Thursday, October 15, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
265 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Registration Form
SUMMITT INVITEES:
Diversity Leadership Academy® Alumni, influential members of the business, education, government, nonprofit, and faith-based communities as well as diversity practitioners and diversity champions, human resource executives, organizational development professionals, recruiters, attorneys leading firm diversity councils, diversity council members, employee resource networks or affinity groups, past and current AIMD collaborators, board and advisory council members, corporate members, funders and others.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WITH CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
10:00 a.m. Diversity Issues in Higher Education
(Special Registration. Seating Is Limited)
Confirmed Speakers
Frank Mathews, Co-Publisher and Editor and Chief, Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Magazine
Marci Middleton, Director, Academic Program Coordination, Board of Regents of the
University of Georgia
Linda Nelson, Vice President of HR and Vice President of the Diversity Office, Georgia State
University
Catherine Wong, Director, Urban Outreach Initiatives Lynch School of Education, Boston
College
Steve O. Michael, PhD, Acting President, National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education c/o Provost's Office, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
Pearl Alexandra, Senior Director of Employee Relations Services, Georgia Institute of
Technology
Session Description
This limited seating, special registration session will feature a roundtable discussion in the Phil Donahue show style. The audience will be invited to ask questions and provide comments. The roundtable speakers will explore the most challenging diversity issues facing universities and colleges and the implications for employers. They will discuss the diversity strategies currently underway to address these issues. Other issues discussed will include the economy and its effect on university diversity efforts, including efforts to create greater access to higher education among underrepresented groups.
11:00 a.m. Registration/Check-In and Networking
12:00 – 1:40 p.m. Awards Luncheon - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow:
Diversity and the Global Society.
A conversation with two pioneers in diversity discussing critical trends in the field of diversity.
Featuring
R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr., Founder of the American Institute for Managing Diversity and CEO of Roosevelt Thomas Consulting and Training, often referred to as the “Father of the Field of Diversity”, author of 7 books including “Beyond Race and Gender” and “Building on the Promise of Diversity”, one of the most frequently referenced diversity experts in the world.
Ted Childs, retired Global Chief Diversity Officer of IBM, and distinguished International Diversity Expert and Speaker, featured in a number of Harvard Business Review articles on diversity and Founder of Ted Childs, LLC.
PURSUING THE PROMISE OF DIVERSITY AWARDEES
Corporate Award
CNN
Individual Diversity Leadership Award
Dr. Taylor Cox
President, Cox & Associates, Author and Noted Diversity Experts,
Retired Professor, University of Michigan School of Business
Author of Creating the Multicultural Organization: A Strategy for Capturing the Power of Diversity
2:00 – 3:40 p.m. Plenary Session I - “The Myth of the United States of
America as a Post-Racial Society: What Does it Mean to Be in
a New Civil Rights Era in a Global Society?”
Confirmed Speakers
Moderator: Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, President Spelman College
Tim Wise, Noted Speaker and Author of “Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama”
R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr. D.B.A. Founder of AIMD and CEO of Roosevelt Thomas Consulting and Training, Inc.
Diana Sen, Associate Counsel Latino Justice PRLDEF (Formerly Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund)
LeeAnn Jones, Counsel for Bryan Cave Powell Goldstein and Member, Board of Directors, Human Rights Campaign
Session Description
This session is a moderated panel discussion that will focus on the implications of the election of a bi-racial and bi-ethnic president, Barack Obama, and the possible opportunities for the U.S. and the world. The moderator and panelists will explore such questions as:
- What is the meaning of the phrase “post-racial America”?
- Does the election of an African American President signal the beginning of a new civil rights era?
- What impact does the election of an African American President have on diversity and diversity management in a global society?
- What major population shifts and global demographics may contribute to the need for a new diversity and civil rights dialogue? What is or what will be the new dialogue?
- Does the election of an African American President signal the beginning or end of the diversity dialogue in corporate America, academe, etc…?
- What are the unfinished diversity management and civil rights issues?
- What is your response to those who say that the election of an African American President obviates the need for dialogue about diversity and diversity management in the USA?
4:00 – 5:40 p.m. Plenary Session II - “The Role of Diversity Management in
the New Global Economy”
Confirmed Speakers
Moderator: Randy Eaddy, Partner Kilpatrick & Stockton
Panelists:
Dr. Kellie McElhaney, John C. Whitehead Faculty Fellow Haas School of Business, U.C.
Berkeley, Center for Responsible Business
Geri Thomas, Vice President of Global Diversity, Bank of America
Tova Maria Solo, Senior Urban Specialist for the Latin America and Caribbean Region Department of Sustainable Development, The World Bank
Session Description
In this session we will examine the new global economic realities and discuss the role diversity management could play in helping organizations survive and/or thrive in this environment. The
issues that will be explored during this panel discussion include:
- What is the current state of the global economy?
- What are the new economic and demographic realities that will most affect leaders and businesses in the next 2 to 5 years?
- What are the best opportunities and most challenging problems for organizations in the new economic environment?
- How do diversity champions remain relevant in the new environment? What is or will be the critical diversity management work for this new economic environment?
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. 25th Anniversary Celebratory Reception
Celebratory Event with Great Food, Music, Fun, Networking and Remembrances.
The Reception will feature our 25th Anniversary Honorees and keynote address.
25TH ANNIVERSARY DIVERSITY LEADER AWARDEES
WellPoint, Inc.
Frank McCloskey, Vice President of Diversity, Georgia Power
For More Information
Visit AIMD’s Web site at www.aimd.org for information. The URL link below provides direct access to the registration form.
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