2020 Harkin Summit Agenda
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All times are presented in Eastern Time (ET).
| PART 1: PROVIDING REAL AND ACCOUNTABLE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP IN THE COVID ERA | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Welcome |
| Senator Tom Harkin (retired) Joseph Jones, The Harkin Institute |
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| 10:15 a.m. | Keynote: Let’s get real – how can we talk about employment when we don’t understand value? |
| Caroline Casey, The Valuable 500 Moderator: Carmen Jones, Solutions Marketing Group |
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| 10:35 a.m. | Panel Discussion: Leadership’s transformational role in advancing disability employment |
| Paul Polman, Imagine Jeff Dodds, Virgin Media Jennison Asuncion, LinkedIn Lizzie Kiama, This Abilitiy Moderator: Caroline Casey |
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| 11:25 a.m. | Keynote: Generating positive societal and economic impact through inclusive leadership |
| Amy Friedrich, Principal | |
| Moderator: Alejandro Hernandez, Drake University | |
| 11:45 a.m. | Live Q/A for Part 1 |
| Moderator: Alejandro Hernandez | |
| 12:05 p.m. | Break (25 minutes) |
| PART 2: INCLUSIVE BUSINESSES CREATING INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Panel: Intersectionality and the Sustainable Development Goal of Leaving No One Behind |
| Eddie Ndopu, Disability Activist Charlotte McClain-Nhalpo, The World Bank Claudia Gordon, T-Mobile Moderator: Xian Horn, Changeblazer |
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| 1:20 p.m. | Panel: Inclusive Cultures |
| David Casey, CVS Health Andy Imparato, Disability Rights CA Hector Minto, Microsoft Scott Van Nice, Procter & Gamble Moderator: Julie Christensen, Association of People Supporting Employment First |
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| 2:00 p.m. | Live Q/A for Part 2 |
| Moderator: Julie Christensen | |
| 2:20 p.m. | Break (25 minutes) |
| PART 3: SPHERES OF INFLUENCE | |
| 2:45 p.m. | Panel: Technology |
| Larry Goldberg, Verizon Jessica Rafuse, Mircrosoft Christopher Patnoe, Google Moderator: Sachin Pavithran, Utah State University |
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| 3:15 p.m. | Panel: Spheres of Influence |
| Christina Mallon, Wunderman Thompson KR Liu, Google Marianne Waite, The Valuable 500 George Hagerty, Beacon College Regina (Gina) Kline, SmartJob, LLC Moderator: Robert Ludke, Ludke Consulting |
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| 4:00 p.m. | Panel: Introducing the Disability Disruptors |
| Jeannine D’Onofrio, Tommy Hilfiger Lauren Ruotolo, Johnson & Johnson Cara E. Yar Khan, Disability Activist Angela Kohama, Humanity & Inclusion Moderator: Caroline Casey |
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| 4:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
| Senator Tom Harkin (retired) Sean Fitzsimons, Disability Action Northern Ireland |
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