Oregon Business Leadership Network
Employers committed to the inclusion of qualified people with
disabilities in the competitive workplace and as consumers

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Disability Confidence in the Workplace: Accommodation, Awareness, Technology - Co-sponsored by NW EEO/Affirmative Action Association and The Oregon Business Leadership Network

Date

September 20, 2006

Time

8:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Location

OAME,  4134 N. Vancouver Ave., Portland

Description

Audience:  HR, Legal, Safety, Recruiting, Managers, Supervisors

Agenda:

8:00 Registration, Resource tables, Breakfast
 
8:30 Welcome: Judy Trotter, Vice-Chair, NW EEO/Affirmative Action and Jilma Meneses, President, Oregon Business Leadership Network
 
8:40 Reasonable accommodation updates, Patricia Haim, JD, Amburgey and Rubin, PC
  • What the courts are saying
  • ADA interactive process
9:10 Break
 
9:20 NW ADA & IT Center
  • Disability etiquette
  • Pick a disability experiential training
  • Adaptive technology and equipment: advances in voice recognition and other technology commonly available to improve productivity or accommodate.
11:20 Wrap-up:  Patricia Haim, Amburgey and Ruben, PC
  • Looking at accommodation and inclusion as a business strategy for talent management of a diverse workforce
  • The resources we need to be effective
Contact and More Information
Cost:  Members:  $45.00,  Non-Members: $60.00
   
Register:  Visit our website at www.nweeo.org, or phone 503.266.5035
   
RSVP: Before September 18, 2006

 

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