The 22nd Annual Ohio Employee Owership Conference

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The 22nd Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference,

April 18, 2008


http://dept.kent.edu/oeoc/2008ConferenceFlyer.pdf

22nd Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference
Friday, April 18th, 2008
• Akron/Fairlawn Hilton
• Fairlawn, Ohio

Conference Agenda

8:00-9:00 REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00-9:15 WELCOME

9:15-10:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESSES: Employee Ownership:
Jobs, Innovation and the Global Economy
Joseph Cabral, Retired President and Chairman of the Board of 100% employee-owned
Chatsworth Products, Inc. located in California, Chair of the
Employee Ownership Foundation, former Chair of the ESOP Association
and the National Cooperative Bank's Development Corporation
Dave Heidenreich, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of 56% employee-owned
EBO Group, Inc., located in Sharon Center, Ohio and lead author
of Exponential Solar, a new book on the potential of solar power

10:30-12:00 CONCURRENT PANELS I
—ABCs of ESOPs for Employee Owners
—Who, How, and Why of ESOP Communication
—Best Practices for Board Governance in ESOPs
—Receiving Your ESOP Benefit Without Leaving the Company:
Age 55 and Other Diversifications
—ESOP Fiduciary Responsibility: It's Personal, You Know
—Growing Ohio's High Road Jobs in the Global Economy
—Selling to Your Employees Through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

12:00-1:15 LUNCH & EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP AWARDS

1:30-3:00 CONCURRENT PANELS II
—Steps to an Ownership Mentality
—Learning Approaches for Fun and Profit
—Increase Profits! Let's Talk About It
—ABCs of Stock Valuation for Employee Owners
—ESOP Legal Update
—Employee Buyouts as a Job Retention Strategy
—Selling to Your Employees Through a Worker Cooperative

3:00-3:15 COFFEE BREAK

3:15-4:45 CONCURRENT PANELS III
—What Employee Ownership Means to Me: Employee Owners Speak Out
—Leaders and Managers Forum
—Making Sure Participants Receive Their ESOP Benefit:
Managing the Repurchase Obligation
—Strategies to Avoid a Have/Have-not Culture re Employee Ownership
—The Business Advantages of ESOPs: What Does the Research Say?

4:45-6:00 CLOSING RECEPTION

More information
http://dept.kent.edu/oeoc/index.htm