LERA 70th AM - Baltimore 2018 |
LERA 70th Annual Meeting, June 14-17, 2018, Baltimore, MD
Preconference Day – June 13, 2018
Hilton Baltimore, 401 West Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Shaping the Future of Work
Challenges, Opportunities and New Models
Registration • Hotel • Program • Special Events • Student Consortium • Jr. Faculty Consortium Plan now to attend the LERA 70th Annual Meeting, June 14-17, 2018 in Baltimore at the Hilton next to Camden Yards! What do you get? Baseball, crab cakes and 4 days of intense learning and skill building at over 80 workshops, sessions, and more than 250 diverse presenters from every community focused on “the world of work.” Build your networks with managers, unions, researchers, public policy and agency staff from throughout the US and abroad. Return home value added for your organization and your job.
Take part in practical workshops, join debates on the latest applied research topics and hear from experts on how their companies, organizations, and unions have successfully navigated workplace issues critical to success. Featured Speakers
Special Events
Thank you to the Baltimore LERA Chapter Officers and Leaders, including but not limited to: Ezio Borchini, Daniel Altchek, Heather Heilman, and Christy Yoshitomi, for organizing these special events featuring local traditions and entertainment! New to the agenda is a "Dinner in Little Italy" for Thursday evening. Please see details here. Labor History Tour 1: 1877 RailRoad Strike Walking Tour LERA Welcome Reception at the National Aquarium
Registration open, standard pricing ends May 2Click HERE to registerRegistration is online. All participants and attendees must register, including speakers and discussants (chairs, panelists, presenters, speakers, discussants, etc.). The earlybird registration deadline is March 25, 2018. Online registration will be open through June 7, 2018. After that, onsite registration will be offered at the LERA headquarters hotel, the Hilton Baltimore, beginning June 14, 2018. Registration will open at 7am on the opening day of the conference and at 8am on the second, third, and fourth day of the conference.
Schedule of Events, Program and Presenters' IndexThe Preliminary Program and Presenters' Index will be found at: Hotel AccommodationsAll LERA meetings will be held at Hilton Baltimore, located at 401 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States. You can reserve your hotel accommodations online at the negotiated rate of $169 per night. Reservations cutoff is May 22, 2018 to guarantee block pricing, but only until the room block fills up:
Please find complete details here associated with hotel accommodations at the Hilton Baltimore
for the LERA 70th Annual Meeting. LERA 20th PhD Student ConsortiumThe LERA 20th Annual PhD Student Consortium will be held in conjunction with LERA's 70th Annual Meeting, and is chaired by Duanyi Yang and Alex Kowalski (MIT), Yao Yao (Univ. of Toronto), Brandon Grant (Univ. of Illinois). LERA 3rd Annual Junior Faculty ConsortiumThe LERA 3rd Annual Jr. Faculty Consortium will meet Saturday, June 16 2018 in the afternoon, and is chaired by Sean Rogers of Cornell University. You will be able to RSVP for this event when you register for the conference. Participant InformationIf you are participating in this meeting as a session chair, paper presenter, a panelist, a speaker, a discussant, or poster presenter, there is information that you will need to refer to here throughout the next several months, and after the meeting is complete. Transportation from AirportLight rail, https://mta.maryland.gov/light-rail
Super shuttle, https://www.supershuttle.com/locations/baltimorebwi/
MARC Train, https://mta.maryland.gov/marc-train
The MARC Train and the light rail stop across the street from the hotel.
Transportation in BaltimoreFree Charm City Circulator (Bus): http://www.charmcitycirculator.com/ Organizations Represented at this Conference Includehttps://lera.memberclicks.net/70th-annual-meeting-attendees LERA 70th Annual Meeting Event Sponsors and Partners
United Auto Workers Sponsors of the LERA Welcome Reception, June 14, 2018 at the National Aquarium The Martin and Laurie Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, Sponsors of the June 15, 2018 Baltimore Orioles Pre-Game Party at Camden Yards Kahn Smith and Collins, P.A. Sponsors of LERA 70th Annual Meeting June 14-17, 2018 Catered Events University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1923 Program CommitteeThis event has been made possible by the work of the LERA Program Committee over the past two years to develop all aspects of this meeting. Please join us in thanking these dedicated volunteers when you see them in Baltimore!
Registration • Hotel • Program • Professional Workshops • PreConf Tour • Special Event |