Speaking Engagements

HR.com Webcast | Wednesday, October 14, 2026 | 11:00 - 11:55 AM EDT

This panel, which features DCI's Lisa Harpe, will examine how pay equity obligations are shifting inside and outside the US. The discussion will cover the end of OFCCP audits and pay practice evaluations following the revocation of EO 11246, the growing set of state pay transparency, pay notice, and pay data reporting requirements, and what the EU Pay Transparency Directive requires as member states move through uneven transposition. Attendees will leave with practical guidance on what employers should be doing now. WorldatWork recertification credit available.

 

78th Annual NYU Conference on Labor & Employment Law | Thursday, October 15, 2026 | 3:20 - 4:15 PM EDT

This panel, which features DCI's David Cohen alongside Michael Delikat of Orrick and former EEOC Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels, will examine the evolving landscape since the Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College and the second Trump Administration's policies on DEI programs, including a reduced role for the OFCCP, the end of government disparate impact suits, and proposed cuts to EEO-1 reporting. The discussion will focus on what remains open under federal law and state laws.

 

American Employment Law Council | Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM EDT

This session, which features DCI's David Cohen as a panelist, will provide an update on pay equity, transparency, and collection issues, as well as how courts are distinguishing between Equal Pay Act and pay discrimination claims, and how employers should respond to these developments.

 

SHRM BLUEPRINT Preconference Workshop | Sunday, November 15, 2026 | 12:30 - 5:00 PM CST

HR leaders make daily decisions that weigh employee trust, legal exposure, compliance obligations, and business goals, and federal mandates hold employers accountable for both current and past practices. In this hands-on preconference workshop led by DCI's Joanna Colosimo, participants work through a realistic simulation in small groups, tracking their choices and the downstream effects in a decision log. Attendees will practice separating high-risk from low-risk responses, applying role-specific decision frameworks, and weighing the second- and third-order impacts of each call. Separate registration and an additional fee are required.

 

SHRM BLUEPRINT | Monday, November 16, 2026 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM CST

Practices that were standard a few years ago are now drawing federal scrutiny, and HR leaders are being asked to defend them. In this session, DCI's David Cohen breaks down what current federal enforcement priorities actually target, where legal exposure is real and where concern has outrun the law, and what a defensible program looks like in practice. Attendees will leave with a framework for auditing existing DEI initiatives, documentation and communication strategies that reduce risk, and language to help leadership distinguish programs that need to change from programs that are being mischaracterized.