This page is about our 2017 Annual Conference. For information about this year’s conference, please go to our Annual Conference Page.
DETAILS
CONFERENCE DETAILS
The Diversity & Flexibility Alliance’s 2017 Annual Conference
Diversity + Flexibility = An Evolving Culture
March 16, 2017
8:15am – 4:30pm
Location:
Jones Day
300 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
REGISTRATION
REGISTRATION
Alliance Members receive two complimentary tickets as a member benefit!
Members: Please reserve your complimentary tickets no later than February 28 to ensure availability.
REGISTER FOR THE 2017 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION
(January 9 – February 22)
Members (Additional Tickets): $495
Non-Members: $595
REGULAR REGISTRATION
(February 23 – March 8)
Members (Additional Tickets): $549
Non-Members: $649
LATE REGISTRATION
(March 9 – March 16)
Members (Additional Tickets): $595
Non-Members: $695
Representatives from law schools, government agencies, and nonprofits: $195
REFUNDS WILL NOT BE ISSUED AFTER MARCH 3.
AGENDA
AGENDA
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8:15am
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Registration & Continental Breakfast
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9:00am
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Welcome Remarks & Presentation of the Flex Leader Award
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9:15am
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Cultural Innovations with Impact
As business demands evolve, so too do organizational cultures. At the center of those changes are shifts in talent demographics, expectations, and needs. As recipients of the Alliance’s inaugural Flex Impact Award, the panelists will share details on how their innovative flexibility and parental leave initiatives were designed to engage, retain, and advance a diverse workforce. Audience members will also have the opportunity to share their own innovative flexible work ideas and practices that are poised to shift the culture within their organizations.
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10:15am
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Networking Break
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10:30am
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Corporate America Making Cultural Change
Successful multinational companies understand the business necessity for their workforce to reflect the wants and needs of their multicultural customer base. As a result, many have invested heavily in global change initiatives focused on recruiting a diverse workforce and creating inclusive cultures that value the myriad of ways professionals can do their best work. This session will offer a cross-functional look at how corporations can shift toward more inclusive, organizational cultures, as well as how they influence these changes with the suppliers and professional service organizations they partner with. The panelists will also offer insights on the cultural changes they anticipate and are preparing for on the horizon.
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11:30am
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Lunch & Presentation of the Flex Success® Awards
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1:00pm
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Keynote Address: John Veihmeyer
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1:45pm
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Networking Break
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2:00pm
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Creating Inclusive Cultures
The responsibility for creating an inclusive culture must be spread throughout an organization’s workforce, but leaders play a pivotal role in achieving that change. Our panel of law firm chairs will discuss how they model the inclusive behaviors they champion, hold others accountable for their firm’s diversity, inclusion, and flexibility commitments, and engage clients in their efforts.
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3:00pm
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When “Cultural Fit” is Ruining Your Diversity & Recruitment Efforts
Dr. Lauren Rivera will start this session by presenting research from her book, Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs, which examines class bias in hiring in top-tier law firms, investment banks, and management consulting firms. Attendees will then drive an interactive session to explore how the use of on-campus recruiting and cultural fit in hiring can simultaneously prevent professional service firms from diversifying and result in sub-optimal hiring decisions.
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4:15pm
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Closing Remarks
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SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
Keynote Speaker:
John Veihmeyer
Global Chairman
KPMG
Featured Speaker:
Dr. Lauren Rivera
Associate Professor of Management & Organizations
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Confirmed speakers include:
Charles Baker
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Ball Corporation
Yvette McGee Brown
Partner-in-Charge of Diversity, Inclusion & Advancement
Jones Day
Alan Bryan
Senior Associate General Counsel for Legal Operations & Outside Counsel Management
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Linda Coberly
Chicago Managing Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP
Suzanne Rich Folsom
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Senior Vice President – Government Affairs
U.S. Steel Corporation
Eve Howard
Regional Managing Partner, Washington, D.C.
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Michelle Ifill
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Verizon Corporate Services, Inc.
C. Matthew Keen
Managing Shareholder
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Kim Koopersmith
Chairperson
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Nancy Laben
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Booz Allen Hamilton
Carol McDaniel
Vice President of Administration & Operations
AXS TV LLC & HDNet Movies LLC
Jami Wintz McKeon
Chair
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Kevyn D. Orr
Partner-in-Charge, Washington
Jones Day
Felicia Gerber Perlman
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Therese D. Pritchard
Chair
Bryan Cave LLP
Susan Reid
Managing Director, Human Resources; Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion
Morgan Stanley
Phyllis Wan
Partner
Hogan Lovells US LLP
AWARDS
AWARDS
2017 FLEX IMPACT AWARD HONOREES
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Agile Working Initiative
Award Accepted By: Eve Howard, Regional Managing Partner, Washington, D.C.
Winston & Strawn LLP
Gender-Neutral Parental Leave Policy
Award Accepted By: Linda Coberly, Chicago Managing Partner
Learn more about this year’s Flex Impact Award Honorees.
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2017 FLEX LEADER AWARD HONOREE
Nancy Laben
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Learn more about this year’s Flex Leader Award Honoree.
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2017 FLEX SUCCESS® AWARD HONOREES
Felicia Gerber Perlman
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Charles Baker
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Ball Corporation
Phyllis Wan
Partner
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Carol McDaniel
Vice President of Administration & Operations
AXS TV LLC & HDNet Movies LLC
Learn more about this year’s Flex Success® Award Honorees.
SPONSORS
Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Community Sponsors
PHOTOS
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.
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- Diversity and Flexibility Alliance. March 16, 2017. Photo by Erin Schaff.