Agenda
Tuesday, July 29
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
Michelle Korsmo
CEO
National Restaurant Association
Sara Nelson
International President
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO
The Honorable Chris Spear
President and CEO
American Trucking Associations
Randi Weingarten
President
AFT Education/Healthcare/Public Services
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. MT
A View from the Courts
The Honorable Bradley Garcia
Judge
The United States Court of Appeals
for the D.C. Circuit
The Honorable Eugene Scalia
Former Secretary of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
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. – 4:00 p.m. MT
Judy Conti
Director of Government Affairs
National Employment Law Project
The Honorable Seema Nanda
Former Solicitor of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor
The Honorable Keith Sonderling
Deputy Secretary of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor
Glenn Spencer
Senior Vice President, Employment Policy Division
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Roger King, moderator
Senior Labor and Employment Counsel
HR Policy Association
How to Stay Out of Court and Settle Workplace Labor Disputes – Arbitration and Other Procedures
4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. MT
Marjorie Mesidor
Managing Partner
Mesidor PLLC
Paul Wagner
Shareholder
Stokes Wagner
David Sherwyn, moderator
John and Melissa Ceriale Professor of Hospitality Human Resources & Professor of Law
Cornell University Nolan School of Hospital Administration/SC College of Business
Reception
Huntley Dining Room
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. MT
Wednesday, July 30
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 Kalpana Kotagal
Commissioner
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The Honorable Victoria Lipnic
Former Commissioner
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The Honorable Jenny Yang
Former Commissioner
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Partner, Outten & Golden LLP
The Honorable Andrea Lucas
Acting Chair
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Roger King, moderator
Senior Labor and Employment Counsel
HR Policy Association
Employee Voice, Collective Bargaining, and Union Organizing in the Workplace
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. MT
Tim Massa
Executive Vice President and Chief Associate Experience Officer
The Kroger Co.
Shela Khan Monroe
Vice President, Labor and Employment Relations
Company
Kris Rondeau
Director
AFSCME New England Organizing Project
Randi Weingarten
President
AFT Education/Healthcare/Public Services
Lori King, moderator
Founding Partner
Contemporary Healthcare Solutions, LLC
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. MT
Break
The Future of Worker/Employer Relations in the U.S.
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. MT
The Honorable John Ring
Former Chair and Member
National Labor Relations Board Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
David Rolf
Founder and President Emeritus
SEIU 775
Phillip Wilson
CEO
LRI Consulting Services, Inc.
Lori King, moderator
Founding Partner
Contemporary Healthcare Solutions, LLC
The Washington Political Environment - Elections and Labor and Employment Issues
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. MT
Evan Armstrong
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Judy Conti
Director of Government Affairs
National Employment Law Project
Mia Dell
Deputy Director of Advocacy
AFL-CIO
Matt Haller
President and CEO
International Franchise Association
Roger King, moderator
Senior Labor and Employment Counsel
HR Policy Association
Reception
Vista Deck
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. MT
Thursday, July 31
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. MT
Registration/Breakfast
Located in the Missouri Ballroom
International Labor and Employment Law Developments
8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. MT
Georg Leutert
Director, Automotive and Aerospace Industries
IndustriAll Global Union
Tom Mackall
Senior Counsel
United States Council for International Business
Jennifer (JJ) Rosenbaum
Executive Director
Global Labor Justice
Alan Wild
Global Employee Relations Adviser
HR Policy 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 Marvin Kaplan
Chairman
National Labor Relations Board
The Honorable David M. Prouty
Member
National Labor Relations Board
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. MT
Break
Top Ten Labor and Employment Developments and Judicial Decisions
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MT
Julie Gutman Dickinson
Partner
Bush Gottlieb
Samuel Estreicher
Professor & Director, Center for Labor and Employment Law
New York University Law School
Catherine Fisk
Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Professor of Law University of California, Berkeley
The Honorable Brian Hayes
Former Member
National Labor Relations Board Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins
Alex MacDonald
Co-Chair
Littler Workplace Policy Institute
David Sherwyn, moderator
John and Melissa Ceriale Professor of Hospitality Human Resources & Professor of Law
Cornell University Nolan School of Hospital Administration/SC College of Business
Photos From Past Conferences
Questions?
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