Program Agenda

Schedule-at-Glance


Time Duration Event Location
Monday, May 4
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM 5 Hours Registration Lobby Area
Tuesday, May 5
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 1 Hour Registration/Networking - Coffee hosted by sponsors Lobby Area
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM All Day Registration Lobby Area
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM All Day Exhibit Hall Lobby Area
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 1 Hour Keynote Speaker, Ms. Evon Black, Motivational Speaker - Entertainment: Deaf Performing Artists Network (D-PAN) Auditorium
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM 10 Minutes Break  
10:10 AM - 11:25 AM 1 Hr 15 Minutes Morning Session: Workshops Auditorium, Ballroom, Meeting 1, 5, & 6
11:25 AM - 11:35 AM 10 Minutes Break  
11:35 AM - 1:05 PM 1 Hr 30 Minutes Formal Luncheon, Update on DHHIG Activities in 2008-2009, and Introduction of Election Candidates. (Candidate nominations will be accepted all day on Tuesday.) Ballroom
1:05 PM - 1:15 PM 10 Minutes Break  
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM 1 Hr 15 Minutes Mid-Afternoon Session: Workshops Auditorium, Ballroom, Meeting 1, 5, & 6
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM 30 Minutes Break - Refreshments hosted by sponsor Lobby Area
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM 1 Hr 15 Minutes Afternoon Session: Workshops Auditorium, Ballroom, Meeting 1, 5, & 6
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM 3 Hours Deaf Professional Happy Hour (DPHH), sponsored by Viable at Regional Food and Drink (RFD) in Chinatown (a block away from the Gallery PI Chinatown metro) - Entertainment - Deaf Performing Artist's Network (D-PAN), along with food, refreshments and a cash bar. RFD
Wednesday, May 6
Time Duration Event Location
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 1 Hour Registration/Networking - Coffee hosted by sponsors Lobby Area
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM All Day Registration Lobby Area
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM All Day Exhibit Hall Lobby Lobby
9:00 AM - 10:20 AM 1 Hour 20 Minutes Keynote Address Andrew Imparato, President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD).

Elections update from the DHHIG Elections Committee. Voting begins immediately after this session (10:20 AM - 4:30 PM) 		Auditorium
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM 10 Minutes Break  
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM 1 Hr 15 Minutes Morning Session: Workshops Auditorium, Ballroom, Meeting 1, 5, & 6
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM 1 Hr 30 Minutes Lunch - Box lunch provided Ole Jim and Outside Tent
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM 1 Hr 15 Minutes Mid-Afternoon Session: Workshops Auditorium, Ballroom, Meeting 1, 5, & 6
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM 30 Minutes Break - Refreshments hosted by sponsor Vendor Area
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM 1 Hr 15 Minutes Afternoon Session: Workshops Auditorium, Ballroom, Meeting 1, 5, & 6
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM 2 Hours Happy Hour with light refreshments and cash bar Ballroom
Thursday, May 7
Time Duration Event Location
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 1 hour Registration/Networking - Coffee hosted by sponsors Lobby Area
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM Half Day Registration Lobby Area
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM All Day Exhibit Hall Lobby Area
9:00 AM - 10:20 AM 1 Hour 20 Minutes Keynote “Power Panel” Dr. Robert Davilla, President, Gallaudet University; Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz, President, NTID and Vice President and Dean, RIT; Jim McFadden, President, Macfadden & Associates, Inc.; and Nancy J. Bloch, Chief Executive Officer and Ex-Officio Board member of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD). Moderator: Jennifer Croft, Disability Policy Advisor, Department of Commerce.

DHHIG Elections results announced.		 Auditorium
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM 10 Minutes Break  
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM 1 Hr 15 Minutes Morning Session: Workshops Auditorium, Ballroom, Meeting 1, 2, 5, & 6
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM 1 Hr 30 Minutes Lunch - Box lunch provided Ole Jim and Outside Tent
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM 1 Hr 15 Minutes Mid-Afternoon Session: Workshops Auditorium, Ballroom, Meeting 1, 2, 5, & 6
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM 30 Minutes Break - Refreshments hosted by sponsor Vendor Area
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM 1 Hr 15 Minutes "Swearing-In Ceremony” and Business Meeting with the new DHHIG Board of Directors. Auditorium
Friday, May 8
Time Duration Event Location
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM 2 Hours NTC Add-on Bonus: Tours of the U.S. Capitol and Capitol Visitors Center. (You must have arranged for tickets in advance through the online sign up process.) To Be Announced
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM 2 Hours NTC Add-on Bonus: Tours of the U.S. Capitol and Capitol Visitors Center. (You must have arranged for tickets in advance through the online sign up process.) To Be Announced

Last Updated: 29 April, 2009 18:33