2012 Labor Relations/Human Resources Conference

Schedule of Sessions and Special Events


Tuesday May 22, 2012

01:00 pm - 08:00 pm Registration


Wednesday May 23, 2012

07:30 am - 06:00 pm Registration

08:30 am - 09:30 am General Session - Welcome

Keynote Presentation
Larry Temple, Executive Director,and Veronica Downey, Commissioner, Texas Workforce Commission

09:30 am - 10:00 am Coffee Break

10:00 am - 11:00 am "The Business of Refining" - Frank Wheeler, Tesoro Corporation

11:00 am - 12:30 pm Open Lunch - Complimentary buffet luncheon offered in Exhibit Hall C

12:30 pm - 02:00 pm Hot Topics in Employment Law 2012 - Dennis Duffy, Baker Botts LLP

02:00 pm - 03:00 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions -
The World is Getting Smaller...Is Your Company Ready?, Dan Schuch, Cozen/O'Connor

Arbitration Panel -
Moderator: Nancy Hartmann, HollyFrontier
Panelists:
John DeLeon, CITGO
William Goodhart, ExxonMobil
Chad Horner, Koch Industries

Seven Steps of Just Cause, Gary Byrd, Valero Energy Corporation

03:00 pm - 03:15 pm Break

03:15 pm - 04:15 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions -
Social Media, Dan Hartsfield, JacksonLewis & Craig Stanley, ExxonMobil

Arbitration Panel -
Moderator: Nancy Hartmann, HollyFrontier
Panelists:
John DeLeon, CITGO
William Goodhart, ExxonMobil
Chad Horner, Koch Industries

Seven Steps of Just Cause, Gary Byrd, Valero Energy Corporation

04:15 pm - 05:15 pm Fatigue Policy Implementation - Brett Woltjen, Shell Oil Products US & Joe Pyner Chevron Phillips

05:15 pm - 06:15 pm Industry Reception


Thursday May 24, 2012

07:30 am - 12:00 pm Registration

08:30 am - 09:30 am General Session - Unleashing the Power of Generational Diversity
Dr. Joe Mattox, Workplace Innovation

09:30 am - 10:00 am Break

10:00 am - 11:00 am Ethics and HR - Laura Vaccaro, Valero Energy Corporation

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Closing Keynote - Lessons Learned from USW Negotiations, Dave Sauber, Shell

12:00 pm - 01:00 pm Open Lunch - Complimentary buffet luncheon offered in Exhibit Hall C