Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce issued the following announcement on Sept. 30.
Disability inclusion results in innovation and makes businesses stronger.
This year’s conference will bring together business leaders with talent acquisition, human resources and diversity & inclusion professionals from around Chicago for a full day of learning, best practice sharing and networking all focused on disability inclusion. Local and national leaders will be on hand to lead discussions on timely topics like: supporting mental health in the workplace; online accessibility in the Digital Age; neurodiversity in the corporate environment; and innovative approaches to disability recruitment.
2018 Speakers include:
The Honorable Michael Frerichs, State Treasurer of Illinois
Lori Golden, Abilities Strategy Leader, EY
Lisa Hackard, Partner, KPMG
Jill Houghton, President and CEO, Disability:IN
Jack Lavin, President and CEO, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
Ben Lumicao, Senior Attorney, Allstate
Shannon Maher, Recruiting Program, Specialist, Exelon
Karen Tamley, Commissioner, Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
Suhail Tariq, Corporate Account Manager, CDW
Original source can be found here.
Source: Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce