2011 Labor Relations/Human Resources Conference


Wednesday, May 25 - Thursday, May 26, 2011
Colorado Convention Center
700 14th St. [map]
Denver, CO 80202-3213


Schedule of Sessions and Special Events



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Tuesday May 24, 2011

01:00 pm - 08:00 pm Registration

Wednesday May 25, 2011

07:30 am - 06:00 pm Registration
08:00 am - 09:45 am General Session
Welcome
Penny Newmark, NPRA Labor Relations & Human Resources Committee Chair
Frontier Refining & Marketing

Keynote Speaker
Gary Beevers, International Vice President
United Steel Workers
09:45 am - 10:00 am Coffee Break
Sponsored by Baker Botts
10:00 am - 11:00 am Negotiation Mistakes Smart People Make
John Richardson, CM Partners
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Open Lunch
Complimentary buffet luncheon offered in Exhibit Hall A
12:15 pm - 01:45 pm Hot Topics in Employment Law 2011
Dennis Duffy, Baker Botts LLP
01:45 pm - 02:45 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions
A Proposed Workers' Compensation Fraud Interdiction Program, Clifford Sweet, Heggeness, Sweet, Simington, & Patricio, A P.C.
Wage & Hour Issues, John Husband and Steven Gutierrez, Holland & Hart, LLP
Social Media Issues/IT Security, Blake Larsen, Western Refining
02:45 pm - 03:00 pm Break
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions
A Proposed Workers' Compensation Fraud Interdiction Program, Clifford Sweet, Heggeness, Sweet, Simington, & Patricio, A P.C.
Wage & Hour Issues , John Husband and Steven Gutierrez, Holland & Hart
The Fine Art of Small Talk, Debra Fine
04:00 pm - 05:00 pm Achieving Your Labor Relations Goal in a Hostile Environment
Chris Antone, Jackson/Lewis
05:00 pm - 06:00 pm Industry Reception

Thursday May 26, 2011

07:30 am - 06:00 pm Registration
08:30 am - 09:45 am General Session
Remarks & Recognitions
Kirk Williams, NPRA Labor Relations & Human Resources Committee Vice Chair
Valero Energy Corporation

Management is Everything
Lowell Hardy, Sinclair Oil Corporation
09:45 am - 10:00 am Break
10:00 am - 11:00 am Diversity and Inclusion Opportunities in the Petrochemical Industry
Carin Knickel, ConocoPhillips Company
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Panel on Negotiations
Moderator, Nancy Hartmann, Holly Corporation

Panelists
Gary Byrd, Valero Energy
James Chamberlain, Hess Corporation
John Deleon, CITGO Petroleum
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm Open Lunch
Complimentary buffet luncheon offered in Exhibit Hall A