November 6 – 9, 2008
The Westin Alexandria
Alexandria, Virginia

NMCI and FWI have formed a strategic alliance marking the first time a leading global diversity consulting firm has partnered with a leading non-profit, bringing together proven leaders in the field of diversity consulting and training. The core competencies of both organizations include strategic consulting, organizational assessments, training, coaching and research. This conference is sponsored jointly by the two organizations.

NMCI’s Conferences typically offer a variety of learning opportunities to meet the needs of all attendees – from those seeking in-depth training on the latest facilitation techniques to those interested in connecting with peers and experts on specific topics related to diversity and inclusion in society and the workplace.

Keynote Address:

Margaret Regan, MA,
President and CEO, The FutureWork Institute
Vice Chair, National MultiCultural Institute

November 6, 2008

Journey into the future, examine the impact of the national election and witness the workforce and workplace changes in the year 2018. Experience the new organizational structures, the challenges to your industry, and the impact of technology on the workforce as work is time driven but no longer time bound. Examine the impact of grey ceilings in a post-mortal society and a new set of diversity issues—generational conflicts, career diversity and a my-job my-way work preference.

As members and free agents work in temporary hierarchies in global virtual teams, watch their career paths meander across different organizations, assignments and locations. See how the e-business transformation causes the wired workforce to take over, as loyalty to the profession, rather than the organization cause employers to offer a new “employer of choice” contract.

Ms. Regan, Vice Chair of NMCI and the President and CEO of The FutureWork Institute, is an internationally-known keynote speaker and consultant on the future workplace and marketplace. She has worked with human resource practices in Japan, keynoted generational diversity conferences in Asia, worked in Paris on French-American mergers, educated executive teams on cross-cultural differences, conducted women’s studies in Germany, France, the UK and the US. She has led Institute projects which conducted employee research and focus groups in Hong Kong, Bangalore, Tokyo, Mexico, Chile, Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and other major cities.

Ms. Regan was formerly a Principal and the Global Diversity Practice Leader for Towers Perrin, and the first woman executive at two organizations: the New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Con Edison in NYC. She has appeared on NBC-TV’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, NBC Nightly News, and CNN, to comment on emerging workforce trends.

Currently, she is featured on Close-Up TV as the CEO of “one of the most innovative businesses in the U.S.,” in the Diversity Journal as a pioneer of the profession, in CNN/Money Magazine as the expert on future workplace trends and in a special feature in Business Week on FutureWork’s creative approach to “my-job my-way”, “my-business our way” and “my perks my-way.” As a result, in 2008, she was awarded the Diversity Innovation Award by the American Institute for Managing Diversity.