Unlocking Key Business Drivers:
Disability in the Workplace, Marketplace and Supply Chain
Strategies for Business Success

October 16-19 | Louisville, KY | Louisville Marriott Downtown

The USBLN® extends our warmest thanks to our fantastic 2011 conference attendees, speakers, partners and exhibitors. Please SAVE THE DATE October 1-4, 2012 to join us in sunny Orlando, Florida for our 15th Annual Conference & Expo. Stay tuned for more information!

We look forward to seeing you in Louisville, Kentucky on October 16-19, 2011 for the US Business Leadership Network’s 14th Annual Conference at the Louisville Marriott Downtown hotel. The 2011 USBLN® Annual Conference & Expo is the preeminent national business to business event that taps into the vast economic potential of people with disabilities. This conference brings corporate, government, disability-owned businesses and BLN affiliates together to create workplaces, marketplaces, and supply chains where people with disabilities are fully included as professionals, customers and entrepreneurs.		View Postcard - (DOC|PDF) Print Quality Flier - (DOC|PDF)

This year's event, building on the highly successful 2010 conference, will deliver enhanced networking opportunities, offer exciting interactive sessions, and feature respected thought-leaders and industry luminaries.
   

The 2011 USBLN® Annual Conference & Expo features:

	•	Attendance of 600 senior business executives, government and community leaders;
	•	Special events and enhanced networking opportunities available throughout the conference;
	•	Over 40 tiered educational sessions taught by industry leaders, experts from the USBLN® and the Job Accommodation Network (JAN);
	•	BLN Affiliate meetings and specialized pre- and post-conference sessions;
	•	Bring full inclusion to supply chains by integrating certified disability-owned businesses through the USBLN® Disability Supplier Diversity Program®;
	•	Entrepreneurs with a disability will learn how to enhance their access to business development opportunities through certification;
	•	Tools to expand internship and mentoring programs to include students with disabilities through the USBLN® TOWER™ Initiative;
	•	Opportunities to network with corporate Employee Resource Group representatives;
	•	2011 Annual Leadership Awards;
	•	and Much more!

2011 Educational Programming:

	•	Workplace: Hear other companies explain the success they have had in employing people with disabilities within their operations. These sessions will focus on how including people with disabilities and expanding diversity improves your bottom line. Your company can also gain by targeting all aspects of the disability workforce, including youth preparedness, disabled Veterans and additional talent sourcing. Understand the Return on Investment (ROI) for hiring, promoting and retaining employees with disabilities and discover solutions to common challenges including transportation and universal access. Learn how to help others in your organization understand this business imperative through the creation and development of disability-focused Employee Resource Groups and much more.
	•	Marketplace: Learn key trends, strategies and dynamic practices on how to effectively market to consumers with disabilities, while also making marketing more accessible and tapping into a loyal consumer base. Find out about improvements to product development that supports enhanced customer experiences for the disability community and how to tap into a customer base with $220 billion in spendable, discretionary income.
	•	Supply Chain: Enhance your corporation’s diversity and inclusion efforts by including businesses owned by entrepreneurs with disabilities in your supplier diversity program. Learn the business case and strategy for the inclusion of certified disability-owned businesses, and begin building relationships with certified businesses in attendance. Discover how certification can benefit your disability-owned business. Network with other entrepreneurs with disabilities.
	•	JAN’s Accommodation Solutions for Business: Discover cutting-edge job accommodation solutions from senior JAN Consultants. The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) session within the Workplace track is designed to significantly increase participants’ knowledge base and skills regarding reasonable accommodation solutions.

What does Louisville have to offer?

Easy to get there: Our conference hotel is located less than 10 minutes from the Louisville International Airport offering over 105 flights per day with the largest carrier being Southwest Airlines and is within a day's drive of 2/3rd's of the US Population.

Affordable: You'll quickly find out that Louisville is an easy-on-the-pocket type of city-ranked the third most affordable convention destination in the nation. Full conference registration is only $549 per person. We also offer a Single Day Rate and a Multiple Attendee Discount.

The Possibility City: Louisville is original, eclectic, dynamic and energetic. Home to the famous Kentucky Derby, within its boundaries you'll find sports, history, nature, art, music, amazing food and more!

Entertainment district: A vibrant, open-air entertainment district located one block from our conference hotel, 4th Street Live serves as the anchor of a six block entertainment district including over 15 different restaurants and bars, 5 music venues, nightclubs, day spa and upscale retail.

Who Should Attend?

	•	Diversity & Inclusion Representatives
	•	EEO Officers
	•	Affirmative Action Coordinators
	•	Employee-Resource Group (ERG) Leaders & Members
	•	HR Professionals
	•	Hiring Managers & Corporate Decision Makers
	•	Supplier Diversity Professionals
	•	Procurement Professionals
	•	Marketing Representatives interested in reaching the disability market
	•	Universal Design & Technology Professionals
	•	Disability Owned Business Representatives
	•	BLN Affiliate Members
	•	Youth with Disabilities and Those Who Serve Them

2010 USBLN® Annual Conference & Expo photos:

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For the 2010 USBLN® Annual Conference & Expo information and highlights, please visit:

• www.usblnannualconference.org/2010_conference/