PROPOSED Disability Law Conference Agenda
Agenda for the 4th Annual Disability Law Conference
“Protecting the Rights of People Who Are Blind
or Visually-Impaired”
Friday, June 22, 2007
NJ Law Center, One Constitution Square
(off of Ryders Lane from Route 1)
New Brunswick, New Jersey
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Welcoming Remarks:
· Bear Atwood, Esq., Special Assistant to the Director, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (NJDCR), Conference Facilitator
· Faith Lundgren, Director, NJ Library for the Blind and Handicapped
· Vito DeSantis, Director, New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CBVI)
· Frank Vespa-Papaleo, Director, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (NJDCR)
8:45 AM – 10:00 AM Knowing Your Legal Rights: Legal Training
· Corrado Gigante, Director, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Newark Office
· Bear Atwood, Esq., Special Assistant, NJ Division on Civil Rights
· Ray Korman, The Seeing Eye
10:00 AM – 10:15AM Break
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Keynote Address
· The Honorable Christine M. Griffin, Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
10:45 AM– 12:00 PM Question and Answer Panel
Moderator:
· Bear Atwood, Esq.
Panelists
· Hon. Christine Griffin, US EEOC
· Frank Vespa-Papaleo, NJ DCR
· Corrado Gigante, US EEOC
· Vito DeSantis, CBVI
· Ray Korman, The Seeing Eye,
· Faith Lundgren, NJ Library for the Blind and Handicapped
· Lauren Casey, President, NJ Council for the Blind
· NJ Association of County Disability Services
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM Demonstration Room
Conference Co-Sponsors:
NJ State Bar Foundation
NJ Division on Civil Rights
NJ Commission on Civil Rights
NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
NJ Department of the Public Advocate
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development
NJ Division of Disability Services
NJ Association of County Disability Services
NJ Affirmative Action Officers’ Council
NJ Association of Realtors
NJ Library for the Blind and Handicapped