Speaking Engagements
Outreach And Recruitment Strategies For Diversifying The Candidate Pool
Howard County Human Resources Society Chapter Event | Thursday, March 21, 2024 | 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
In this event, DCI's Keli Wilson will address the DEIA strategies employers are exploring to gain a competitive advantage in the war for talent while mitigating risk. Join this session to learn about the current landscape, common barriers employers face in the candidate and applicant stages, and tactics to navigate the ever-evolving DEIA space.
A Tale of Two Pay Gaps
Anne Arundel County Office of Equity and Human Rights | Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
In this panel style webinar, DCI's Joanna Colosimo and Lisa Harpe will lead a discussion on pay disparities between men and women. The panel will differentiate between “pay equity” and the “pay gap,” and will explore the causes of both. The discussion will be moderated by Asha Smith, Director of Equity and Human Rights.
A Guide to OFCCP Compliance for Federal Contractors
Arcoro, Circa & DCI Live Webinar | Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
In this live webinar, consultants from Arcora, Circa & DCI cover which companies are covered by OFCCP’s laws and regulations, the requirements for employers with federal or federally assisted construction contracts and the consequences of failing to comply with OFCCP’s requirements.
Regulating Assessment Technology: Perspectives on Current and Emerging Regulations
2024 SIOP Annual Conference | Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM EDT
In this panel session, DCI's Dave Schmidt will discuss the use of AI in assessments, their understanding of current regulations and how organizations are complying with them, and themes they are observing in new regulatory efforts. Panelists will also discuss how organizations have dealt with NYC Local Law 144 and how the panelists think this will impact emerging legislation.
So You’ve Operationalized an ML Model, Now What? A Panel on Model Maintenance
2024 SIOP Annual Conference | Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM EDT
In this session, DCI's Eric Dunleavy and fellow experts will produce insights as to how practitioners can maintain machine learning models postimplementation. This includes monitoring models, updating and retraining models, but also other responsibilities such as complying with legislative reporting requirements and explaining how models are used to candidates.
Igniting DEIA Solutions Post UNC and Harvard Supreme Court Ruling
2024 SIOP Annual Conference | Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM EDT
In this session, DCI's Joanna Colosimo will be joined by attorneys, practitioners, and researchers to discuss the Supreme Court ruling’s impact on recruitment, hiring, and DEIA practices. Speakers offer legally defensible and data-driven best practices and solutions to address the resulting DEIA backlash. Following IGNITE-style presentations, the audience will join break-out groups to discuss these topics.
EEOC/OFCCP Practitioners: Biden or Trump 2.0? What to Expect in an Election Year
2024 SIOP Annual Conference | Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM EDT
In this session, DCI's Joanna Colosimo and Mike Aamodt will be among a panel of experts focusing from legal, practitioner, and employer perspectives to update the SIOP community on the impact of new regulations, current EEOC and OFCCP enforcement trends with artificial intelligence and EEO law, ramifications from the Supreme Court Affirmative Action ruling, and potential implications of the U.S. presidential election.
Validity Transportability Today: Same Issues, Different Day?
2024 SIOP Annual Conference | Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM EDT
In this panel discussion, DCI's Mark LoVerde and Amanda Allen will discuss Uniform Guidelines issues and how recent developments may impact use of conducting transportability studies operationally.
Using Analytics to Accelerate Progress on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
2024 SIOP Annual Conference | Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
In this panel discussion, DCI's Amanda Allen and other experts will present several innovative approaches to DEI analysis, with an emphasis on using analytics to extract actionable insights from the data to guide meaningful organizational change.
AI in Employee Selection Update: State and Local Laws, Federal Guidance, & Litigation
2024 SIOP Annual Conference | Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM EDT
In this panel discussion, chaired by DCI's Bre Timko, Dave Schmidt and other experts will discuss the various regulations – at the state, local, and federal levels – and discuss recent case law affecting the use of AI in selection so that attendees leave with a thorough understanding of the legal landscape.
Recruiting in a Permacrisis: Strategies for Finding Talent in Turmoil
2024 SIOP Annual Conference | Friday, April 19, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM EDT
In this panel discussion, DCI's Kristen Pryor will will share how they are responding to these environmental impacts, including strategies, solutions, and lessons they have learned for successful recruiting and hiring.
Navigating Employer Perceptions of Assessments and Aversion to Measurement
2024 SIOP Annual Conference | Friday, April 19, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
In this panel discussion, DCI's Sarah Layman will share her experiences with employer resistance to assessments, the reasons for this resistance, and the ways in which they have navigated these challenges to educate employers and gain their buy-in to adopt and implement assessments.
Messy Validation IX: Phone a Validation Friend
2024 SIOP Annual Conference | Saturday, April 20, 2024 | 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM EDT
In this session, DCI's Dave Schmidt will advise on assessment validation challenges (e.g., stakeholder buy-in, data collection, analysis, communicating results). In the first part of the session, attendees will discuss example messy validation scenarios in small groups before hearing how the expert panelists handled the situation. In the second part of the session, two to four attendees in each group will have the opportunity to pose a validation challenge that they are facing to their group for discussion and advice from one or more of the panelists.
Consulting 101
2024 SIOP Annual Conference | Saturday, April 20, 2024 | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM EDT
In this panel discussion, DCI's Mark LoVerde will share practical advice for managing common challenges in both the internal and external consulting worlds. Topics discussed will include setting oneself up for success, getting results, and navigating challenges.
Simplify to Illuminate: How to IGNITE! Your Next I/O Elevator Pitch
2024 SIOP Annual Conference | Saturday, April 20, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM EDT
In this panel discussion, DCI's Sarah Layman, Lisa Harpe, and Amanda Bowman will present using the IGNITE! format (20 slides, 15 seconds each) with the goal of empowering attendees with clear, tailored talking points, helping them foster understanding and engagement in non-I/O audiences.
Looking Under the Hood 3.0: Tuning Up Practitioner Relationships in the AI Era
2024 SIOP Annual Conference | Saturday, April 20, 2024 | 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
In this panel discussion, DCI's Amy Yost and Jone Papinchock will provide guidance to assessment practitioners, vendors, and consultants involved in the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) with focus on the selection context. Topics will include relevant legislation and legal issues impacting the responsibilities of employers and assessment vendors in ensuring compliance with laws and guidelines, in addition to practical considerations in fostering productive partnerships across organizational boundaries.
Ensuring your AAP is Audit Ready
Ohio ILG Meeting | Thursday, May 16, 2024 | 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDT
In this in person meeting, DCI's Zach Olsen will present on ensuring your AAP is audit ready and communicating those results. Additionally, Zach will touch on OFCCP's Contractor Portal, including how to certify, the potential consequences of not certifying and how to navigate if you are a higher education institution among other topics.
The Uniform Guidelines on Trial: Can They Meet the Challenge of Evaluating Artificial Intelligence?
NILG 2024 National Conference | Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM EDT
In this panel discussion, DCI's Eric Dunleavy and fellow experts will focus on the following learning objectives: describe where the Uniform Guidelines seem particularly useful and where they may be limited, explain how other state and local frameworks offer novel approaches, provide practical recommendations for complying with the patchwork of regulations, summarize expectations for how the regulatory framework will change in response to the October 2023 Biden Administration Executive Order on AI.
The Future of Race and Ethnicity Standards
NILG 2024 National Conference | Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
In this panel discussion, DCI's Bill Osterndorf and fellow experts will discuss what the major changes are since the 1997 standards were adopted, how these standards will have significant impact on employers and why some of these changes have long been needed.
A Real Company Making Real Changes
NILG 2024 National Conference | Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM EDT
In this panel discussion, DCI's Rosemary Cox and Huntington Ingalls Industries' employees will discuss how Huntington Ingalls Industries is making impactful changes to the selection process based on the results of that research and explore how their DEI program works together with their compliance programs Participants will take away practical advice on making change, how to research results and strategy on working with top managers to drive change.
OFCCP Enforcement and Policy Update
NILG 2024 National Conference | Wednesday, July 31, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM EDT
In this breakout session, DCI's David Cohen for the 14th year will take a data driven approach to understanding OFCCP enforcement activity, and as such trends over time are beginning to emerge. This presentation will detail the results of FY2023 data and trends over time.
An I/O Psychologist, Labor Economist and Statistician Walk into a (Proverbial) Bar and Discuss Pay Equity….
NILG 2024 National Conference | Wednesday, July 31, 2024 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
In this panel discussion, DCI's Joanna Colosimo and other experts will address the top five most challenging analytical topics in today’s landscape. The panelists will share firsthand experiences and hard-earned advice. Attendees will obtain best practice recommendations on: strategic analysis aggregating compensation snapshots, providing OFCCP proof of a “pay evaluation”, analyzing and submitting state specific pay data, determining pay analysis groups, and assessing whether an explanatory factor is biased.