Program

About the Program
INCLUSION 2020 features a comprehensive program that explores the full scope of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
50+ sessions across 8 timely topic areas
75+ inspirational DE&I speakers
20 professional development credits (PDCs)
Countless networking opportunities

Crafting Your Event Experience

Understanding where you or your organization are toward cultivating a truly inclusive workplace is paramount. These individual and organizational audience tracks will help you to tailor your content and guide your experience at WorkplacePolicy 2021.

Novice

You are beginning to see the importance and value of diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces. You’re interested in learning more but not quite sure where to begin. Sounds like you? Sessions in this track are catered toward professionals who are novices in the knowledge of DE&I and seeking to learn the basics on how to help build an inclusive work environment.

Proficient

You are doing your part at fostering a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace – recognizing and checking your own biases, practicing inclusive leadership by making all your colleagues feel welcome – and believe you can do even more! Sessions in this track are designed for professionals looking to learn new strategies and increase their knowledge and expertise of specific DE&I topics.

Experienced

You have successfully led the charge to build and sustain a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace by actively taking steps to hold your leaders accountable, elevate marginalized voices and combat any barriers inhibiting their success. Sessions in this track are geared toward professionals who are passionate, proactive, and ready to take their allyship to the next level.

Rising

Your organization acknowledges the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and is ready to begin the work to build one within its own walls. Wondering where to start? This track is for you. Featured sessions will address strategies and best practices on how to create DE&I landscape in your organization.

Growing

Your organization has committed to and is actively applying measures to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. You have some initiatives in place but want to expand your reach! Featured sessions in this track are designed for organizations seeking to increase their DE&I knowledge and move from simply operating to sustaining an inclusive work environment.

Trailblazing

Your organization has successfully created an inclusive workplace culture through robust DE&I strategies and prides itself on being one of the most diverse, equitable, and inclusive places to work. Yet you’re concerned that the organization has plateaued. Featured sessions in this track are designed for organizations who want to benchmark other organizations’ performance and initiatives while uncovering any potential pain points or blind spots within their culture that could be the source of a plateau.

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Tuesday, March 29

In-Person
8:00 AM to 8:45 AM
Plenary Session
Taryn Mackenzie Williams, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy, Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor; James T. Brett, Vice Chair, National Council on Disability
Moderator: Wendi Safstrom, President, SHRM Foundation
International Ballroom West
In-Person
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Networking & Special Event
Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-15-PA), Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives; Jim Langevin (D-02-RI), Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives; Cheryl Vincent, Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support, Committee on Ways and Means (Republicans); Alex Nock, Principal, Penn Hill Group; Mandy Schaumburg, Chief Counsel and Deputy Director of Education Policy, Committee on Education and Labor; Sarah Paden, Vice President and National Political Director, PPI
Hall of States
In-Person
2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Meal Times & Breaks
International Ballroom East
In-Person
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Plenary Session
Jocelyn Samuels, Vice Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Andrea R. Lucas, Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Moderator: Samantha C. Grant, Partner, Reed Smith
International Ballroom Center
In-Person
4:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Meal Times & Breaks
International Ballroom East
In-Person
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
General Session
Martin J. Walsh, Secretary of U.S. Department of Labor
Moderator: Emily M. Dickens, J.D., Chief of Staff, Head of Government Affairs & Corporate Secretary, SHRM
International Ballroom East
In-Person
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Networking & Special Event
International Ballroom West