To register for one or all of the activities go to:
www.regonline.com/womensmarch2008event 

There is no charge for the three-day event, but registration is required. All events will be held at the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20210, except for The Art of Women’s Lives evening reception, which will take place at the Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P Street, NW, Washington , DC 20005 .

Tuesday, March 4, 2008
1:30-3:30 pm

Women and America’s Changing Work Culture
Representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will share cutting-edge information and facilitate audience dialogue on how women are impacted by some of the most significant changes in today’s workplaces resulting, in part, from a multi-generational and increasingly diverse workforce.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
9:30-11:30 am

Better Jobs! Better Earnings! Better Living!
Concurrent Sessions

Better Jobs!
Women in Nanotechnology (WIN):
Community Collaboration to Expand the Workforce Pipeline
This session highlights the WIN program the Women’s Bureau is piloting in the Chicago area in partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program, the College of DuPage, and Truman College. The targeted online mentoring model combined with seminars, lab tours, and peer support is used to expose community college students to careers in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Better Earnings!
Wising Up Financially: A Multi-Generational Perspective
An interactive panel composed of women from four different generations will discuss their views, challenges, and solutions related to money. A dynamic facilitator will encourage audience participation.

Better Living!
Workplace Flexibility: Innovations Across Sectors
Representatives from large and small businesses as well as public sector organizations will share their work flexibility programs, challenges, and solutions.

11:45-2:00 pm

Lunch Reception
Women’s Bureau E-Card Catalog Demonstrations and Tours of DOL Wirtz
Labor Library

2:30-4:30 pm

The Workforce Dimension
Representatives from the National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Departments of Labor, Education, and Commerce will discuss occupational employment projections, including self-employment; how the most common education and training requirements for job entry will change and how the U.S. population is being prepared for those changes; and what is being done to enhance opportunities for business owners in the global marketplace.

5:15-8:00 pm

The Art of Women’s Lives
Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005
Panel Discussion and Reception
The panel will feature the lives, work, and vision of three extraordinary women:

• Marin Alsop, dynamic new Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, who made history last fall as the first woman conductor of a major American orchestra;
• Ruth DeGolia, Executive Director of Mercado Global, who works to create sustainable livelihoods for impoverished Guatemalan women artists by linking their cooperatives to the U.S. market; and
• Michelle Rhee (Invited), new Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools, who brings a results-driven model for change to 144 schools and 50,000 students.
• Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao will also join us to honor and celebrate the women who have made, and continue to make, our country great.

Thursday, March 6, 2008
9:30-11:30 am

Building a Stronger STEM Pipeline for Women
Representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will participate in a dynamic panel to discuss cutting- edge issues related to advancing girls’ interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields; women working and “moving up”; funding streams; model programs; and recent research developments.

*All workshops will be held at the U.S. Dept. of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC, unless otherwise noted.