BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260417T010824Z UID:ebf2099f-c9ee-4f2d-bc2f-6fd59b758c9d DTSTART:20160919T080000 DTEND:20160922T170000 DESCRIPTION:2016 USBLN 19th Annual National Conference &\; Biz2Biz Expo\ n\nSeptember 19\, 2016 to September 22\, 2016\n\nCost:  Varies\n\nFormat:   Conference\n\nWhere: JW Marriott Grande Lakes\, 4040 Central Florida Pk wy\, Orlando\, FL 32837\n\nSponsored By:  US Business Leadership Network (USBLN)\n\nDescription:\n\nThe USBLN has opened registration for "Disabili ty Inclusion: The Future Redefined\," its 19th Annual Conference and Biz2B iz Expo. Last years conference sold out and this year the event is expecte d to bring together more than 1\,000 attendees from across the country.\n\ nThe USBLN is the only business to business NATIONAL membership organizati on\, with local affiliates\, that focuses on sharing and developing proven strategies for including people with disabilities in the workplace\, supp ly chain and marketplace.\n\nThis premier event provides the best and brig htest in disability inclusion with cutting-edge educational sessions\, enh anced networking\, exciting interactive programming plus high-profile spea kers.\n\nWorkplace: Gain information\, resources and business connections that will help advance disability inclusion policies and practices. These sessions will focus on creating an inclusive workplace\, effective outreac h\, recruitment and retention strategies\, and addressing hidden biases. L earn how to help others in your organization understand this business impe rative through the creation and development of business-focused disability resource affinity groups and much more.\n\nMarketplace: Discover key tren ds\, strategies and dynamic practices on how to effectively market to cons umers with disabilities. Find out how to tap into a customer base with $22 0 billion in spendable\, discretionary income.\n\nSupply Chain: Learn how disability-owned businesses including firms owned by service-disabled vete rans can enhance supplier diversity programs and diversity and inclusion e fforts in public and private sectors. Gain business case rationale and beg in identifying and connecting with potential suppliers among the certified businesses in attendance. Certified businesses\, including those owned by service-disabled veterans\, will learn about current trends in supply cha in management and supplier selection criteria. Business to business networ king and relationship-building opportunities will be plentiful.\n\nProfess ional Development: Are you a professional with a disability interested in accelerating your growth and leadership opportunities? Engage with and lea rn from global leaders with disabilities\, to confidently bring your whole self to the workplace\, and the ways in which to enhance career progressi on.\n\nLeadership Academy: Targets college students and recent graduates w ith disabilities\, including those with veteran status\, and provides two days of pre-conference skills building leadership development and networki ng activities in addition to the full conference sessions. Meet and intera ct with potential employers in your field of study or area of interest in a professional and energizing setting. Businesses in attendance will have the opportunity to engage with the rising leaders through interactive deve lopment workshops\, facilitated networking and matchmaking sessions\, resu me-building activities and more.\n\nMore information: On September 19th\, 2016 as a pre-conference to the US Business Leadership Network Annual Conf erence\, JAN will launch a suite of tools for managing your Reasonable Acc ommodation (RA) process. The toolkit will offer sample accommodation polic ies and practices\; forms for each stage of the interactive process\; and three training videos illustrating best practices for managers and supervi sors for handling disability disclosures and requests for RA. The pre-conf erence offered as the JAN Academy will also offer training on disability a wareness and demonstration of assistive technologies. Academy participants will have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of disability awarene ss and assistive technologies with a session led by two disability leaders : Matt Ater\, Freedom Scientifics Vice President for Services and John R. Macko\, Director\, Center on Employment National Technical Institute for t he Deaf Rochester Institute of Technology.\n\nThe cost of the three-hour J AN Academy preconference is $125. The Academy is being offered twice on Se ptember 19th\, from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. To regist er for the JAN Academy\, please register at http://www.usblnannualconferen ce.org/registration.html. One can choose to attend the JAN Academy in addi tion to your registration for the full US BLN Conference or the Academy ca n be attended as a stand-alone event. Registration is limited to 65 partic ipants for each session.\n\nRegistration:\nDeadline to Register - Septembe r 16\, 2016\n\nThis conference will sell out fast. To register\, go to htt p://www.usblnannualconference.org/registration.html\n\nContact For More In formation:\n\nUS Business Leadership Network (USBLN)\nPhone: 800-706-2710 (voice)\nEmail: info@usbln.org\nWeb: US Business Leadership Network (USBLN ) Conference\n(http://www.usblnannualconference.org/registration.html)\n SUMMARY:2016 USBLN 19th Annual National Conference & Biz2Biz Expo BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY TRIGGER:-P7D SUMMARY:Alarm notification END:VALARM BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY TRIGGER:-P1D SUMMARY:Alarm notification END:VALARM BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:AUDIO TRIGGER:-PT15M ATTACH:Basso END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR