ACIP Symposium 2013

Agenda


Monday June 3rd - Pre-Conference Advocacy Day and Essentials
7:00 am – 7:00 pm:	Registration
8:00 am – 9:30 am:	Breakfast
7:15 am – 1:30 pm:	Congressional Advocacy Day
9:00 am – 5:30 pm:	Immigration Essentials Workshop
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm:	ACIP Board of Directors Meeting
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm:	Welcome Reception

Tuesday June 4th - Opening Day of Symposium
7:00 am – 6:30 pm:	Registration
8:00 am – 9:30 am:	Breakfast Briefing
8:00 am – 6:00 pm:	Speaker Ready Room
8:15 am – 8:45 am:	Newcomers Orientation
8:30 am – 4:00 pm:	J-1 Meetings with U.S. Department of State Representatives
9:00 am – 9:45 am:	Welcome and Opening Remarks — Austin Fragomen, ACIP Board of Directors Chairman
9:45 am – 10:55 am:	Reforming the Immigration System
10:55 am – 11:15 am:	Break
11:15 am – 12:00 pm:	Keynote Address by Kathleen Parker
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm:	Industry Networking Lunch
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm:	DOS/CBP: Sensible Processes to Facilitate Travel and Maintain Security
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm:	DOL: The Future of Labor Certification and Prevailing Wages
3:30 pm – 3:50 pm:	Break
3:50 pm – 4:35 pm:	The Rights and Responsibilities of Employers and Employees in the Employment Verification Process
5:30 pm	Buses Depart Ritz for Gala
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm:	Gala Reception at The Torpedo Factory Arts Center

Wednesday June 5th
8:00 - 7:00:	Global Entry Program On-Site Enrollment
8:00 am – 9:15 am:	Keynote Session & Breakfast Featuring Alejandro Mayorkas
8:00 am – 7:00 pm:	Exhibits
8:30 am – 5:30 pm:	Global Entry Interviews
9:15 am – 10:15 am:	USCIS: Streamlining Adjudications and Policy Guidance
10:15 am – 10:35 am:	Coffee Break
10:35 am – 11:45 am:	Global Talent: Global Rules
11:45 am – 1:30 pm:	Lunch on Your Own
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm:	Workshops Behind the DOL Wage Curtain Revisiting the Business Visitor: Laws and Enforcement Around the World Global Session Great Expectations – Changes in the J-1 Program What to Do When There are No More H-1Bs
2:45 pm – 3:05 pm:	Break
3:05 pm – 4:20 pm:	Workshops You Be the Judge of That! Extraordinarily Confusing: EB-1s and EB-2s Making It All Work – Getting HR to Understand the Immigration Process Behind the DHS Curtain: What happens to the Nonimmigrant Petition
4:40 pm – 5:45 pm:	Roundtables What Are You Doing About… Facilitated roundtable discussion and idea swap about some of today’s hottest topics. You decide where the conversation goes. The Non-Profit Sector: SEVIS II, Research Scholars, Post-Docs and More India: What is Going On at the Consulates and with RFEs? Immigration Software: What’s Working For You or Not Labor Certifications and Prevailing Wages Managing I-9s and E-Verify
5:45 pm – 7:00 pm:	Networking Reception

Thursday June 6th
8:00 am – 9:00 am:	Breakfast with Keynote Session Featuring CIS Ombudsman, Maria Odom
9:00 am – 9:30 am:	Sneak Peak at Results of ACIP Immigration Benchmarking Survey
9:50 am – 11:05 am:	Workshops Developments in Deemed Export Control Immigration in Emerging Markets Global Session How the Past Impacts the Future - PERM and Your Practices Your Toughest I-9 Questions Answered
11:20 am – 12:35 pm:	Workshops The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Immigration Globe Trotting After the Approval Global Mobility – Tax Concerns When Crossing Borders From USCIS to US Consulate - How Do I Get My Visa?
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