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Spring 2010 Town Hall Meeting - Schedule

7:30 a.m.
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8:15 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Atrium
8:15 a.m.
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8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Announcements

Stephen W. T. O'Keeffe
Executive Director
Telework Exchange
Atrium Hall
8:30 a.m.
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9:15 a.m.

Opening Keynote
Atrium Hall

Reducing Unemployment for People with Disabilities

Kareem Dale Kareem Dale
Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy
The White House

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9:15 a.m.
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9:45 a.m.
Networking Break
Atrium
9:45 a.m.
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11:00 a.m.
Track 1:
Remote Workforce Technology

Atrium Ballroom A
Track 2:
Managing Telework

Atrium Ballroom B
Session 1-1:
Technology Matters Part 1 – Making the Most of Existing Technology
Session 1-1 Podcast | 1:15:42 | 173M
Objectives
  • An update on current technology for the remote workforce
  • Best practices to incorporate appropriate technology into existing infrastructures
  • Proven ways to administer technology and security training for the remote employee
  • Recommendations on how to maintain and evaluate upgrades to existing telework programs and supporting architectures
Session 2-1:
Managing Today's Workforce
Session 2-1 Podcast | 1:18:43 | 180M


Objectives
  • Practical approaches to successfully manage employees, regardless of work location
  • How to combat management resistance to emerging workforce trends, including telework
  • How to develop valuable performance metrics to assess employee productivity and organizational results
  • Step-by-step analysis to evaluate ROI for a telework program
  • Managing required equipment and related reimbursement strategies

Panelists:

Pamela Budda [Moderator]
Policy Program Manager, Work/Life Programs
Civilian Personnel Management Service
Department of Defense

Bill Blum
Director, Federal Civilian Sales
Citrix Systems, Inc.
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Jeff Porter
Director, Platform Technology Division
Fairfax County, Virginia
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LTC Ronald Robertson
Deputy Chief, DISA Information Systems Center
Defense Information Systems Agency
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Rod Turk
Director for Organizational Policy and Governance
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Patent and Trademark Office
Department of Commerce
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Panelists:

Patricia Niehaus [Moderator]
President
Federal Managers Association
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Dinah F. B. Cohen
Director
Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program
Department of Defense
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Justin Johnson
Deputy Chief of Staff
Office of Personnel Management

Arleas Upton Kea
Director, Division of Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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11:00 a.m.
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11:30 a.m.
Networking Break
Atrium
11:30 a.m.
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12:45 p.m.
Track 1:
Remote Workforce Technology

Atrium Ballroom A
Track 2:
Managing Telework

Atrium Ballroom B
Session 1-2:
Technology Matters Part 2 – Integrating New Technology
Session 1-2 Podcast | 1:19:22 | 181M

Objectives
  • Game-changing technology that works for teleworkers
  • Planning today for tomorrow's next-generation technology
  • What cloud computing means for providing secure remote access to agency personnel
  • Straight talk about collaboration tools for your organization
  • Updated and essential security best practices for managers and teleworkers
Session 2-2:
Effective Strategies for Labor Relations
Session 2-2 Podcast | 1:22:16 | 188M

Objectives
  • How agencies are addressing telework with labor stakeholders
  • The role of organized labor in the development of practical telework policies
  • Executive perspectives on productive agency/labor collaboration
  • Case examples of strong agency and labor working relationships and how they have implemented alternative work arrangements

Panelists:

Steve Koenig [Moderator]
Director, Industry Analysis
Consumer Electronics Association

Darren Ash
Deputy Executive Director for Corporate Management and Chief Information Officer
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Wayne Leiss
Chief Information Officer
Office of Thrift Supervision
Department of the Treasury

Daud Yamin
Systems Engineering Manager, Collaboration
Cisco Systems

Panelists:

Kathy Kadilak [Moderator]
President
Strategic WorkLife Solutions, LLC

Jeri Buchholz
Associate Director for Human Resource Policy and Operations Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Supplemental Material

Tim Hannapel
National Counsel
National Treasury Employees Union, D.C. Field Office
Supplemental Material

Bev Sherman
Vice President

American Federation of Government Employees Local 3403
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12:45 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

Luncheon and Keynote
Atrium Hall

Reducing Government's Carbon Footprint

Bob Perciasepe Bob Perciasepe
Deputy Administrator
Environmental Protection Agency

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2:00 p.m.
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2:15 p.m.
Networking Break
Atrium
2:15 p.m.
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3:30 p.m.
Joint Session 3: Making the Connection – Business Continuity Lessons from Management and IT Perspectives
Atrium Ballroom A and B
Joint Session 3 Podcast | 1:23:08 | 190M

Objectives
  • Lessons learned from recent business continuity exercises, including H1N1 preparedness and “Snowmageddon”
  • Effective ways to communicate with IT and management for a successful planning and implementation
  • The role of technology as a business continuity enabler – and how to evaluate the resiliency of current architecture
  • Next steps to ensure agencies are prepared for future eventualities – from pandemics and inclement weather to manmade disruptions

Panelists:

Jennifer Thomas Alcott [Moderator]
Telework!VA Program Manager

Department of Rail and Public Transportation, Commonwealth of Virginia

Donald Bathurst
Chief Administrative Officer
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Len Blasiol
Director, Marine Air-Ground Task Force Integration Division, MCCDC
U.S. Marine Corps
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Aaron Glover
Special Assistant to the Director of Manpower, Personnel, and Security
Defense Information Systems Agency
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Captain James Oakes
Director, N1 Business Transformation Office (N1B3)
U.S. Navy
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3:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
Atrium Ballroom A and B

*Program subject to change