Program


1.1 CEU Credits Available from George Mason University

This program, has been approved for 8 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. Please be sure to note the program ID number on your recertification application form. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website

Session slides and supplementary materials can be accessed by clicking the session titles or, when relevant, the "Supplementary Materials" link.

Thursday, July 16 

Time Session
9:00 - 12:00 Registration
12:00 - 1:30 Welcome Lunch

Keynote address by Howard Ross "What is Cultural Competency? Setting the Boundaries"

1:30 - 1:45 Transition break - coffee and cold drinks
1:45 - 3:15 Session 1: Focused discussion of cultural competency at the individual level [Supplementary Materials]
 Co-leaders: Allison Abbe & Major Maurice S. Hajjar
or
Session 2: Moving from a U.S. to a global perspective
 Co-leaders: Lynn Imai & Renee Yuengling
3:15 - 3:30 Transition break - coffee and cold drinks with light snack
3:30 - 5:00 Session 3: Focused discussion of cultural competency at the organizational level
Leader: Alison Konrad
or
Session 4: Biases & privilege
 Co-leaders: Amy Cuddy & Howard Ross
5:00 - 8:00 Networking reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres
 
 

Friday, July 17 

Time Session
7:30 - 8:30 Continental breakfast and networking
8:30 - 10:00 Session 5: Increasing cultural competency at the individual level
Co-leaders: Derek Avery & Kristin Hibler
or
Session 6: Cultural competency experiential learning event and debriefing
 Leader: Julia Gaspar-Bates
10:00 - 10:15 Transition break - coffee and cold drinks
10:15 - 11:45 Session 6: Cultural competency experiential learning event and debriefing (continued)
Leader: Julia Gaspar-Bates
or
Session 7: Increasing cultural competency at the organizational level [Supplementary Materials]
 Co-leaders: Lisa Nishii & Robert Rich
11:45 -1:00 Buffet lunch
Keynote address by P. Christopher Earley
"Cultural Intelligence and Discovering Underlying Capabilities for Sojourners"
1:15 -2:30 Session 8: Addressing the Research-Practice Gap & Building Collaborations
 Leader: David Kravitz
2:30 - 2:45 Official Farewell
2:45 - 3:30 Session 9: Encore session-Discussion of themes for future conferences
Leader: Eden King