Building Bridges Conference Agenda

7:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Sign-in - Breakfast, Networking

8:40 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks - Welcome Address by the Broward County Crime Commission; Acknowledge Distinguished Speakers and Guests

9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion I – Trends in Adult Bullying:

Panelists:

1.      Dr. Gary Namie, PhD –Psychologist, Director, Workplace Bullying Institute

2.      Mr. John Pacenti – Columnist, Daily Business Review

3.      Ms. Kerri Stone – Professor of Law, Florida International University

4.     Ms. Yael Hershfield - FloridaAssociate Regional Director, Anti-Defamation League (ADL)       

10:00 a.m. to 10:10 a.m. BREAK

10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Panel Discussion II – Workplace Bullying and Family Dispute Bullying

Panelists:

1.      Ms. Brenda DiIoia, JD - Mediator, Conflict Resolution Matters, Inc.

2.      Dr. Maureen Duffy, PhD - Workplace Consultant and Family Therapist

3.      Mr. Kelly H. Kolb, ESQ – Labor Attorney, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney (BIPC)

4. Mr. David Svetlick - Business and Finance Administrator, BrowardInternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

5.      Mr. Mark Watson – Regional Vice-President, Amtrust Bank

11:20 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. Panel Discussion III – Safeguarding Social & Educational Impacts 

Panelists:

1.  Mr. Steven Becerra - Director of Operations, Elite Krav Maga - Fighting Chance

2.      Dr. Alexia Georgakopoulos, PhD - Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution and Communication, Nova University

3.      Ms. Beverly Peterson – National Workplace Bullying Coalition

4.      Mr. Ron Christopher Osborne Williams - Education and Prevention Manager, Women in Distress of Broward County

5.      Vanessa Hodgerson –            Attorney at Law, Jackson Lewis P.C.                

6.      Vergie Bain – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. LUNCH

Noon to 12:30 p.m.  - Guest Speaker – Joie Bostwick and Jean Jones, Family Members Speaking In Memoriam of Jodie Jones Zebell, 1977-2008

12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. – KEYNOTE SPEAKER Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler.  Presentation will occur when actual eating of lunch is completed and there is complete silence.

1:15 p.m. to 1:25 p.m. BREAK

1:25 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion IV – When Adult Bullying Can Escalate to Violence

Panelists:

1.      Ms. Bridgette Schneiderman - President, Broward Victims’ Rights Coalition

2.      Broward College Institute of Public Safety   Police Academy – John Vecchio

3.      Captain Al Xiques  – Pembroke Pines Police Police Department

4.      Mr. David Scharf -  Director Community Outreach for Corrections and Youth Gangs - Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO)

5.      Ms. Monica Hofheinz - Executive Director, Broward State Attorney’s Office (SAO)

6.      Dr. Robert Cipriano, PhD. – Psychologist, SIMCIP

7. Branch Walton, Retired U.S. Secret Service (USSS)

2:30 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. BREAK

2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Panel Discussion V – Adult Bullying in Sports and Entertainment

 1.      High School Sector

2.      College Sector

3.      Professional Sector

4.      Dr. Gary Namie, Workplace Bullying Institute

5.      William David Cornwell, Attorney Gordon & Rees, LLP