BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20210420T140000Z DTEND:20210420T160000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Women in the Workforce Conference DESCRIPTION:Brought to you by the Lexington Chamber of Commerce\n\n\n\n3 million women left the workforce in 2020\, largely due to the pressures that the COVID pandemic placed on families: childcare centers closed or limited their hours and capacity\; school-age children began learning at home full-time\; businesses laid off or furloughed staff for months. \n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\nAs the economy begins to recover\, how do we get women back into the workforce? What does it mean for our economy if they don't come back? How can employers adapt to support an evolving view of what it means to be a "working mother"?\n\nJoin us for an examination of these issues with Secretary Rosalin Acosta\, who has put these questions front and center in her policies and lived them firsthand with her family. A panel discussion\, moderated by Catherine Carlock of the Boston Business Journal\, follows the keynote address and brings together women leaders from a variety of industries. \n\n\n\nConference Agenda:\n\n10:00am - Welcome\n\n10:15am - Keynote Address - Secretary Acosta\n\n10:45am - Q&A with Secretary Acosta\n\n11:00am - Panel Introductions\n\n11:30am - Moderated panel discussion\n\n12:00pm - Conclusion\n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker: Rosalin Acosta\, Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development\, Commonwealth of Massachusetts\n\nPanelists:\n\nSarah Hamilton\, WorkHuman\n\nElizabeth Hart\, Tailored for Success\n\nKatie Johnston\, Boston Globe\n\nParna Sarkar-Basu\, Brand and Buzz Marketing\n\nBrooke Thomson\, Associated Industries of Massachusetts\n\n\n\nModerator: Catherine Carlock\, Boston Business Journal X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Brought to you by the \;Lexington Chamber \;of Commerce
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\n3 million women left the workforce in 2020\, largely due to the pressures that the COVID pandemic placed on families: childcare centers closed or limited their hours and capacity\; school-age children began learning at home full-time\; businesses laid off or furloughed staff for months. \;
\nREGISTER HERE
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\nAs the economy begins to recover\, how do we get women back into the workforce? What does it mean for our economy if they don'\;t come back? How can employers adapt to support an evolving \;view of what it means to be a "\;working mother"\;?
Join us for an examination of these issues with Secretary \;Rosalin Acosta\, who has put these questions front and center in her policies and lived them firsthand with her family. A panel discussion\, \;moderated by Catherine Carlock of the \;Boston Business Journal\, follows the keynote address and brings together \;women leaders from a variety of industries. \; \;
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\nConference Agenda:
\n10:00am - Welcome
\n10:15am - Keynote Address - Secretary Acosta
\n10:45am - Q&\;A with Secretary Acosta
\n11:00am - Panel Introductions
\n11:30am - Moderated panel discussion
\n12:00pm - Conclusion
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\nKeynote Speaker: Rosalin Acosta\, Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development\, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
\nPanelists:
\nSarah Hamilton\, WorkHuman
\nElizabeth Hart\, Tailored for Success
\nKatie Johnston\, Boston Globe
\nParna Sarkar-Basu\, Brand and Buzz Marketing
\nBrooke Thomson\, Associated Industries of Massachusetts
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\nModerator: Catherine Carlock\, Boston Business Journal