The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Workplace Accommodations is hosting a conference to establish a national dialogue on the current state and future directions of workplace accommodations. Invited speakers include Sharon Rennert, Senior Attorney with the EEOC, Peter Blanck, Director of the Law, Health Policy and Disability Center and Susan Bruyère, Cornell University.

Presentations will cover topics such as Telework & IT Access, Safety in the Workplace, Aging Workers, and Universal Design and AT, Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Evidence-based practice.

Ragan Communications is offering a two day conference focused on communication. One of the sessions that they will offer specifically addresses the issues of people with disabilities and technology in the workplace. Susanne Bruyère, Ph.D. from Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute will present on Wednesday, September 14^th a session titled: People with Disabilities in a Technology Driven Workforce.

The Job Accommodation Network will be building upon 21 years of experience providing training and technical assistance regarding employment of people with disabilities. This conference will feature three concurrent training tracks regarding Accommodations, Innovative Employment Practices and Legal issues. Featured speakers include W. Roy Gizzard, Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy in the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) with the U.S. Department of Labor, Michael Lotito, Retired President and CEO of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Paul Miller, Former Commissioner with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. More information on the conference and registration is available at http://conference.jan.wvu.edu/

The National Worker's Compensation and Disability Conference offers a comprehensive list of programs targeting individuals who work in the field of worker's compensation or disability management. This conference is sponsored by LRP Publications. Pre-conference sessions are offered with a more intensive study of topics related to the ADA, Worker's Compensation and Disability Management. Over 30 sessions are offered across a variety of tracks including Claims Management, Disability Management, Legal/Regulatory Issues and Safety & Ergonomics.

This conference titled, "A Meaningful Place for All", will bring the disability and service communities together to: Celebrate and reflect upon 10 years of disability inclusion in national service, strategize about practices to improve the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in national service and build practices to ensure ongoing progress.

For more information, contact the National Service Inclusion Project at nsip@umb.edu or (888) 491-0326 (toll-free V/TTY).

The Illinois ADA Project, an affiliate of the Great Lakes ADA & Accessible IT Center is hosting a conference focused on the Employment Provisions of the ADA. The conference will be held at the UBS Conference Center at 1 North Wacker, Chicago, IL. Topics include:

• Reasonable Accommodations: Low Cost and No Cost Solutions
• Accessibility of Electronic Information in the Workplace
• Interaction between the ADA and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Emerging ADA Legal Issues.

National Speakers include Adele Rapport, JD, Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Susanne Bruyère, Director of the Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University.

For more information, contact the Illinois ADA Project at 877-232-3601 (V) or 800-610-2779 (TTY).

The conference will cover the Nuts and Bolts of ADA. Basic knowledge of the ADA is assumed. Title I session will highlight employment's emerging issues and trends as well as recent and pertinent Supreme Court decisions and how these decisions impact Title I of the ADA. Title II and III session will provide the nuts and bolts of public services and public accommodations and what to do on a day to day basis to comply with these titles.

Location:
The Sheraton Minneapolis West
1220 Ridgedale Drive,
Minnetonka, MN 55305
For directions, please call 952-593-0000.

To register or to learn more please contact Cindy Tarshish, 651-603-2015, 1-888-845-4595 (toll free), 651-603-2001 (TTY), or Cindyt@mcil-mn.org.
Registrations are due by October 17.

These workshops are sponsored by ADA Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development/Rehabilitation Services. This workshop is approved for 4.5 CRC credit hours. The Keynote speakers for this event are Robin Jones Director of the Great Lakes ADA and Accessible Information Technology Center and an Instructor in the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Gregory G. Brooker, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, Assistant United States Attorney, District of Minnesota.