Conference Agenda
as of June 17, 2008

  Friday, August 15  
     
  8:00-11:-00 a.m. Conference Registration
  11:00 a.m.    Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
Exhibit Hall Opens
  11:30 a.m. - 1:-00 p.m.   Latina Leaders Opening Luncheon
    Sponsored by: Aetna
  1:00 - 2:00 p.m.   Visit Exhibitors
  2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (Select one session)
    Women Helping Women: A Triangle of Protection – Are you covered?
Speaker:
Carol Martinez, State Farm Insurance
    Women Educating Women: Model Community Programming – Are you giving back?
Panelists: Mission Possible: Austin Chapter - Luisa Gavino Martinez; Little Girls Christmas Party Bataan Center: Dallas Chapter – Teresa Moreno and Mary Ann Kellam; Solamente Tu: Corpus Chapter – Linda Benavides
  3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Break
  3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (Select one session)
    Women Leading Women: Sharpening Your Leadership Skills – Are you ready?
Speaker: Leadership Texas Alumna -Christine Hernandez - San Antonio and Maria Montemayor - Houston
    Women Organizing Women: Divided We Fail – Are you on board?
Speaker: Susan Williams, AARP Assoc. State Director
  4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Visit Exhibitors
  4:30-5:30 p.m. Invitation Only – Pre-Reception with Latina Trailblazer Awardee
And Latina Elected Officials
    Sponsored by: Best Buy
  5:30-6:30 p.m. Reception - Latina Trailblazer Award
Texas Senator Leticia Van de Putte, recipient
Memoriam – former Railroad Commissioner Lena Guerrero
    Sponsored by: Wells Fargo & Southwest Airlines
  7:00-9:00 p.m. Off-site event hosted by Houston
     
  Saturday, August 16  
     
  9:00 -10:30 a.m.  Exhibits Open
  10:30am   General Assembly Annual Meeting – Brunch
    Sponsored by Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola Bottling Company
  12 noon Election of Officers (2009-2010)
  12:15-1:00 p.m. Visit Exhibitors
  1:30-2:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (select one)
    Women Linking Women: Developing Networks – Are you in the loop?
Panelists of HWNT Affiliates: National Hispanic Professional Organization (NHPO), MANA: A National Latina Organization, Texas Diversity Council and Las Comadres Para Las Americas
    Women Organizing Women: United We Fail – Are you on board?
Speaker: Susan Williams, AARP Assoc. State Director
  2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (select one)
    Women Helping Women: A Triangle of Protection – Are you covered?
Speaker: Carol Martinez, State Farm Insurance
    Women Leading Women: Sharpening Your Leadership Skills – Are you ready?
Speaker:
Leadership Texas Alum-Christine Hernandez,
Beth Caplan (President FWR ’08 Leadership Class - Houston)
  3:30-4:30 p.m. Wrap-up Session
  5:00 p.m. Exhibits Close
  6:00-7:00 p.m. Estrella Awards Reception
  7:00-8:30 p.m. Estrella Awards Ceremony & Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Diane de Hoyos
    Sponsored by: General Motors
  8:30 -11:00 p.m. Entertainment: Norma Zenteno Group (tentative)

      

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