Special Pre-conference Federal Government Seminar
Content and speakers TBD. This seminar will only be open to federal government employees. Check back for future details

Lunch with a Telework Expert
Serve yourself lunch then take a seat at one of ITAC’s round tables, each with an assigned discussion topic and an experienced telework professional. ITAC is brimming with seasoned telework professionals, offering you an opportunity to get your most perplexing questions answered. You can also meet with conference sponsors and learn what telework solutions they can offer you.

Keynote Speaker: To Be Announced. Please check back for confirmed name.

Moderator: Joyce Twohig Larrick, Telecenter at Bowie State University

Telework's Twists and Turns: Yesterday’s Trials are Today’s Successes
Two telework experts discuss their perspectives on how telework has evolved over the past 10 years and how past experiences have influenced today’s and will influence tomorrow’s successful programs.

Moderator: Gil Gordon

Organizational Continuity and Telework: It’s Time to Take Action
Panelists will explore whether government and businesses are giving proper attention to continuity of their operations in response to natural and man-made disasters, and specifically, the extent to which telework is being included in those plans. Session will explore how telework can be incorporated into an organization’s continuity plan.

Moderator: Tim Kane

Reception and Sponsor Tabletop Displays
Enjoy tasty hors d’oeuvres with your favorite wine, beer or soft drink, mingle with your fellow attendees, and browse our sponsors’ tabletop displays.

Free Evening - Dinner on your own with colleagues at the Inner Harbor.

Virtual Collaboration: Valuable, Viable and Vibrant
Review of what collaborative tools and techniques are being used today, and exploration of their adequacy into the near future - with particular focus on broadband deployment patterns and possibilities in the next three years.

Moderator: Jennifer Verive: Virtual White Rabbit, Inc.; ITAC Research Committee Chair

Where, Oh Where Is The Workforce?
Trends in HR: Is all work going to be outsourced and/or sent offshore? Will there be a labor shortage in the near future? Is the virtual workplace a given for the future? Are the United States and the rest of the developed world operating under the same pattern? Do these trends affect the need for central office space?

Moderator: Nancy deLay, Eli Lilly; ITAC Vice President

Luncheon Session: Provocative Prognostications Promoting Participation: Does Telework Have a Future?
Two seasoned telework professionals will set the stage for attendees’ discussion about People, Facilities and Technology trends over the next two to ten years and how they will affect the way people and organizations work. More and more people are working virtually, but do their employers and the workers themselves view it as telework? Is it telework by any other name? Does it make any difference what working from anywhere is called? Is the level of informality in working from anywhere the trend so that formal guidelines and policies are not needed? How is efficient use of office space decided and the application of technology determined? These and other attendee questions will be debated and answered.

Moderator: Gil Gordon