Agenda

Continental Breakfast

Room 400

Flexibility and the American Worker

Room 400

Moderator:

Marcie Pitt–Catsouphes, Alfred P. Sloan Work & Family Research Network, Boston College

Speakers:

The State of the American Workforce and Workplace
Ellen Galinsky, Families and Work Institute

Work Hours Mismatch in the U.S. and Australia
Robert Drago, Pennsylvania State University and University of Melbourne

Issues for Women's Leadership in the Legal Profession: Survey of Attrition and Career Decisions in Massachusetts Law Firms
Mona Harrington and Helen Hsi, MIT Workplace Center

Working Conditions and the Experience of Families Globally
Jody Heymann, McGill University

Discussants:

Damon Phillips, University of Chicago
Donna Klein, Corporate Voices for Working Families

Break

Looking Abroad

Room 400

Moderator:

Ariane Hegewisch, American University and University of California Hastings School of Law

Speakers:

Gender, parenthood and the changing european workplace: Young adults negotiating the work-family boundary
Laura den Dulk, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Suzan Lewis, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

A Broad View from “Abroad”
Graeme Russell, Macquarie University, Australia

Work-Life Balance Programs, Flexible Employment and Fertility Decline in Japan
Machiko Osawa, Japan’s Women’s University

Managing Work and Family Conflict in Contemporary India: Luxury and Necessity for the Urban Workforce—A Macro Perspective
Tripti Pande Desai, Institute for Integrated Learning in Management, India

Discussant:

Michàlle Mor Barak, University of Southern California

Lunch

Room 621

Panel: Sloan Network's Curriculum Task Force
Stephen Sweet, Ithaca College
Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Boston College

Restructuring American Work: Overview of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Initiatives (National Campaign)

Room 621

Speakers:

Kathleen Christensen, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Boston College

Break

Government Policies Supporting Workplace Flexibility

Room 400

Moderator:

Chai Feldblum, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University

Speakers:

The View from 10,000 Feet
Joan Williams, University of California, Hastings College of the Law

Government Policies Supporting Workplace Flexibility
Janet Gornick, City University of New York

Two steps forward, one step back: Government policies supporting workplace flexibility and the state of play in Australia.
Juliet Bourke, Aequus Partners

Japanese Government Policies Supporting Workplace Flexibility
Sumiko Iwao, Keio University

Discussants:

Stuart Ishimaru, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Rohan Squirchuk [Ms], Diversity Council Australia Limited

Final Wrap–up

Chai Feldblum, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University