Webcast -- Working for Change: A Conversation on Workplace Flexibility Research, Business Practice, and Public Policy

» Thursday, 05/29/2008 09:00 AM (EST)
   

Working for Change: A Conversation on

Workplace Flexibility Research,

Business Practice, and Public Policy



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9:00 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks(link above-Includes first panel into fire drill)

Kathleen Christensen, Ph.D., Program Director, Workplace, Workforce
and Working Families at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Katie Corrigan, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown Law, Co-Director,
Workplace Flexibility 2010

9:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.(returning from fire drill)
Workplace Structure and its Impact on Hourly Workers and their Families
Jennifer Swanberg, Ph.D., Executive Director, University of Kentucky Institute
for Workplace Innovation, Associate Professor, College of Social Work, University of Kentucky

Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology at the University
of Massachusetts Amherst

Arlene Johnson, Formerly Vice President of WFD Consulting
Chai Feldblum, Co-Director, Workplace Flexibility 2010

Susan Hattan, Senior Consultant, National Association of Independent Colleges and
Universities; former Staff Director, Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
Peter Reinecke, Reinecke Strategic Solutions; former Chief of Staff and Legislative
Director for Senator Tom Harkin.

Public Policy Reaction : (Susan Hattan & Peter Reinecke)

1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Workplace Structure and its Impact on Salaried Workers and their Families

Lonnie Golden, Ph. D., Professor of Economics and Labor Studies, Penn State University

Tamar Kremer-Sadiik, Ph. D., Director of Research, UCLA Center on Everyday Life of Family
Kathleen M. Lingle, M.S., Director, Director, Alliance for Work-Life Progress, World at Work
David Fortney, Partner, Fortney Scott, LLC ; former Actinf Solicitor of Labor, US Dept. of Labor
Deven McGraw, Director, Health Privacy Project, Center for Democracy and Technology


Public Policy Reaction: (David Fortney & Deven McGraw)


4:20 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Military Families as a Case Study: Flexibility Needs and the Federal Response
Shelley MacDermid, Ph.D., Director, The Center for Families, Purdue University,

Director, Military Family Research Institute, Professor, Child Development and

Family Studies, Purdue University

Sharon Werner, Chief of Staff, Congressman Jason Altmire (D-PA)

Cara Welch, Director of Public Policy, World at Work

Mike Layman, Manager of Employment and Labor, Society for Human Resource Management


Q & A session with Sharon Masling, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown Law, Senior Legislative Counsel, Workplace Flexibility 2010


Friday, May 30, 2008


9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Roundtable I : The Next Wave of Work/Family Research

Monique Valcour, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Organization

Studies Department, Boston College

Kristin Celello, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, Queens College,

City University of New York

Jennifer Romich, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Social

Work, University of Washington

Marcy Karin, J.D., Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Law,

Legislative Counsel, Workplace Flexibility 2010

Christina Matz-Costa, Research Associate, Center for Aging and Work/Workplace Flexibility; Doctoral Student, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work

Ariane Ollier-Malaterre, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Center for Aging & Work/Workplace Flexibility, Boston College

Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology at the University
of Massachusetts Amherst



10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Roundtable II : Implementation of Workplace Practice and Policy

Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College, Co-Director of the Center on Aging & Work/Workplace Flexibility, Boston College

Sharon Daly, Former Vice President of Social Policy, Catholic Charities USA

Ellen Galinsky, President and Co-Founder of Families at Work Institute
Abbey Hairston, former General Counsel, District of Columbia Public Schools;  former Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D., President, Institute for Women's Policy Research
Tomeka Hill, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Watson & Wyatt
Carol Joyner, Consultant; former Executive Director and Founder 1199/Employer Child Care Fund
Donna Klein, President and Founder of Corporate Voices for Working Families
Susan Lambert, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
Andrea LaRue, Partner, Nueva Vista Group; former Counsel, Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle and Senate Rules Committee
Phyllis Moen, Ph.D., Professor, McKnight Presidential Chair in Sociology, University of Minnesota
Barbara Schneider, Ph.D., John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and Professor of Sociology of Education, Michigan State University

Q & A Moderator, Chai Feldblum, Co-Director Workplace Flexibility 2010


   

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