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Reaching Out 2004
The 6th Annual Lesbian & Gay MBA Conference

April 2-4, 2004
Beverly Hilton Hotel
Los Angeles, CA

Organizers:

Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
Anderson School of Management, University of California Los Angeles

Keynote Speakers:

David Bohnett, Founder of GeoCities
Nina Jacobson, President Buena Vista Motion Picture Group
Hilary Rosen, Former CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America

Panels:

  • Networking within the GLBT Community/Job?
  • Building a Business Case for LGBT Recruiting
  • Power Networking: Making the Absolute Most
  • Reaching Your Classmates: LGBT Issues in the MBA Classroom
  • Election Year 2004: The Intersection of Business, Politics, and the Gay Perspective
  • Making It Queer:  News in B-School Community Building, Job-Seeking, and yes, Recruitment
  • Minorities within a Minority: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Out at Work and the Recruiting Process
  • Investment Banking Industry in 2004: Gay and Lesbian Issues
  • Creating and identifying Out & Equal workplaces
  • "We Are Everywhere" in the Media
  • LGBT-Friendly Workplaces and Communities: Why We Work and Live Where We Do
  • HIV in the Workplace
  • YPO: Reaching The Business Summit
  • LBGT Legal Issues in the Workplace
  • Market Research and the GLBT Market: Using Sound Data for Developing and Measuring Marketing Strategies that Work
  • The Economics of Equality: The GLBT Business Movement of the New Millennium
  • The GLBT Business Person: Understanding how sexual orientation impacts their purchasing process