[announce] 2011 ACB Legislative Seminar Agenda

[Eric Bridges]

2011 ACB Legislative Seminar Agenda 

 

Sunday, February 27, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. 

 

2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Opening remarks and introduction of attendees

Mitch Pomerantz, President, ACB 

 

2:30 -3:30 p.m. ADA Training 

Jeanine Worden, Deputy Chief, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of
Justice 

 

3:30 -3:45 p.m. Break

 

3:45 - 4:15 p.m. ACB's Collaboration with the Equal Rights Center of
Washington DC

Donald L. Kahl, Executive Director, Equal Rights Center 

 

4:15 - 5:00 p.m. ACB's Legal Advocacy Efforts

Melanie Brunson, Executive Director, ACB 

 

Monday, February 28, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

 

9:00 - 9:30 a.m. The How To's in Having an Effective Meeting with Your
Member of Congress 

Emily Khoury, Legislative Director, Office of U.S. Representative Edolphus
Towns (D-NY) 

 

9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Accessible Prescription Drug Labeling; the Need for
Medicare to Cover Low Vision Devices

Mark Richert, Director, Public Policy, American Foundation for the Blind
(AFB) 

 

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.: - Break

 

10:45 - 11:45a.m. The Detrimental Impact That IRS Regulations Have Had on
Charities Through Their Vehicle Donation Programs 

Steven C. Schwadron, Member, Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies 

 

11:45 - noon: Announcements and Break 

 

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Luncheon Speaker

Karen Peltz Strauss, Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau,
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

 

1:30 - 2:15 p.m. The Air Carrier Access Act and What it Means for Blind
Travelers 

Blane Workie, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Office of Aviation
Enforcement and Proceedings, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) 

 

2:15 - 3:00 p.m. The Future of the National Council on Disability and Its
Issues for 2011 

Aaron Bishop, Executive Director, National Council on Disability (NCD)  

 

3:00 - 3:30 p.m.: Update on Randolph-Sheppard Issues

Dan Sippl, President, Randolph-Sheppard Venders of America (RSVA)

 

3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Logistics and Wrap Up: Eric Bridges, Director of Advocacy
and Governmental Affairs, ACB

Melanie Brunson, Executive Director, ACB

 

 

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