Registration Now Available!
Summit Space Limited to 200 Attendees
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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The Pointe Conference Center (Inside the Pyramid): California State Univeristy-Long Beach
7:30am -5pm |
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1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach
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Registration
$99 PIHRA Members
$125 Non-Members
Includes:
*6 hours of Workshops
*Approved for 6.25 (General)
recertification credit hours toward
PHR, SPHR and GPHR
*Community Kaleidoscope Resource Fair
*Diversity Tool Kit- CD
*Breakfast and Lunch
*Networking with Local Business Leaders
*One year subscription to
DiversityInc. Magazine
For questions, please email mariah.bieber@jobing.com
Meet the 2008 Summit Planning Team
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Featuring California Companies and Their Diversity Strategies
PIHRA District's 14, 7, and 8 invite you to the Second Annual Diversity and Cross-Cultural Leadership Summit. The Summit is designed to foster a dialogue in the Southern California business community on diversity and cross-cultural leadership issues. The Summit will provide practical and applicable resources, tools, and information to Business Leaders and HR Professionals. Summit workshops and panels focus on both diversity and cross-cultural education. The Summit is designed to move beyond the discussion of diversity onto practical strategies designed to create an inclusive workplace and business strategies that reflect and respect Southern California's multicultural environment.
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Schedule
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| 7:30 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 |
Opening Session
Horton Hears a Who! A metaphor for Diversity and Cross-cultural Leadership
Jennifer Cummings-Martin, Disney ABC Television Group
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| 9:30 |
Workshop Session I
Track I
Eliminating Biases You Never Knew You Had
James McDonald, Jr., J.D, Fisher & Phillips LLP
Track II
Understanding and Engaging a New Generation of Workers:
Meet Generation Y
Lindsay Hagen, The Irvine Company |
| 10:45 |
Workshop Session II
Track I
Engaging the White Male as a Diversity Partner
Kymberly Garrett, Oakwood International
Track II
Advancing Critical Thought of Sexual Orientation and the Workplace
Naomi Goldberg & Christopher Ramos, The Williams Institute
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Workshop Session III
Track I
Leading Effective Virtual and Multicultural US Teams
Dr. Sangeeta Gupta, Gupta Consulting Group
Track II
Talent Rules! The ROI of Disability Inclusion
Katherine McCary, SunTrust Banks Inc.**, National Council on Disability,
US Business Leadership Network
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| 2:30 |
Workshop Session IV
Track I
Marketing in Today’s Multicultural Economy
Kelley Semmelroth, Bank of America**
Track II
Creating a Diversity Council:
Empowering Your Employees to Create an Inclusive Workplace
Ed Robinson, Southern California Edison
Meisha Sherman, Raytheon
Sharon Smith, Cox Communications**
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3:45
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Workshop Closing Session V
Track I
Diversity Success Stories
Terri Moore, Time Warner Cable
Dr. Beverly Biggs, California Department of Justice
Susan Drange-Lee, UCLA Diversity & Development
Track II
Ernst & Young**: Creating an Inclusive Environment
Delicia Delgardo
Carlos Gutierrez
Paul Kotz
Roger Yang
 **A DiversityInc Magazine Top 50 Company
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