The 2012 USBLN® Annual Conference & Expo is the preeminent national business to business event that taps into the vast economic potential of the full inclusion of people with disabilities.

This conference brings corporate, government, disability-owned businesses and BLN affiliates together to create workplaces, marketplaces, and supply chains where people with disabilities are fully included as professionals, customers and entrepreneurs.

This year's event will deliver enhanced networking opportunities, offer exciting interactive sessions, and feature respected thought-leaders and industry luminaries.

Presentation: "The Aging Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities for Employers", by Susanne Bruyere and Judy Young

Panel Discussion of the Alliance Mentoring program that provides career mentoring opportunities for college students and graduates with disabilities through linkages to business professional. Mentee and Mentor perspectives were shared through a best practices and lessons learned approach.

The Citizen-Centered Leadership Development Community of Practice series is a unique combination of self-paced distance learning study, robust field work, interactive class assignments and live webcast instruction designed to advance theoretic and skill-based learning leading to quality outcomes in the lives of people with disabilities.