ACCSES 2013 Annual Conference
Working Agenda
As of 5.14.13
*Only Confirmed & Invited Speakers Listed*
Sunday, July 28
2:00pm – 5:30pm
6:00pm – 7:00pm
ACCSES State Association Roundtable
Facilitator: Thomas Cook – State Association Committee Chair;
ACCSES
Conference Welcome Reception
8:00am – 8:45am
Conference Registration
8:00am – 8:30am
Breakfast Buffet
8:30am – 8:45am
Welcome by ACCSES Leadership
Charlie Houston – Chair; ACCSES Board of Directors
Terry Farmer – CEO; ACCSES
8:45am – 9:45am
Plenary 1
Public Policy Priorities: Employment and Education: What Threats and
Opportunities Are Ahead and What Can Be Expected for Section 14(c)?
Monday, July 29
Bobby Silverstein – AbilityOne & Employment Counsel; ACCSES
9:45am – 10:00am
Break
10:00am – 11:00am Plenary 2
Public Policy Priorities: Affordable Care Act (ACA): Medicaid/Medicare;
Healthcare: What’s Ahead and What Are the Implications for Providers?
Peter Thomas – Legislative Counsel; ACCSES
11:00am – 12:00pm ACCSES Member Meeting
Hear about the organization’s successes and future goals from the CEO
as well as an opportunity for members to vote on ACCSES Board
members.
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Plenary 3
Luncheon & Networking
Learn about the new National Governors Association Initiative, A Better
Bottom Line: Employing People with Disabilities, and how it will impact
your state’s employment objectives.
1:30pm – 1:45pm
Break
1:45pm – 3:00pm
Plenary 4
Keeping Options for Prevocational Services Open as Momentum
Builds Towards Employment First
Rick Christman – CEO; Employment Solutions
C. Thomas Cook – Executive Director; Rehabilitation for Wisconsin in
Action
Bobby Silverstein – Facilitator
3:00pm – 3:15pm
Break
3:15pm – 5:00pm
Plenary 5
Managing the Brand of the Provider Community
Michael Alderson - Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations;
FSA Management Group
Andrea Parr – Director of Public Relations and Digital Media; FSA
Management Group
Terry Farmer – Facilitator
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Plenary 6
Hill Update
Hear directly from key Hill staffers on issues facing the 113th Congress.
Tuesday, July 30
8:00am – 8:30am
Breakfast Buffet
8:30am – 9:45am
Plenary 7
Who is an employee and who is a client? Potential provider liability
under the ACA.
Charlie Harles – Legislative Counsel; ACCSES
Theresa Morgan – Legislative Director; ACCSES
Peter Thomas – Facilitator
9:45 – 9:50am
Break
9:50am – 10:55am
Breakout 1
Leveraging AbilityOne, State
Use, and Commercial
Contracts to Expand Your
Business Potential
Breakout 2
Disability Service Provider
Sustainability in the Ever Changing
Marketplace
Speakers to be Announced
Dr. Benjamin C. Litalien CFE
Learn how ACCSES members
have thought outside the box to
leverage core competencies into
sustainable business operations
and additional job opportunities.
Learn from an award winning “social
franchise” expert and Georgetown
University professor on how you can
provide an extra level of sustainability
and growth to your organization
through franchise operations.
10:55 – 11:00am
Break
11:00am – 12:00pm
Breakout 3
AbilityOne Update
Breakout 4
State Use Roundtable
Bobby Silverstein – AbilityOne
Counsel; ACCSES
12:00pm – 1:20pm
Plenary 8
Luncheon & Networking
Learn from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services about changes
in the Medicaid program, the program for individuals who are dual
eligible, and the Balancing Incentives Initiative.
Barbara Coulter Edwards – Director, Disabled and Elderly Health
Programs Group; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
1:20pm – 1:30pm
Break
1:30pm – 2:45pm
Breakout 9
Medicaid Managed Care
Learn from disability service providers about the strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities, and threats resulting from Medicaid Managed Care
expansion.
Speakers to be Announced
2:45pm – 3:00pm
Break
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Plenary 10
State Legislative Advocacy to Ensure Employment Options
Discover how New Jersey is working to maintain funding for a full array of
employment options for people with disabilities, including programs in skill
development centers. New Jersey Senate President Sweeney has been
a driving force in his state to ensure all employment options are
accessible to people with disabilities.
Senator Steve Sweeney – President of the New Jersey State Senate
Nils Richardson – Facilitator
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Hill Preparation for Wednesday’s Hill Day
ACCSES Legislative Team
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Conference Reception
Highlighting ACCSES Achievements and Recognizing ACCSES
Champion Campaign Supporters
Light food and refreshments provided
Wednesday, July 31
8:00am – 8:30am
Hill Preparation
 Optional if you have any follow-up questions for our legislative team
prior to going to your Hill meetings
9:00am – 9:30am
14(c) Training Registration and Light Breakfast
** Separate registration required. 50% discount when also registered for
the ACCSES Annual Conference.
9:30am – 3:30pm
U.S. Department of Labor – Wage & Hour Division 14(c) Training
Participate in a U. S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
training to learn from experts about the federal regulatory requirements to
maintain compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act. This one-day
seminar will feature information on the Special Minimum Wage Certificate
Program (Section 14(c)), compliance with the Service Contracts Act and
the employment of workers with disabilities. Specifically, presenters will
focus on the Special Minimum Wage certification process, prevailing wage
surveys, time studies, record keeping and compliance requirements for
federal government contractors.
Presenters:
Diane Dawson - Branch Chief, Wage & Hour Division; U.S. Department
of Labor
Other Department of Labor staff to be announced
* Lunch will be provided.