IOA 2022 Conference Schedule Day 2
April 4 | April 5 | April 6
*This schedule is subject to change
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4:00 AM – 5:00 AM PT
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Mary Rowe Keynote Address: Victoria Mars
Victoria designed and built the global Mars Ombudsman program, providing Mars Associates at every level of the organization with a service that addresses workplace challenges in a neutral, confidential, and informal manner.
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6:00 AM – 8:00 AM PT |
Colleague Catch-up or Trivia (Gather.town)
Join us in Gathertown and test your travel trivia skills with three rounds of trivia focused on international culture, world geography, and general travel trivia, but with an emphasis on transportation.
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8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PT
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Concurrent Session B
Session B1 | Cross-Cultural Dialogue in Workplace
Ati Alipour Attorney, Heris Law Firm
Session B2 | Team Pulse-Taking: Helping Teams and Managers Understand Areas of Strengths and Weaknesses
Balint Balassa Conflict Resolution Officer, UN Refugee Agency
Tina Hinh Associate Conflict Resolution Officer, UN Refugee Agency
Session B4 | Safeguarding Confidential Data: What Is the Ombuds' Responsibility?
Dr. Clare Fowler Executive Vice President, Mediate.com
Colin Rule CEO, Mediate.com
Chuck Howard Former Executive Director, International Ombuds Association
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10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT |
Professional Sector Meetings (Option One) (Gather.town)
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Corporate Sector- Opportunity to make connections, share trends in the corporate sector, and discuss additional resources and ways to advance the profession and advocate for your role. (Meeting in Griffin Room, Jones Room as overflow if needed)
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Government Sector - Maintaining Neutrality While the Edges Drift Apart: Neutrality may be the professional standard most difficult to maintain in daily Ombuds work. Recent events in the world have sharpened that challenge for Government Ombuds. Join this session for a chance to talk about the past few years, when neutral practice sometimes felt less like a high-minded principle and more like being smashed between blind forces. Spend time in a safe space with folks who’ve lived it too. (Meeting in Gadlin Room, Wilcox Room as overflow if needed)
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Collateral duty ombuds - An unhosted space for collateral-duty ombuds to explore issues related to ombudsing while holding down another job. Topics may include managing conflicts of interest, effective outreach, time management, and professional development (Meeting in Robinson Room)
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Networking sector: An unhosted space for ombuds to connect (Meeting in Wheaton Room)
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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
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Concurrent Session C
Session C1 | Academic Writing for the Ombuds
Shannon Lynn Burton University Ombudsperson, Michigan State University
Session C2 | Trauma-Informed Ombudsing
Laura Smythe University Ombuds, University of Idaho
Session C3 | The Upstream Ombuds: Serving as a Conduit of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging Feedback for Organizational Systemic Change
Julia Heck University Ombuds, Eastern Michigan University
Session C4 | Ombuds and the Power Structures of Civility: Where Do We Fit?
Julia Farmer Director of Ombuds Services, University of West Georgia
Session C5 | Creating Space for Belonging Dialogues: Facilitating "Conversations for Change" in Organizations
Donna Douglass Williams Head of Ombuds, Pinterest
Nozipho January-Bardill Principal, Bardill, and Associates
L. Trey Wilson Ombuds, BGB Studios
Jon L. Peacock
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12:30 PM – 2:00 PM PT
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The Practice Edge: Who Owns the Story? Re-examining the Role of Ombuds Working with Groups
Jeff Anderson Associate Ombudsman, U.S. Department of Energy
Laurel Gordon Deputy Ombuds, United States Marshals Service, U.S. Department of Justice
Lisa Levine Ombuds, Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Department of Justice
Chris Vermillion Associate Ombudsman, U. S. Department of Energy
Lexi Wolfe Associate Ombudsman, U. S. Department of Energy
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2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
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A Session with the IOA Board (Option One)
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3:30 PM – 4:30 PM |
Learning Circle (Option One) (Gather.town) |
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PT
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International Sector Meeting (Option One) (Gather.town) |
April 4 | April 5 | April 6
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