ACCSES 2018 Winter Summit

Working Agenda

Updated 12.01.17

Monday, January15

8:30am – 9:30am / Summit Registration and Light Continental Breakfast
9:30am – 9:35am / Welcome and Introduction to What the Summit Has in Store
Robert Hutt – Chair; ACCSES Board of Directors
9:35am – 9:45am / State of the State
Terry Farmer – CEO; ACCSES
Learn how far ACCSES has come and how we are continuing to grow to achieve our members’ needs.
9:45am – 11:00am / Federal Policy Update
Kate McSweeny – VP of Government Affairs & General Counsel; ACCSES
Review the successes of 2017, and the work yet to be done. This session will focus on where we are and where we plan to go in 2018 with the Administration and Congress.
11:00am – 11:15am / Break
11:15am – 12:00pm / How Law is Made and Amended and Our Role in the Process
Hon. Steve Southerland – Senior Vice President; Capitol Hill Consulting Group
Congressman Southerland (R-FL; retired) is coming to the Winter Summit to share his insights on the 115th Congress as well as on our important issues. Congressman Southerland also will talk with us about how laws, regulations, and guidance are made, amended, and, sometimes, repealed. We know from experience the number of hands legislation goes through – but what happens during that process? How does guidance reflect – or not reflect -- congressional intent? How do we make sure our voices are heard? Congressman Southerland will provide us the answers to these and myriad other questions!
12:00pm – 1:30pm / Networking Lunch
1:30pm – 2:30pm / Conference Session
2:30pm – 2:45pm / Break
2:45pm – 3:15pm / Elevating Grassroots Advocacy: Engaging the National Agenda through Social Media
Jack Delaney – Public Policy Assistant; ACCSES
Learn how the importance of social media can shape the political landscape. This session will highlight strategies for engaging your audience and conveying your message through different social media channels, the use of analytical tools to gauge audience engagement and scope, and the relevancy of community engagement in relation to promoting the national advocacy agenda.
3:15pm – 3:30pm / Break
3:30pm – 4:30pm / Conference Session
5:00pm – 7:00pm / Reception
Join ACCSES for a networking reception and thank you to those who have made a difference in our work in 2017.
Light hors d'oeuvres and cocktails will be provided.

Tuesday, January16

8:30am – 9:30am / Networking Opportunity and Light Continental Breakfast
9:30am – 12:15pm / Conference Sessions
12:15pm – 1:30pm / Networking Lunch
1:30pm – 3:00pm / The Future of Publicly-Funded Disability Programs
David Mank, Ph.D. – Professor Emeritus; Indiana University
Dr. Mank will present on the future of publicly-funded disability programs. Learn about issues you need to know when transforming your service-delivery business models in the emerging environment of disability policy. Discuss how actions of the present administration to deregulate and cut spending might affect your programs. Receive information highlighting the work of the ACICIEID Committee and the ongoing advocacy for its recommendations.
3:00pm – 3:15pm / Break
3:15pm – 3:45pm / Conference Session
3:45pm – 4:00pm / Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm / What Happens to Employees When Work Centers Are Shut Down?
Jim Conroy – President; Center for Outcome Analysis
Join the ACCSES team to hear about a new research project being proposed to understand what really happens to people with disabilities, and their families, when employment options, like those that are legally available under the Section 14(c) certificate are stripped away by politicians. We need your voices in this session to help ensure we will be tracking the best data possible to help lead the advocacy charge in securing these jobs for people with disabilities.