Day 1 Session Design (6 hours)

• Welcome and overview (20 min.)
• Keynote and dialogue on "Collective bargaining in the 21st Century" by Thomas Kochan (20 min.)
• Roundtable dialogue on current realities (30 min.)
• Special focus on process skills (30 min.)
• Break (20 min.)
• Simulation applying the skills – choice of health care or education simulation (75 min.)
• Keynote and dialogue on “Leading a Bargaining Team” by Dennis Dabney and Kris Rondeau (30 min.)
• Break (20 min.)
• Special focus on new beginnings (first contracts, leadership turnover, etc.) (30 min.)
• Issue clusters 1-5 (select three) (20 min. each, total 60 min.)
• Keynote and dialogue on “The Economics of Collective Bargaining” by Lisa Lynch (30 min.)
• Concluding comments (5 min.)