In consultation with the National Advisory Committee, the conference program will be developed to: 1) highlight the significant impacts of Title VI programs in the United States over the past 50 years; 2) demonstrate the pressing need for Title VI programs given future and current needs; and, 3) address future directions of Title VI programs. Presenters at the conference will include invited keynote speakers to be determined in consultation with the National Advisory Committee. In addition, concurrent breakout session panels will include speakers solicited in a "Call for Proposals."

William Holstein, author of WHY GM MATTERS: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon, will hold a press conference & offer the keynote address at a fundraising luncheon to benefit the annual Lansing Diversity Celebration and a planned manufacturing diversity summit. A book signing will follow lunch.

Speaker: Jack Kresnak, CEO, Michigan's Children