Subject: Upcoming Events from Business Forward
From: "Nadia Mulji, BusinessFwd.org" <[email-masked]>
To: Jordan Kaplan <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 12:31:58 +0000

May 16, 2016

Good morning, 

Here's your weekly digest of upcoming Business Forward events. 

Please join us this Thursday, May 11 at 9:30 a.m. for a member briefing with U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez on paid leave, apprenticeships, on-the-job training, and the future of work.

Business Forward works to make it easier for business leaders from across the country to advise Washington on how to create jobs and accelerate the economy. Please review the events listed below and consider working with us to invite your colleagues, suppliers, or partners in the region who might be interested in participating.

Best,
Nadia

MEMBER EVENTS

Thomas Perez on paid leave, apprenticeships, on-the-job training, and the future of work
Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor
Member briefing on Thursday, May 19 at 9:30 a.m.
Microsoft, 901 K Street NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20001
> Register here: http://action.businessfwd.org/page/s/member-briefing-with-secretary-perez-u-s-department-of-labor

Cecilia Muñoz on criminal justice reform, student loan debt, and policies for working families
Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council, The White House
Member briefing on Thursday, May 26 at 12:00 p.m.
MWW, 1155 Connecticut Avenue NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20036
> Register here:  http://action.businessfwd.org/page/s/member-briefing-with-cecilia-mu-oz-director-of-the-domestic-policy-council

Karen Neuman on information sharing and cybersecurity
Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Member briefing on Wednesday, June 8 at 12:00 p.m.
Location TBD
> Register here: http://action.businessfwd.org/page/s/member-briefing-with-karen-neuman-u-s-department-of-homeland-security

LOCAL EVENTS

Business Forward works to make it easier for business leaders from across the country to advise Washington on how to create jobs and accelerate the economy. Please take a look at our "Local Events" listed below to see if there are colleagues, suppliers, or partners in the region who you would like to participate. Upcoming briefings will be in Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, and Delaware. 

Probir J. Mehta on international trade 
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Innovation & Intellectual Property
Briefing on Tuesday, May 17
Nashville, TN
> Email for more information: [email-masked]

Fred P. Hochberg on international trade
Chairman and President, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Briefing on Tuesday, May 24
New Orleans, LA
> Email for more information: [email-masked]

Phil Karsting on international trade
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Briefing on Tuesday, May 24
Indianapolis, IN
> Email for more information: [email-masked]

Steve Haro on international trade
Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce
Briefing on Friday, June 3
Wilmington, DE
> Email for more information: [email-masked]

CONFERENCE CALLS & WEBINARS

Steve Case on entrepreneurship and the future of technology
Author, The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future
Conference call on Monday, May 23 at 3:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. PT
> Email for more information: [email-masked]