Harkin Summit

🚨 ATTN: Summit Attendees! 🚨 Make sure to reserve your hotel room by this Monday, 11/25, to receive our special discounted room rate! Harkin Summit attendees can stay at the JW Marriot for just $199 (plus taxes) per night. Use this link to book your room now: https://bit.ly/4fBDiJ0

Arman Ali, Executive Director of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People, helped lead a three-year initiative to develop the second line of leadership for the Indian disability movement using grassroots knowledge and hands-on experience. Hear his insights at the 2024 Harkin Summit next month! Register now to attend: https://bit.ly/4e9PYFu #HarkinSummit24

Several global events on #disability #inclusion in #business will be held in the 12 months after the ILO Global Business and Disability Network's global annual conference next week. The last conference session will see presentations on the Harkin Summit (December 2024, Washington D.C.), the Zero Project Conference (March 2025, Vienna), the third Global Disability Summit (April 2025, Berlin), and the SYNC25 Accountability Summit (December 2025, Tokyo). The session "Staying connected: Key global #events on disability #employment and business" of the hybrid "From Margin to Mainstream: Disability in Business" conference by the ILO Global Business and Disability Network will take place on 28 November 2024 from 2:30pm until 3:30pm CET. Moderated by Joanne Neddo, FMP (Global Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Sodexo) the panel will include Daniel Van Sant, Director of Disability Policy, The Harkin Institute Wilfried Kainz, Head of Research, Zero Project Bernd Schramm, Teamleader Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Delphine Leveneur, Chief Engagement Officer, Valuable 500 Follow online at https://lnkd.in/e9W56252 #enable2work #GBDN2024

We need changes across multiple parts of the employment system if we want employment outcomes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to improve. But where do we start? Alberto Migliore and Jean Winsor from the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston, along with Lindsay DuBois from the Human Services Research Institute will share how to use data on employment outcomes to inform change at the upcoming Harkin Summit. Don't miss it! Register now: https://bit.ly/4e9PYFu #HarkinSummit24

We are officially one month away from the Harkin Summit! The event will feature speakers from the Department of Labor, the Social Security Administration, Microsoft, the World Bank, and more to address the barriers to competitive, integrated employment for persons with disabilities. If you haven't yet, register before 11/30 to receive a special, discounted rate: https://bit.ly/4fvEM7Y #HarkinSummit24

Our Director of Disability Policy Daniel Van Sant will be presenting at the International Labour Organization From Margin to Mainstream: Disability in Business conference on 11/28 about our annual Harkin International Disability Employment Summit! Watch Daniel's presentation and panel here: https://bit.ly/3YUowpI And, register for the Harkin Summit here: https://bit.ly/4e9PYFu

See the legacy #HarkinBelfast is having in Northern Ireland at this year's Harkin Summit! Shauna McCloy and Angela Scanlon from Ulster University will discuss the school's new innovative program offering and how it's helping disabled graduates. Register now to hear from them and dozens of other disability advocates next month: https://bit.ly/4e9PYFu

Ever had questions about reasonable accommodations in the workplace? Hear from the experts themselves at the upcoming Harkin Summit! Heather Nodler and Sarah DeCosse from EEOC will be in attendance to present "Reasonable Accommodations: Key Concepts and Tips." You can find the full Summit agenda and register to attend here: https://bit.ly/4e9PYFu #HarkinSummit24

We are thrilled to welcome Roberta Cordano, President of Gallaudet University as a Keynote Speaker at this year's Harkin Summit! Dr. Cordano is Gallaudet's first deaf woman and openly LGBTQ president. She is also a fierce advocate for deaf people being embraced in all facets of society! Register now to hear her talk next month: https://bit.ly/4e9PYFu

Join Diego Mariscal at the Harkin Summit this December to hear how his organization, 2Gether-International, is partnering with IDB Lab to promote disabled entrepreneurship in Latin America and the Caribbean! His goal is to support up to 600 disabled entrepreneurs over three years. Don't miss it! Register now: https://bit.ly/4e9PYFu