Agenda
Tuesday, August 4
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. MT
Pre-Conference Roundtable Registration
Located outside of the Missouri Ballroom
Check-in located outside of the Missouri Ballroom
9:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. MT
Pre-Conference Luncheon and Registration
Located in the Missouri Ballroom
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. MT
12:00 p.m. – 12:10 p.m. MT
Welcome and Conference Overview
Lori King Founding Partner
Contemporary Healthcare Solutions, LLC
Roger King Senior Labor and Employment Counsel
HR Policy Association
The State of Labor Relations in the Country
12:10 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. MT
The Honorable Tim Walberg
Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives (MI)
Chair, House Education and Workforce Committee
The Honorable Jenny Yang
Former Commissioner
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Partner, Outten & Golden LLP
The Honorable Chris Spear
President and CEO
American Trucking Associations
Andrew Stern
President Emeritus
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. MT
A View from the Courts
The Honorable Chad Readler
Judge
The United States Court of Appeals
for the Sixth Circuit
The Honorable Jeffrey Sutton
Chief Judge
The United States Court of Appeals
for the Sixth Circuit
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. MT
Break
What’s Happening at the U.S. Department of Labor?
2:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. MT
Part I
The Honorable Jonathan Berry
Solicitor
U.S. Department of Labor
The Honorable David Keeling
Assistant Secretary of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Elisabeth Messenger
Director
Office of Labor-Management Standards
The Honorable Andrew Rogers
Administrator
Wage and Hour Division
The Honorable Keith Sonderling
Deputy Secretary and Acting Secretary of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor
Part II
Judy Conti
CEO
Conti Strategies LLC
The Honorable M. Patricia Smith
Former Senior Counsel and Former Acting Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor
Jim Paretti, Jr.
Shareholder
Littler Workplace Policy Institute
Glenn Spencer
Senior Vice President, Employment Policy Division
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
David Fortney, moderator
Co-Founder
Fortney & Scott, LLC
Reception
The Huntley Dining Room (Located in the Huntley Lodge)
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. MT
Wednesday, August 5
Registration/Breakfast
Located in the Missouri Ballroom
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. MT
Developments and Report From the EEOC
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. MT
The Honorable Victoria Lipnic
Former Commissioner
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The Honorable David Lopez
Former General Counsel
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Invitation Pending
The Honorable Jenny Yang
Former Commissioner
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Partner, Outten & Golden LLP
Rae Vann, moderator
Vice President & Head of Employment Law
GEICO
Current Workplace Climate and Evolving Worker Expectations
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. MT
Andrew Stern
President Emeritus
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Susan King
Former Executive Director
Oregon Nurses Association
Chairperson, Oregon Health and Sciences University Board of Directors
Tim Massa
Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
The Kroger Co.
Dr. Alonzo Plough
Chief Science Officer & Vice President
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Phillip Wilson
CEO
LRI Consulting Services, Inc.
Lori King, moderator
Founding Partner
Contemporary Healthcare Solutions, LLC
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. MT
Break
State-Level Labor Policy Developments and Innovation for Worker Rights
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. MT
The Honorable Wilma Liebman
Former Chair
National Labor Relations Board
Alex MacDonald
Co-Chair
Littler Workplace Policy Institute
David Rolf
Founder and President Emeritus
SEIU 775
Co-Founder, Center for State Labor Innovation
F. Vincent Vernuccio
President
Institute for the American Worker
Lori King, moderator
Founding Partner
Contemporary Healthcare Solutions, LLC
The Washington Political Environment - Elections and Labor and Employment Issues
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. MT
Mia Dell
Deputy Director of Advocacy
AFL-CIO
Matt Haller
President and CEO
International Franchise Association
Rachel Lyons
Legislative Director
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
Johnny Taylor, Jr.
President and CEO
SHRM-SCP
Roger King, moderator
Senior Labor and Employment Counsel
HR Policy Association
1:00 p.m. MT
Boxed Lunch Available
Located Outside of the Missouri Ballroom
Reception
Vista Deck
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. MT
Thursday, August 6
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. MT
Registration/Breakfast
Located Outside of the Missouri Ballroom
International Labor and Employment Law Developments
8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. MT
James Brudney
Joseph Crowley Chair, Labor and Employment Law
Fordham School of Law
Carolyn Fisher
Lead Instructor, Labor and Employee Relations Programs
CHRO Association
Ruwan Subasinghe
Legal Director
International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)
Alan Wild
Global Employee Relations Adviser
CHRO Association
The Honorable Wilma B. Liebman, moderator
Former Chair
National Labor Relations Board
A View from the Board
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. MT
The Honorable Scott Mayer
Member National Labor Relations Board
The Honorable James Murphy
Chairman
National Labor Relations Board
The Honorable David M. Prouty
Member
National Labor Relations Board
Roxanne Rothschild
Executive Secretary
National Labor Relations Board
Worker Classification Issues and the Evolving “Platform Environment” and Other “Gigs”
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. MT
Andrew Greenblatt
Co-Founder
Center for State Labor Innovation
Liya Palagashvili
Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Labor Policy Project
Mercatus Center
Christopher Parlo
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Kristin Sharp
CEO
Flex Association
David Sherwyn, moderator
John and Melissa Ceriale Professor of Hospitality Human Resources & Professor of Law Cornell University Nolan School of Hotel Administration/SC College of Business
Photos From Past Conferences
Questions?
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