HERA and Federal Contracting - New Strategies for Supply Chain Inclusion and Disability-Owned Businesses /
Boston
2:45 PM / 3:15 PM / Afternoon Break / Marquis Ballroom Foyer
3:15 PM / 4:30 PM / Breakout Sessions
3:15 PM / 4:30 PM / Breakout Session: Supply Chain
Secrets to a Winning First Impression with Pharma / Imperial Ballroom
Suites AB
3:15 PM / 4:30 PM / Breakout Session: Supply Chain
How Does your Supplier Diversity Program Stack Up?
DiversityInc 2013 Top 10 Corporations for Diversity / Denver
3:15 PM / 4:30 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace
Cultivating in California: Bridges - Orchard Supply Grow Business Results / Dallas
3:15 PM / 4:30 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace
Now You See It, Now You Don’t and What to Do About It / Chicago
3:15 PM / 4:30 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace/ Marketplace
Industry Sectors Roundtable- by Invitation
Hosted by Nordstrom - Ruby Partner / Boston
4:45 PM / 6:00 PM / USBLN® Disability Supplier Diversity Program® (DSDP) Private Reception- by Invitation
Hosted by EY - Ruby Partner / Atlanta
6:00 PM / 8:00 PM / Expo Opening Event: Welcome Reception & Mixer
Hosted by McKesson Corporation - Sapphire Partner / Imperial Ballroom Suites C, D, E, & F

Wednesday, October 2, 2013:

Start / End / Description / Room
7:30 AM / 5:00 PM / Registration Open / Satellite Registration
8:00 AM / 5:00 PM / Speaker & Press Room / New Orleans
\
7:30 AM
11:15 AM
2:00 PM
3:30 PM / 10:00 AM
12:45 PM
2:15 PM
3:45 PM / Expo Open / Imperial Ballroom Suites C, D, E, & F
8:30 AM /
9:45 AM /
Business Exchange Matchmaker Meeting Check-in for pre-registered DOBE®s and DSDP Founding Partners and Corporate Members / Exhibit Hall Foyer
8:30 AM / 9:45 AM / Expo Open– Continental breakfast served
Power of Partnerships Expo Breakfast
Hosted by GlaxoSmithKline - Sapphire Partner / Imperial Ballroom Suites C, D, E, & F
9:45 AM / 10:00 AM / Break / Imperial Ballroom Suites C, D, E, & F
10:00 AM / 11:15 AM / General Plenary Session
Allies: Creating an Environment for Self-Identification
Hosted by Northrop Grumman – Sapphire Partner
*PRIZE DRAWING: One (1) OfficeMax Desk Set fromOfficeMax; One (1) Toy Collection from Mattel;and Twenty-five (25) Southwest Airlines $100 Gift Certificates from Southwest Airlines. Entry: Signed Tuesday Session Evaluation forms. Must be present to win. / Marquis Ballroom
11:15 AM / 12:45 PM / Attendee Networking Lunch – Boxed or light lunch served
Hosted by UPS – Ruby Partner
/ Marquis Ballroom
11:15 AM / 12:45 PM / USBLN®Disability Supplier Diversity Program® (DSDP) Founding Partners & Corporate
Members Private Meeting and Lunch – by Invitation / New York
11:15 AM / 12:45 PM /
Policy Luncheon – by Invitation / Atlanta
11:15 AM / 12:45 PM / MEAF Luncheon – by Invitation
/
Miami
11:15 AM
/ 12:45 PM /
EY Executive Roundtable Luncheon– by Invitation / Houston
12:45 PM / 2:00 PM / Breakout Sessions
12:45 PM / 2:00 PM / Breakout Session: Supply Chain– Corporate and Government Representatives, DOBE®s, BLNs, Disability and Other Diverse Suppliers
Going Beyond the Registration Portal / Denver
12:45 PM / 2:00 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace
Recruiting, Hiring, Retaining, and Advancing Veterans with Invisible Wounds: TBI, PTSD, Depression, Gulf War Syndrome and Related Illnesses, and Homelessness / Dallas
12:45 PM / 2:00 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace
Innovative Strategies Designed to Enhance Your Disability Initiatives / Philadelphia
12:45 PM / 2:00 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace
Box Office Hits: Successful Mental Health Accommodation / Chicago
12:45 PM / 2:00 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace
EY Workforce Services - Helping you Build and Benefit from a Diverse and Qualified Workforce / Boston
1:00 PM / 2:00 PM / Marriott Small Focus Group Private Meeting– by Invitation / Saddlebrook
2:00 PM / 4:00 PM / Disability Supplier Diversity Program® (DSDP) Business Exchange Matchmaker Meetings – by Invitation / Meridian
2:00 PM / 2:15 PM / Afternoon Break / Imperial Ballroom Suites C, D, E, & F
2:15 PM / 3:30 PM / Breakout Sessions
2:15 PM / 3:30 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace
Going Beyond the Traditional Hire: How One Company Leveraged a Local Partnership and is Replicating its Successful Hiring Program Nationwide / Imperial Ballroom Suites A&B
2:15 PM / 3:30 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace
Improving Recruiting Outreach to College Graduates with Disabilities / Denver
2:15 PM / 3:30 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace
New Faces of Diversity: Veterans and Aging Workers
/
Dallas
2:15 PM / 3:30 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace
Creating a Truly Inclusive Diversity Strategy that Includes People with Disabilities / Boston
2:15 PM / 3:30 PM / Breakout Session: Workplace
Interactive Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) Best Practices Forum / Chicago
3:30 PM / 3:45 PM / Break / Imperial Ballroom Suites C, D, E, & F
3:45 PM / 5:00 PM / General Plenary Session
Digital Accessibility in the 21st Century Workplace: the Imperative
Hosted By Deque Systems, Inc. - Emerald Partner
*PRIZE DRAWING: One (1) OfficeMax Laptop Overnighter from OfficeMax; One (1) The TJX Companies, Inc. Gift Set fromThe TJX Companies, Inc.; One (1) Gift Basket from Starbucks; and Round-trip airfare for Two (2) on Southwest Airlines from Southwest Airlines. Entry: Signed Tuesday Session Evaluation forms. Must be present to win. / Marquis Ballroom
4:00 PM / 5:00 PM / Entrepreneurial Idol Competition – Session is open to all attendees
Perfecting the Elevator Speech / Scottsdale
6:00 PM / 7:15 PM / Pre-Awards Dinner Reception
Hosted by Marriott - Sapphire Partner / Century Pavilion
7:30 PM / 9:30 PM / USBLN® Annual Leadership Awards Dinner: Black Tie Optional Event
Hosted by AMC Entertainment, Inc. – Diamond Presenting Partner
*PRIZE DRAWING: One (1) AMC Special Gold Movie Passes for Two includes unlimited movies for you and a guest at theater of your choice for one (1) year fromAMC Entertainment Inc. Entry: Signed Wednesday and Thursday Session Evaluation forms. Must be present to win. / Marquis Ballroom

Thursday, October 3, 2013:

Start / End / Description / Room
7:30 AM / 11:00 AM / Registration Open / Satellite
Registration
8:00 AM / 11:00 AM / Speaker & Press Room
/ New Orleans
8:15 AM / 9:30 AM / Breakout Sessions
8:15 AM / 9:30 AM / Breakout Session: Workplace
World Café Session on Self Identification
Hosted by Mattel, Inc. – Ruby Partner / Imperial Ballroom Suites A&B
8:15 AM / 9:30 AM / Breakout Session: Marketplace
Dollars and Sense of Universal Design / Denver
8:15 AM / 9:30 AM / Breakout Session: Supply Chain
Capacity Building – Teaming, Alliance and Partnering – Getting to Those Larger Contracts / Dallas
8:15 AM / 9:30 AM / Breakout Session: Workplace
Scents and Sensibility: Accommodating Employees with Fragrance/Chemical Sensitivities / Boston
9:30 AM / 9:45 AM / Break / Marquis
Ballroom Foyer
9:45 AM / 11:15 AM / Closing Plenary Brunch
Creating Marketplace Opportunities Through Entrepreneurship
Special Feature: Revealing the Entrepreneurial Idol of 2013
Entrepreneurial Idol Competition Hosted by: Southwest Airlines –Sapphire Partner
*PRIZE DRAWING: One (1) AMC Special Gold Movie Passes for Two includes unlimited movies for you and a guest at theater of your choice for one (1) year fromAMC Entertainment Inc. Entry: Signed Wednesday and Thursday Session Evaluation forms. Must be present to win.
*GRAND PRIZE DRAWING: One (1) Round-trip airfare for Two (2) on Southwest Airlines from Southwest Airlinesplus one (1) Two-night weekend stay for two with breakfast at the Scottsdale Marriott at McDowell Mountains fromMarriott. Entry: Signed and completely stamped Exhibit Hall Maps. Must be present to win. / Marquis
Ballroom
11:30 AM / 12:30 PM / Conference Planning Committee Debrief Meeting – by Invitation / Chicago

(*) denotes USBLN® Board Members

DOBE® denotes a firm that has been through the USBLN® certification process and has received USBLN® certification as a Disability-Owned Business Enterprise