Session Descriptions & Speakers
Our educational session descriptions and speakers will be posted as they become available, please check back. This year's conference will feature over 30 dynamic plenary, panel, forum, breakout and networking sessions.

Our preliminary schedule is now available: (DOC|PDF)
Please note that this schedule is subject to change without notice.

2012 Preliminary Conference Schedule At-a-Glance:

Please note that the following schedule is subject to change without notice.

2012 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 and More: Learn how disability-owned businesses can enhance supplier diversity programs and diversity and inclusion efforts in public and private sectors. There is a strong business case for utilizing businesses owned, managed and controlled by entrepreneurs with disabilities, including firms owned by service-disabled veterans. The USBLN®'s Disability Supplier Diversity Program® (DSDP) will present a suite of workshops, taught by key corporate and government representatives that target business case rationale and strategies for the inclusion of certified disability-owned businesses. The conference presents a great opportunity to begin identifying and connecting with potential suppliers among the certified businesses in attendance. Owners of businesses classified as disability-owned will discover new ways that certification can benefit their businesses and gain knowledge about business development. Certified businesses, including those owned by service-disabled veterans, will learn about current trends in supply chain management and supplier selection criteria. Business to business networking and relationship-building opportunities will be plentiful. There is something for everyone!
	•	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.

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