MACE 2023 Summer Conference

Agenda

Tuesday, July 18th

6:00 pm                                                Networking Social - Threefoot Hotel Meridian

Wednesday, July 19th

8:00 am – 9:30 am                           MSU Riley Center, New Member Orientation

Breakfast and Registration

9:30 am – 10:00 am                        Welcome – Dr. Terry Dale Cruse, Associate Vice President and Head of Campus

MSU- Meridian

10:00 am – 11:00 am                      Opening Keynote – Tenesha Batiste, Ingalls Shipbuilding

11:15 am – 1:00 pm                        Awards & Lunch

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm                          Neurodiversity in the Workplace: It Matters more than you realize –

Evelyn Rivera, Fastenal

Working with Individuals with Disabilities - Tiffany Parrish & Cameron Stubbs, MDRS

2:00 pm – 2:10 pm                          Break

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm                          DE&I+ Belonging in the Workplace – Chiante’ McWilliams & KiAunda Calloway, Ingalls Shipbuilding

Entertaining a New Audience – Amy Yeend, University of Southern Mississippi

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm                          Group Photo/Excursion/Free Time

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm                          After Hours Reception at the MAX Museum Arts + Entertainment Experience – Food & Live Music

Thursday, July 20th

8:00 am – 8:30 am                           Breakfast

8:30 am – 10:00 am                        Welcome

                                                             Candie Simmons, CL Simmons Consulting, LLC

                                                                Casey Culpepper, Director at Hope Village for Children

“Kickstart with Art” Donation Drive

10:30 am – 11:00 am                      Business Meeting

11:30 am – 12:00 pm                      Hotel Check-out

12:00 am – 12:45 pm                      Lunch & Closing

12:45 pm                                             New Board Meeting

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm                          Industry Tour – Algix, Inc.