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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 27^th , 2004

8:45 am – 9:15 am           Coffee and Check-In - Maxwell 303 (Sociology Resource Room)

9:15 am – 9:30 am           Welcome and Introductory Comments

9:30 am – 11:00 am         Windows Into the New Economy

                                        Frank Ridzi:  Implementation of U.S. welfare-to-work

                                        Roxana Ng:  Global Restructuring and Garment Workers in Canada

                                        Yvette Daniel:  Restructuring the public sector

11:15 am – 12:15 pm       Breakout Sessions

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm         Lunch on your own at Eggers Café or Marshall Street

1:45 pm                           Plenary – Exploring Economic Transformation  Eggers 220 - Public Events

                                        Room

        1:45 pm – 2:00 pm   Introduction by Marjorie DeVault

        2:00 pm – 2:50 pm   Joan Acker

                                        Organizational Assumptions and Practices: The Idea of the “unencumbered

                                        worker”

        3:00 pm – 3:50 pm   Dorothy Smith

                                        Economic Transformation: The Ruling Relations

        3:50 pm - 4:15 pm   Snack break     

        4:15 pm – 5:15 pm   Marie Campbell

                                        Notes on IE Research: auditing supports and services

 6:30 pm                           Dinner for core conference participants:  Goldstein Alumni Center

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28^th , 2004

8:45 am – 9:00 am           Coffee and Pastries

9:00 am – 11:00 am         Presentations

                                        Payal Banerjee:  Indian IT workers across borders

                                        Nancy Jackson: Workplace Il-literacy as Un-ruly Relations

                                        Nancy Jurik: Microenterprise Development in the New Economy

                                        Nancy Naples: Towards an Intersectional Analysis of Migration

11:15 am – 12:00 pm       Rannveig Traustadottir: Disabled People and Disability Policy in Europe 

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm         Lunch

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm         Research Design and Proposal Writing:  Group Discussion

                                                  facilitator:  Marj DeVault

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm            Breakout Sessions  

                                        Work and Life  - Ellen Scott, Catherine Richards Solomon

                                                  faclitator:  Kamini Grahame

                                        Disability Issues Group – Cheryl Najarian, Jeremy Brunson

                                                  facilitator:  Tim Diamond

3:45 pm -4:00 pm            Afternoon Snack Break

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm           Presentations

                                       Disability Issues

                                                                  Katrina Arndt:      Education and occupational goals for deaf/blind college

                                                                     students

                                                                  Liat Ben Moshe:   Disability and Old age as constructed by Medicare

                                                                     Policy: Similarities and tensions

                                                                 Working With Community Partners

                                       Belinda Leach:

                                       Susan Turner:

5:00 pm - 5:15 pm           Gather in Public Events Room to Organize Sunday Discussion Groups

5:15 pm                           Dinner on your own

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 29^th , 2004

9:00 am – 9:15 am           Coffee and Pastries

9:15 am – 11:15 am         Closing Session

                                        Reports from working groups, Identify Key Ideas, Possible Project Extensions, and        

                                        Collaborations

11:15 am                         Goodbyes

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