2016 Labor Relations/Human Resources Conference

2016 Labor Relations/Human Resources Conference

Thursday, April 14 - Friday, April 15, 2016
JW Marriott Houston
5150 Westheimer Road
Houston, TX 77056

Schedule of Sessions and Special Events


Wednesday April 13, 2016

01:00 pm - 06:00 pm Registration


Thursday April 14, 2016

07:00 am - 06:00 pm Registration

08:00 am - 09:00 am Keynote Address -
Jim Loving, Sr. VP Refining, Pipelines and Terminals, CHS Inc.

09:00 am - 10:00 am Important Developments from the National Labor Relations Board -

Harry I. Johnson, III, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

10:00 am - 10:15 am Coffee Break

10:15 am - 11:00 am Drug and Alcohol Testing 2016 -
Richard Clay, Psychemedics Corporation

11:00 am - 12:30 pm Hot Topics in 2016 -
Dennis Duffy, BakerHostetler LLP

12:30 pm - 01:30 pm Lunch

01:30 pm - 02:30 pm Breakout Session I -

HR Breakout - Organizational Development – High Potential vs. High Performance
Hayes Kennedy, CHS Inc.

LR Breakout - Affects of NLRB's Browning Ferris Decision
Craig Stanley, Exxon Mobil Corporation

02:30 pm - 03:30 pm Breakout Session II -

HR Breakout - Unconscious Bias
Duane La Bom, Tesoro Corporation

LR Breakout - The NLRB's Quickie Election Procedure: A Case Study
Nam Van, Chevron Corporation

03:30 pm - 03:45 pm Break

03:45 pm - 04:45 pm Breakout Session III -

HR Breakout - The Birkman Method® - This session is limited to the first 50 entrants.
Jacquelyn Wolf & Ellen Spara, LyondellBasell Industries

LR Breakout - Developing a Labor/Human Resource Strategy in the Wake of the NLRB’s Shortened Election Rules
Steve Rahhal, Littler Mendelson P.C.

05:00 pm - 06:00 pm Industry Reception


Friday April 15, 2016

08:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration

08:30 am - 09:30 am Your Brain is Good at Inclusion… Except When It’s Not -

Steve Robbins, S. L. Robbins & Associates

09:30 am - 09:45 am Coffee Break

09:45 am - 11:00 am Unlocking the Truth© -
Robert Bettes, The BAR Group LLC

Sponsored By: Shell

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Keynote Address - Leadership 2016 and Beyond – The Never Ending Journey
Oliver Bell, CEO, Oliver Bell, Inc.

(session times and topics are subject to change)