12 Conference Themes:

1. Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Talent
The greatest differentiator in organizations is the talent and potential of the human capital within the organization. Broaden your recruitment sources and learn best practices for retaining the best and the brightest in the business.

2. Diversity Business Case
In order to successfully imbed diversity into the fabric of an organization, diversity must have a home in the business model, and be a part of the strategic approach to success for the organization. Learn how others built a successful business case.

3. Diversity Assessment
A comprehensive diversity assessment defines all of the strengths, weaknesses, environment, opportunities, threats, and challenges of an organization. Learn tools and techniques for implementing diversity assessments and the resulting benefits of doing it sooner rather than later.

4. Employment Compliance Review and MD715
Legal compliance with equal opportunity laws has become more aligned with diversity best practices through Management Directive 715. Learn methods for barrier analysis, applicant tracking, and diversity management to create a model organization and meet EEOC goals.

5. Human Capital Enrichment Strategies
Integrating diversity priorities as a part of all human capital programs is a best practice. Learn strategies for successfully integrating hiring, succession planning, people development, reward, and recognition, and other human capital strategies with diversity strategies and plans.

6. Diversity Best Practices
New and unique diversity best practices from renowned organizations will be identified and presented. This session will focus on presenting innovative diversity initiatives that are achieving world-class results.

7. Developing Diversity Champions
Behind every successful diversity initiative are diversity champions at each level of the organization, building bridges and creating innovative opportunities to work together. Learn to identify, train, and nurture diversity champions in your organization.

8. Diversity Performance Scorecards
What gets measured gets done. Go beyond the traditional measures of diversity by developing a customized diversity scorecard. Learn techniques and best practices for developing and implementing diversity performance scorecards.

9. Diversity Dialogue
Organizations are opening lines of communication, creating effective teams and positive environments using diversity dialogue tools and techniques. Learn about this practice from organizations that have demonstrated success through this burgeoning best practice.

10. Strategic Workforce Planning
Mature diversity efforts reveal that diversity must be apparent in all of the ranks of the organization. Leaders must plan strategically to meet workforce challenges including surges, downsizing, succession, and rightsizing. This session will focus on lessons learned and strategies for long-term strategic workforce planning.

11. Stakeholder Diversity Management
Diversity and inclusion must be recognized and valued throughout the stakeholder community if stakeholders are to be effectively served. Learn how organizations have developed and implemented stakeholder involvement and management strategies in diverse communities.

12. Mentoring
Mentoring involves personnel commitments from mentors and mentees. Hear success stories from organizations who have utilized mentoring to more fully diversify their workforce.