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2006 Conference Agenda
Wednesday June 14, 2006
Reception – World Trade Club, Lower Level of SunTrust
Bank Corporate Headquarters, adjacent to the Hyatt Regency Atlanta
| 5:00
- 5:30 PM |
Conference
Registration and
Name Tag Pick-up
Hors d’Oeuvres and Cocktails available –
Sponsored by SunTrust Bank
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| 5:30
- 5:45 PM |
Official
COSD Conference Kickoff –
Mr. Alan Muir, Executive Director, COSD |
| 5:45
- 6:15 PM |
Introduction
- Ms. Meredith Gaile, Campus and Community Relations Manager,
SunTrust Bank
Welcoming Remarks from SunTrust – Mr.
James Wells, President & COO of SunTrust Banks, Inc. |
| 6:15
- 7:00 PM |
Networking |
Thursday June 15, 2006
Hyatt Regency Atlanta, International Ballroom
8:00
-
8:30 AM |
Continental
Breakfast
Conference Registration and Conference Bag Pick-up |
| 8:30
- 8:45 AM |
COSD
Welcome – Mr. Alan Muir, Executive Director,
COSD |
| 8:45
- 9:05 AM |
Introduction
– Ms. Katherine McCary, VP SunTrust Bank
Welcoming Remarks – Ms. Mimi Breeden,
Executive Vice President and Director of Human Resources, SunTrust
Bank |
| 9:05
- 9:15 AM |
Atlanta
Welcome – Mr. Mark Johnson, Director of Advocacy,
Shepherd Center |
| 9:15
- 10:15 AM |
Introduction
– Ms. Deborah Dagit, Merck & Co., Inc.
Keynote Address – Mr. Luke Visconti,
Co-Founder & Partner, DiversityInc Magazine |
| 10:15
- 10:30 AM |
Break
|
| 10:30
- 12:00 NOON |
Intern
and Internship Supervisor Panel –
Ms. Melodi King, Intern, Merck &
Co., Inc.
Mr. Keith Silverman, Supervisor, Merck & Co., Inc.
Mr. Jonathan Porter, Intern, Microsoft Corporation
Ms. Mylene Padolina, Supervisor, Microsoft Corporation
Facilitated by: Ms. Gena Smith, Winthrop
University
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| 12:00
NOON - 1:00 PM |
Lunch |
| 1:00
- 1:45 PM |
COSD
Job Posting and College Student Resume Database System - COSD
Career Gateway Dr. Robert
Greenberg, Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor of Student
Affairs, The University of Tennessee
Charles Tombras Advertising, Inc.
Mr. R. Malcolm Macleod, President / CEO, Johnson
Scholarship Foundation |
| 1:45
- 2:00 PM |
Break |
| 2:00
- 2:45 PM |
Introduction
– Ms. Linda Burson-Jersin, The University
of Texas at Dallas
Disclosure
Presentation - Ms. Jihan Kamel, US Federal Highway
Administration
Ms. Suzanne Kamel, University of North Carolina
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| 2:45
- 4:30 PM |
Think
Tank / Working Groups –
| Location |
Facilitator |
| Montreal Room |
Katherine McCary, SunTrust Bank |
| Vancouver Room |
Lynne Morley, NTID |
| Cairo Room |
Kevin Foster, Motorola |
| Hong Kong Room |
Barbara Batson, University of Arkansas |
| Singapore Room |
Michael Richardson, University of Washington |
| Manila Room |
Elaine Emmons, SunTrust Bank |
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| 4:30
- 6:00 PM |
Time
on your own |
| 6:00
- 7:30 PM |
Banquet
Dinner – Hyatt Regency Atlanta International
Ballroom
Opening – Mr. Alan
Muir, Executive Director COSD |
| 7:45
- 8:30 PM |
Entertainment
– Ms. Laura Dodd, Country/Blues Vocalist
Mr. Tom Walker, Acoustic Guitarist |
Friday June 16,
2006
Hyatt Regency Atlanta, International
Ballroom
| 8:00
- 8:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30
- 9:30AM |
Presentation
– Dr. Frank Giles, Giles &
Associates, Inc.
Career Issues and Minorities with Disabilities
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| 9:30
- 9:45 AM |
Break |
| 9:45
- 10:45 AM |
Presentation
– Dr. Richard
Luecking, President, TransCen Inc.
Working Relationships: Are Our Partners Getting Our Message? |
| 10:45
- 11:00 AM |
Break |
| 11:00
AM - 12:00 NOON |
Introduction
– Ms. Barbara Batson, University of Arkansas
Closing Keynote – Ms. Deidre Davis, Director
of ADA Services, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
| 12:00
NOON |
Adjournment
of the Conference
Lunch on your own |
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