Where-When?

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Registration: 8 am
Program: 8:30 am to noon
The Marriott Rocky Hill
100 Capital Blvd., Rocky Hill

Sponsored by Citizens Bank, Pullman and Comley LLC, and The United Illuminating Company

Description

To stay competitive, Connecticut’s 4,500 manufacturers need a skilled workforce prepared for the high-tech world of 21st century manufacturing. What can businesses, educators, and policymakers do to make sure that happens? Get answers from business leaders, government officials, and experts actively involved in manufacturing, education, and training.

The program features:

• Keynote speaker Catherine Smith, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
• Keynote speaker Emily DeRocco, President, The Manufacturing Institute
• Keynote speaker Lewis Chappel, Operations Manager/High Volume Hypodermic Manufacturing, BD Medical
• The release of the 2011 Manufacturing Workforce Survey, sponsored by The Connecticut Community Colleges’ College of Technology’s Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing and J.H. Cohn
• Leading manufacturers on the current state and future of the industry in Connecticut
• State perspective on plans for economic and workforce development in manufacturing
• Panel discussion on manufacturing workforce needs:
  •  Mun Choi, Professor and Dean of Engineering, University of Connecticut
  • Karen Wosczyna-Birch, Executive Director, The Connecticut Community Colleges’ College of Technology’s Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing
  • Frank Gulluni, Director, Manufacturing Technology Center, Asnuntuck Community College
  • Paul Murphy, General Manager, GKN Aerospace Engine Products New England

Copresenters: The Connecticut Community Colleges’ College of Technology’s Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, CONNSTEP, Aerospace Components Manufacturers, New Haven Manufacturers Association, Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Smaller Manufacturers Association of Connecticut

Cost per person

• CBIA members and educators, $25
• Nonmembers, $50
• Table of 10, $225

Where-When? 

Thursday, June 30, 2011
Online 9:30 to 10:30 am

Description

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently issued 1,000 Notices of Inspection with accompanying subpoenas, and the news just keeps getting bleaker.

That’s why Connecticut employers must be prepared for investigations and take measures to ensure your immigration compliance is in check.

Join us for this timely webinar, where we’ll review:

• Suggestions for preventing, planning, and handling site visits
• Key elements of compliance, including Form I-9, E-Verify, and the E-Verify rule for federal contractors
• Ways to limit liability

Speakers: Megan R. Naughton and Josh Mirer, Partners, Robinson & Cole LLP

Cost per person:

CBIA members, $15

Nonmembers, $25

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Meet the Author: Mary Jane Paris

Mary Jane Paris’ last program sold out. Don’t miss her latest presentation!

Where-When?

Thursday, July 21, 2011
Crowne Plaza, 100 Berlin Rd., Cromwell
Registration: 8 am
Program: 8:30 to 10 am

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Description

“A bad attitude is like a flat tire. You ain’t going anywhere until you change it.” – Unknown

Customer service is more than a department or a job. It’s an attitude. A positive attitude influences customer loyalty, satisfaction, and the total customer experience. Have you examined your attitude lately?

Join us to learn how attitude affects:

• Your personality and work performance
• Your ability to attract and retain customers
• Relationships and the work environment
• Workforce diversity, career success, and teamwork
• Your bottom line results

Schedule

8 to 8:30 am: Coffee/Registration

8:30 to 9:30 am: Conversation with Mary Jane Paris

9:30 to 10 am: Networking breakfast buffet with Mary Jane Paris

About the Author

Mary Jane (MJ) Paris is president, the “positive energy” source, and founder of Positive Impact Consulting Services LLC and is the author of A Positive Workplace Means Business! It Just Makes Cent$! She brings a broad base of experience in leadership, management, and employee development gained from more than 25 years in sales, retail banking, training, recruiting, coaching, project management, fundraising event planning, and community leadership.

Cost per person:

CBIA member companies, $35
Nonmember companies, $50

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Tune into WFSB Channel 3 or WTIC 1080 for cancellations due to inclement weather.

Where-When?

Building Trust and Leadership
Wednesday, August 17
Online: 11 am to noon

Description

Trust is an immeasurable–and therefore overlooked–building block of company culture. Yet companies with strong levels of trust within their workforce are prone to better collaboration, innovation, and productivity. This interactive webinar helps you identify key elements to better manage this elusive concept. We’ll discuss:

• The ingredients of trust
• Why companies should care about trust
•  Proven trust-building activities you can implement immediately

Cost per person:

CBIA members, $15; nonmembers, $50

Speakers: Susan Lesser, Claudio Fiorani, nPlusOne Consulting

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Where-When?

Three-part program: Wednesday, Sept. 14, Wednesday, Sept. 21, and Wednesday, Sept. 28

Registration: 8 am
Program: 8:30 to 10:30 am
CBIA, 350 Church Street, Hartford

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Description

Organize Your Day with

Time Strategies

“This course helped me to become more focused on my personal and professional goals. It caused me to focus on how I spend my time and how I could improve my outcome.” – Nancy Sweetman, Co-Owner, AES Remedial Contracting, Southington

Are you faced with an endless stream of phone calls, emails, meetings, and deadlines? Are you panicked and overwhelmed by your workload? Does it seem impossible to get everything done?

Let our expert focus and clarify your priorities. This in-depth, interactive program teaches you how to:

• Gain control of your workday
• Reap the rewards of your job
• Achieve success and excel at work
• Get more out of life

Sign up now. You can get organized and get it all done.

Speaker

Michael W. O’Reilly is a regional director for Paradigm Associates. For more information, visit paradigmassociates.us.

Cost per person (Includes all texts, materials and parking in the Metro Center garage)

• CBIA member companies $400
• Nonmember companies $475

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Speakers & Presentation:

• Mickey Herbert, Michael E. Herbert Consulting
• Stephen A. Frayne, Senior Vice President, Health Policy, Connecticut Hospital Association
• Jill Bergman, Assistant Vice President – Compliance, Cohn Benefits Consultants
• Michelle Zettergren, Senior Vice President, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, ConnectiCare (Sept. 21 only)
• John Fleig, COO Mid Atlantic Health Plan UnitedHealthcare (Sept. 30 only)
• Eric George, Associate Counsel, CBIA

Your company’s place in the new healthcare landscape

Where-When?

Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 | Registration: 8 am | Program: 8:30 to 11:30 am | Doubletree Hotel | 789 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk

Description

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—the most important piece of healthcare legislation in decades—is redefining the healthcare landscape. Although many changes mandated by this pivotal law won’t take place until 2014, now’s the time to make sure your company is prepared to comply.

Topics include:

• Overview of the state and federal marketplace and rules
• Employer compliance, requirements, obligations, and timeline
• Employer communication requirements
• Health benefit exchanges and their impact on the delivery of health insurance
• The effect on insurance companies and how benefit packages will be defined
• The impact on healthcare providers

Speakers:

• Mickey Herbert, Michael E. Herbert Consulting
• Stephen A. Frayne, Senior Vice President, Health Policy, Connecticut Hospital Association
• Jill Bergman, Assistant Vice President – Compliance, Cohn Benefits Consultants
• Michelle Zettergren, Senior Vice President, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, ConnectiCare (Sept. 21 only)
• John Fleig, COO Mid Atlantic Health Plan UnitedHealthcare (Sept. 30 only)
• Eric George, Associate Counsel, CBIA

Don’t miss your chance to hear from the experts on where this historic legislation is headed. Sign up today.

Cost per person

• CBIA member companies, $50
• Nonmember companies, $99

Where-When

Wednesday, Oct. 5

8:20 am-3:00 pm

(Registration and continental breakfast at 7:30 am)

Crowne Plaza, Cromwell

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.

Description

Connecticut’s new energy law has significant implications for your business. How will changing energy policies, technologies, and incentives impact your operations and bottom line? CBIA and the Connecticut Power and Energy Society (CPES) are pleased to present the region’s premier business energy conference.

Attendees at this full-day event will hear from industry leaders and policy experts about CHP incentives, energy efficiency technologies and regulations, distributed generation, renewables, the restructuring of state agencies from DEEP to DPUC, and a host of other topics. Gov. Dannel Malloy will deliver the morning keynote address.

See the full agenda.

Panel discussions will include:

• The New Deal: State, Regional, and Federal Energy Policy & Regulations
• New Deal, New Opportunities: Incentives for Your Business
• How to Make the New Deal Work for Your Bottom Line

Cost

• CBIA members, CPES members: $100
• Students and government officials, $50
• Others, $200

Questions? Call 860.244.1977.

Interested in exhibiting or sponsoring?

Contact CBIA Registrar Lise Cliche or CPES Executive Director Paul Brady. You may also download our sponsor/exhibitor kit.

Organize Your Day With Time Strategies

Where-When?

Three-part program: Fridays, Oct. 7, 14 & 28

Registration: 8 am
Program: 8:30 to 10 am
Stamford Chamber of Commerce, 733 Summer Street, Stamford

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Description

“This course helped me to become more focused on my personal and professional goals. It caused me to focus on how I spend my time and how I could improve my outcome.” – Nancy Sweetman, Co-Owner, AES Remedial Contracting, Southington

Are you faced with an endless stream of phone calls, emails, meetings, and deadlines? Are you panicked and overwhelmed by your workload? Does it seem impossible to get everything done?

Let our expert focus and clarify your priorities. This in-depth, interactive program teaches you how to:

• Gain control of your workday
• Reap the rewards of your job
• Achieve success and excel at work
• Get more out of life

Sign up now. You can get organized and get it all done.

Speaker

Michael W. O’Reilly is a regional director for Paradigm Associates. For more information, visit paradigmassociates.us.

Cost per person

• CBIA and Stamford Chamber member companies, $400
• Nonmember companies, $475

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Where-When?

No longer accepting advance registrations. Walk-ins welcome.

Monday, Oct. 17, 2011
The Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa
243 Tresser Boulevard, Stamford
Registration: 11:30 am
Program: Noon to 2 pm

Description

Sponsored by BlumShapiro & TD Bank

Presented by CBIA and the Stamford Chamber of Commerce

• Are things finally looking up for Fairfield County’s economy?
• Where does the region’s recovery really stand?
• How does it compare to state and national recoveries?

Join us for this lunchtime program and get answers to those questions and more from top economic and business experts. If you do business in Fairfield County, you need to know what’s in store for the economic engine that drives much of the state’s economy.

Program Highlights and Speakers

• Christine Cumming, first vice president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, on the Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey economies
• Don Klepper-Smith, chief economist and director of research, DataCore Partners LLC
• Financial services overview and outlook
• Release of the 2011 Survey of Fairfield County Businesses, sponsored by TD Bank and BlumShapiro (All attendees receive a free copy of the report.)

Price

• CBIA & Stamford Chamber members, $45
• Nonmembers, $60
• Tables of 10, $450