**[Tuesday, September 19, 2006]{.underline}**

**Travel Day:**

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. **Registration**

**[Wednesday, September 20, 2006]{.underline}**

7:00- 8:30 a.m. **Registration**

8:30 a.m. **Posting of the Colors; National Anthem; Invocation**
(Auditorium)

-   Posting of the Colors: Auburn University Reserve Officer Training
    Corps Joint Color Guard

-   National Anthem: Sergeant William Glenn (Alabama National Guard
    Member and 2006 Military Idol Winner)

-   Invocation: Jim Spivey, President, Military Chaplains Association

8:45 a.m. **Welcome: Purpose of Summit and Goals** (Auditorium)

-   Charles "Chick" Ciccolella, Assistant Secretary of Labor for
    Veterans' Employment & Training

-   Introduction of Alabama Governor Bob Riley

9:00 a.m. **Official Greeting** (Auditorium)

-   Governor Bob Riley

-   Official welcome and Summit opening remarks

9:30 a.m. **REAL IMPACT KeyNote Address** (Auditorium)

-   Assistant Secretary Ciccolella introduces Guest Speaker

-   Major General Kenneth L. Farmer, Jr., M.D., Former Commanding
    General, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

10:15 a.m. **BREAK**

10:30 a.m. **Wounded & Injured Testimonial** (Auditorium)

-   Michelle Saunders

-   Matt Bacik

-   Ed Salau

-   Moderator: John Melia, Executive Director, The Wounded Warrior
    Project

11:00 a.m. **The Value of Veterans In The Workplace**

-   Mike Quinn, Vice President Technical Support Group Cisco Systems

11:20 a.m. **The National Scope** (Auditorium)

-   The Federal program and resource response to meet the need.
    Participants should gain a solid understanding of the scope of the
    problem, flow of information, overview of federal system points of
    interaction and key challenges / strategies.

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-   Leslye Arsht, Deputy Under Secretary for Military Community and
    Family Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense

-   Charles "Chick" Ciccolella, Assistant Secretary for Veterans'
    Employment & Training, U.S. Department of Labor

-   Judith Caden, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment
    Service, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

12:10 p.m. **Ribbon Cutting and** **Opening of the, "State of Technology
& Resource Fair"** (Main Ballroom)

-   W. Roy Grizzard, Jr., Ed.D., Assistant Secretary for Office of
    Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor

12:20 p.m. Auburn University Concert Choir, Dr. William C. Powell,
Conductor (Main Ballroom)

12:20 p.m. **Governor's Luncheon - by invitation only**

\- 2:00 p.m.

12:20 p.m. **Lunch (On your own -- Food court on premises)**

12:20 --

2:00 p.m. **Technology Demonstrations** (Main Ballroom)

-   The "State of Technology & Resource Fair" will remain open through
    the evening reception until 8:30 pm, and September 21^st^ from 8:00
    am -- 2:00 pm.

2:00-2:45 p.m. Governor's Panel (Auditorium)

-   Clyde W. Marsh, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs
       

-   Will Webb, Still Serving Veterans

-   Steve Shivers, Rehab Services, Rehabilitation Integration Resources

-   Don A. Wood, Executive Coordinator, Operation Grateful Heart

2:45p.m. **Force Health Protection & Readiness**

-   Michael E. Kilpatrick, M.D., Deputy Director for Force Health
    Protection and Readiness Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary
    of Defense for Health Affairs.

3:10p.m. **BREAK**

3:30 -

5:30p.m. **Military & Federal Transition Response** (Auditorium)

-   This session will provide the capstone learning module in
    preparation for working discussions and sessions through the evening
    and the following day. Session participants will include program
    leadership from military transition case management programs.

-   Participants will gain insight into the military transition and case
    management process, and successful examples of program connection
    and interaction with the U.S. Departments of Labor, Defense,
    Veterans Affairs, and state initiatives. The format will allow for
    audience participation and demonstration of successful strategies
    with immediate applicability in state and local planning.

    -   Colonel Mary Carstensen, United States Army, Director, U.S. Army
        Wounded Warrior Program

    -   Commander David Julian, United States Navy, Director, , Military
        Severely Injured Center, Department of Defense

    -   Colonel William Lake, United States Marine Corps, Marines For
        Life Program Manager

    -   Colonel William O'Brien, United States Marine Corp, Department
        of the Navy Severely Injured Marines and Sailors (SIMS)

    -   Helen Parker, Regional Administrator, Employment Training
        Administration (ETA) Disability Navigator

    -   Peggy R. Rayfield, Director, Personnel Operations, U.S. Air
        Force Palace HART

    -   Michael Wardlaw, Director, Navy Casualty & Safe Harbor Program,
        U.S. Navy

    -   Moderator: Daniel Nichols, Chief of Staff, Office of the
        Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment & Training, U.S.
        Department of Labor

6:00 p.m. **Evening Networking Reception -- Sponsored by The Wounded
Warrior Project (WWP) Music provided by the 313^th^ U.S. Army Band**

\- 8:30 p.m. (Main Ballroom)

**[Thursday, September 21, 2006]{.underline}**

6:30 a.m.

\- 8:00 a.m. **Continental Breakfast**

8:30 a.m. **Overview of the Day, Top answers and solutions**
(Auditorium)

-   Plan of the Day, Assistant Secretary Charles "Chick" Ciccolella

    Introduction of Group Facilitators

9:00 a.m. **Concurrent Sessions A/B/C**

-   **A -- Breaking Down the Wall** (Auditorium) (Red Team)

> Highlights of highly effective-practices employed at the state
> government level. Participants should be prepared to discuss and share
> their state-level efforts and to gain tactical knowledge regarding
> best-practice strategies. The format for this session will be a
> facilitated, barriers identification exercise known as, "Breaking Down
> the Wall," exercise employed successfully in past Workforce Innovation
> Workshops to identify and address workforce issues and solutions.

-   Jim Arrington, REALifelines Coordinator

-   Angel Alvarez, REALifelines Coordinator

-   Cynthia Morrison, U.S. DOL, Veterans Employment & Training Service

-   Facilitator: Gordon J. Burke, Jr., Director, Operations & Programs,
    U.S. DOL, Veterans Employment & Training Service

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-   **B - Idealized Design Session** (Ballroom B) (White Team)

> This Idealized Design Session will assist participants in building an
> idealized system from the ground up based on real and simulated
> scenarios. Participants will draw from the programs and practices with
> which they are familiar, while shaping and constructing idealized
> pathways and potentially new systems to meet the challenges service
> members, families, businesses and communities face in adapting to the
> effects of mobilizations and combat deployments.

-   George Alston, General Electric, Junior Officer, Leadership Program;

-   Facilitators : James L "Scotty Scott, Director, Individual and
    Family Support Policy, DOD and Daniel Nichols, Chief of Staff, U.S.
    Department of Labor, Veterans Employment & Training Service

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-   **C - Effective Practices Demonstration** (Seminar Room) (Blue Team)

> This session will focus on existing programs serving wounded and
> injured service members and their families and the positive impact of
> good program practice.

-   Nancy Glowacki, Employment Coordinator, VR&E, U.S. Department of
    Veterans Affairs

-   Ilene Morris-Sambur, CEO, Creating Opportunities by Recognizing
    Abilities (CORA, Inc.)

-   Danny Sample, Operations Recruiter, State Farm Insurance

-   Dr. Michael E. Witzky, Executive Director, Mental Health Board,
    Union County, Ohio

-   Moderator: Ron Drach, Director of Governmental & Legislative
    Affairs, U.S. DOL-Veterans Employment & Training Service

10:45 **BREAK**

11:00 a.m. **Conference Closing Charge and steps forward** (Auditorium)

-   Assistant Secretary Charles "Chick" Ciccolella

12:00 noon **Lunch (on your own)**

**1:00 p.m. LIVE Webinar Launch:**

-   **Job Accommodation Network (JAN) Searchable Online Accommodation
    Resource (SOAR) walkthrough \~ Anne Hirsh -- (JAN)**

-   **eLaws REALifelines walkthrough \~ Heather Higgins -- VETS**

-   **Technology-enabled training \~ Chanel Bankston-Carter - VA**

-   **America's Career InfoNet \~ Greg Wilson - ETA**

-   **Disabilityinfo.gov walkthrough \~ Katia Albanese -- Concepts,
    Inc.**

-   **Computer/Electronics Accommodations Program (CAP) Michael Young,
    U.S. Department of Defense**

**4:00 p.m. LIVE Webinar Conclusion**

**\* Dress for Wednesday, September 20^th^: Military Class A Dress or
service equivalent and for civilians business attire and Thursday,
September, 21^st^, duty uniform and business casual.**