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Fall 2010 Town Hall Meeting - Program*

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7:30 a.m.
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8:15 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Atrium
8:15 a.m.
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8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Announcements

Stephen W. T. O'Keeffe
Executive Director
Telework Exchange
Atrium Hall
8:30 a.m.
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9:15 a.m.

Opening Keynote
Atrium Hall

The Flexibility Revolution - Flex Your Telework Muscle

John Berry John Berry
Director
U.S. Office of Personnel Management

 
Martha Johnson Martha Johnson
Administrator
U.S. General Services Administration

9:15 a.m.
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9:45 a.m.
Networking Break
Atrium
9:45 a.m.
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11:00 a.m.
Track 1:
Telework Technology Conditioning

Atrium Ballroom A
Track 2:
Management Warm Up

Atrium Ballroom B
Session 1-1:
Using Telework Technology Without Stretching Your Budget

Objectives
  • An update on current tools that enable set-up and scalable support for your agency’s remote workforce
  • How to allow for and improve collaboration among virtual employees
  • A discussion on free and low-cost, secure ways to connect from a remote environment
  • How solutions, such as cloud computing, can support robust environments for teleworkers
Session 2-1:
Hit the Gym:  Build the Business Case

Objectives
  • Evaluate real-world telework business cases
  • Learn the lingo – a glossary of telework terms
  • How to identify your agency’s telework drivers
  • Gain insight into your agency’s workforce; how to increase productivity with decreasing budgets
  • How to calculate agency potential telework costs, savings, and benefits
  • Lessons learned on securing key stakeholder support
  • How to measure telework performance and present to management

Panelists:

Tom Fox [Moderator]
Director,
Center for Government Leadership
Partnership for Public Service

Julie Boughn
Chief Information Officer and Director,
Office of Information Services

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

David Smith
Chief Technology Officer,
Citrix Federal

Rod Turk
Director for Organizational Policy and Governance,
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Patent and Trademark Office,
U.S. Department of Commerce

Panelists:

Jon Desenberg [Moderator]
Policy Director
The Performance Institute

Jeffrey Babcock
Vice President and General Manager,
Federal Division

Kronos

Michael Bloom
Sustainability and Green Buildings Program Advisor,
Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings (MG)
U.S. General Services Administration

Shannon Cunniff
Director of the Chemical and Material Risk Management Directorate,
Office of the Secretary of Defense

U.S. Department of Defense

Kim Wells
Lead Research Psychologist,
Work/Life Group
U.S. Office of Personnel Management

11:00 a.m.
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11:30 a.m.
Networking Break
Atrium
11:30 a.m.
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12:45 p.m.
Track 1:
Telework Technology Conditioning

Atrium Ballroom A
Track 2:
Management Warm Up

Atrium Ballroom B
Session 1-2:
On the Move:  Exercising Your Business Continuity Muscle


Objectives
  • How to maintain operations in contingency situations, including severe weather, sickness, terrorism threats, or man-made disruptions
  • Success stories from proven government programs on implementing a business continuity plan
  • How to apply these mobility lessons learned in a telework program
  • Linking telework to enterprise business continuity plans
  • How mobile technology is supporting mission-critical operations for remote employees
Session 2-2:
Picking Up the Pace:  Move from "Why" to "How To"


Objectives
  • Understanding fundamentals for telework program success
  • Telework 101 – what you need to know before you begin
  • Developing the “rules of the road” – telework policy and guidelines
  • Getting on the same page with communication and training – managing expectations of management and employees
  • Collaborating with key union stakeholders
  • How to measure telework program success
  • How to engage with your agency’s IT department to create a telework program that is sustainable and robust

Panelists:

Laura Howe [Moderator]
Vice President,
Public Relations
American National Red Cross

Eric Kretz
Deputy Director,
National Continuity Programs
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Panelists:

Diane O'Grady [Moderator]
Telework Consultant

Tony Bardo
Assistant Vice President,
Government Markets,
North American Division

Hughes Network Systems

Jennifer McCarthy
Deputy Director of Administration
U.S. Department of Justice

12:45 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

Luncheon and Keynote
Atrium Hall

2:00 p.m.
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2:15 p.m.
Networking Break
Atrium
2:15 p.m.
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3:30 p.m.

Telework Strength Training – Creative Solutions through Crowdsourcing
Atrium Ballroom B

An open discussion forum to exchange ideas, examine real-world challenges, and share best practices for expanding Federal telework adoption. “Telework Strength Trainers” will facilitate the discussions.

"Telework Strength Trainers" - Session Advisors:

Jennifer Alcott
Telework Program Manager
Telework!VA

Pam Budda
Policy Program Manager,
Work/Life Programs

Civilian Personnel Management Service,
U.S. Department of Defense

Danette Campbell
Senior Advisor for Telework
Patent and Trademark Office,
U.S. Department of Commerce

Aaron Glover
Special Assistant to the Director of Human Resources
Defense Information Systems Agency
Joe Hungate
Principal Deputy Inspector General
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

Justin Johnson
Deputy Chief of Staff
U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Kathy Kadilak
Founder and President
Strategic WorkLife Solutions, LLC

Theresa Noll
Telework/Alternative Workplace Arrangements
U.S. General Services Administration

Diane O'Grady
Telework Consultant
3:30 p.m.
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4:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks

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*Program subject to change