Conference Schedule at a Glance

Date and time	Event	Location
Monday, May 9
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Conference Registration	3^rd floor lobby
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Exhibit/Job Fair Hall	Continental Ballroom
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Opening Remarks	Grand Ballroom
8:30: a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Keynote	Grand Ballroom
Morning Session
9:40 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.	Competitive Sourcing and HR Impacts	Grand Ballroom
	How to Survive a Difficult Boss	Room 301
	Access Now! Speech Recognition Captioning	Room 302
	Recent Developments from the FCC on Telecommunications Access	Room 307
	Fighting for Federal Employees Rights and Opportunities	Room 310
10:55 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.	Break
Mid-Morning Session
11:05 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.	Shall a Disaster Strike: Preparedness & Response with Your Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing Colleagues	Grand Ballroom
	Embracing Trouble: Surviving the Risks of Leadership	Room 301
	Cochlear Implants in the Workplace	Room 302
	Convergence between Assistive Technology and Full Accessibility: Effectively Bridging the Gap Among Deaf and Hearing Employees	Room 307
	Decisions for a Secure Retirement	Room 310
12:20 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch	Food Court
Mid-afternoon Session
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.	Discover an Untapped Resource: Working with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People	Grand Ballroom
	How to Ace the Interview	Room 301
	Remote CART- Using Technology to Achieve Communication Success	Room 302
	Waves of Communication	Room 307
	Positioning Yourself for the Future with Technical Job Skills	Room 310
2:45 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.	Break
Afternoon Session
2:55 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.	Federal Relay: Accessibility to the Federal Government Management Directive 715: How Does This Impact	Grand Ballroom
	You as a Deaf/Hard of Hearing Employee?	Room 301
	Empower Yourself with Networking!	Room 302
	Career Development: Forget the Hard Way! Get Training the Easy Way!	Room 307
	Mentoring: Become Part of the Solution to More Certified Interpreters	Room 310
Evening Activity
5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.	Happy Hour	TBA

Date and time	Event	Location
Tuesday, May 10
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Conference Registration	3^rd floor lobby
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Exhibit/Job Fair Hall	Continental Ballroom
8:30: a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Keynote	Grand Ballroom
Morning Session
9:40 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.	Considerations for Mediating with People Who are Deaf	Grand Ballroom
	Interpreting Issues in the Federal Workplace	Room 301
	Remote Management: When Your Employees, Bosses, or Peers Are Not There	Room 302
	You Take the Lead	Room 307
	Is It Time to Declare the TTY as Being an Obsolete Technology?	Room 310
10:55 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.	Break
Mid-Morning Session
11:05 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.	The Use of Hypnotherapy and Relaxed States with Deaf Clients in Mental Health Settings	Grand Ballroom
	Accommodating Late-Deafened Employees	Room 301
	The Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program	Room 302
	Leveraging Interpreters in the Workplace	Room 307
	Technology Access- Do You Know What You Are Missing?	Room 310
12:20 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch	Food Court
Mid-afternoon Session
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.	Acing your Resume & KSAs	Grand Ballroom
	You're Hired! Now CAP Can Provide You With Assistive Technology!	Room 301
	Introduction to Security Awareness	Room 302
	Understanding Federal Benefits	Room 307
	Deaf Women in the Federal Government	Room 310
2:45 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.	Break
Afternoon Session
2:55 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.	Political Power: Take It, It's Yours!	Grand Ballroom
	The Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program	Room 301
	Wireless Technology in the Workplace	Room 302
	Successful Deaf and Hard of Hearing Employees with Secondary Disabilities- How Do You Ask for Help?	Room 307
	Successes and Pitfalls in the Federal Workplace for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Employees	Room 310
Evening Activity
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.	Extravaganza Evening	Grand Ballroom

Date and time	Event	Location
Wednesday, May 11
7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Conference Registration	3^rd floor lobby
9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Exhibit/Job Fair Hall	Continental Ballroom
8:30: a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Keynote	Grand Ballroom
Morning Session
9:40 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.	The Deaf Professional in Government- Work Smarter, not Harder	Grand Ballroom
	What Does Your OIG Do for You?	Room 301
	Your Legacy as a "Change Leader in Your Agency	Room 302
	How can a Deaf Employee, Supervisor, and Interpreter Work Together to Ensure That Effective Communication Takes Place in the Workplace?	Room 307
	Why me? What did I do wrong? I just don’t understand!	Room 310
10:55 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.	Break
Mid-Morning Session
11:05 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.	Individuals with Disabilities in Emergency Preparedness	Grand Ballroom
	Winning at Work through Positive Communications	Room 301
	Political Leadership: How Networking Ticks and Clicks in Politics	Room 302
	Narrowing Gender Differences	Room 307
	Video Remote Interpreting	Room 310
12:20 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch	Food Court
Mid-afternoon Session
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.	Dialogue with DHHIG	Grand Ballroom
2:45 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.	Break
Afternoon Session
2:55 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.	Moving Beyond Accommodations: A Case Study of Efficiency Within A Department With Deaf/Hearing Supervisors and Employees	Grand Ballroom
	Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advocacy and Mental Health Professionals	Room 301
	What’s in Your Wallet?	Room 302
	Managing Your Debt- A Debt Management Tips Seminar	Room 307
	Air Travel for People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing	Room 310
Evening Activity
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.	Happy Hour	TBA

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