THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8 5 7 pm DEFCON Registration Columbia B (Ballroom Level) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 7 8 am DEFCON Registration Columbia B (Ballroom Level) 8 am 5 pm DEFCON Training Session (New Beginnings and DPMAP) Columbia B (Ballroom Level) 9 am 8 pm YOUNG Committee Meeting Columbia C (Ballroom Level) 12 5 pm DEFCON BREAKOUT SESSIONS DEFCON Breakout Session #1 DEFCON Breakout Session #2 DEFCON Breakout Session #3 Concord (Ballroom Lev Lexington (Ballroom Level) Bunker Hill (Ballroom Level) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 8 am 8 pm DEFCON Training Columbia B (Ballroom Level) 9 am Noon National CIS Council 119 Legislative Action Caucus Bryce (2 nd Floor) 9 am 8 pm YOUNG Committee Meeting Capitol Room A (Lobby Level) 10 am 8 pm DEFCON BREAKOUT SESSIONS DEFCON Breakout Session #1 (10 am 8 pm) DEFCON Breakout Session #2 (1 8 pm) DEFCON Breakout Session #3 (1 8 pm) DEFCON Breakout Session #4 (1 8 pm) DEFCON Breakout Session #5 (1 8 pm) DEFCON Breakout Session #6 (1 8 pm) Bunker Hill (Ballroom Level) Congressional B (Lobby Level) Concord (Ballroom Level) Lexington (Ballroom Level) Congressional C (Lobby Level) Congressional D (Lobby Level) 2 6 pm AFGE Legislative Conference Registration Open Columbia Foyer (Ballroom Level) 2 6 pm AFGE Legislative Conference Exhibits Open Regency Foyer (Ballroom Level) {00376266.DOCX - }1
6 8 pm USMC, Council 240 Annual Meeting Columbia C (Ballroom Level) 8 Midnight District 14 Awards Party: Groovy 70s (Ticketed Event) Gallaudet University SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 (All morning events must end by 12:00pm sharp in order to allow participants time to get to the plenary session) 8 am Noon VA Council Meeting Capitol Room AB (Lobby Level) 8 am 5 pm AFGE Legislative Conference Registration Open Columbia Foyer (Ballroom Level) 8 am 5 pm AFGE Legislative Conference Exhibits Open Regency Foyer (Ballroom Level) 9 11 am TSA Council 100 Meeting Yellowstone/Everglades (2 nd Floor) 9 am Noon DEFCON Legislative Update and Briefing Columbia B (Ballroom Level) 10 10:50 am Communications Session: Social Media for LegCon: Concord/Lexington (Ballroom Level) Engage Your Lawmaker on Facebook and Twitter 11 11:50 am Communications Session: What You Need to Know Concord/Lexington (Ballroom Level) to Create an Engaging E-Newsletter 1:15 4:30 pm AFGE Legislative Conference Plenary Session Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) Remarks by National President J. David Cox, Sr. Welcome by NVP-14 Eric Bunn Welcome by Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL) Remarks by National Secretary-Treasurer Joe Flynn Remarks by NVP WFP Augusta Thomas Remarks by NVP-11 Gerald Swanke, Chair of Legislative Committee Remarks by Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08) Remarks by Vincent Alvarez, President New York City Central Labor Council National Week of Action and I am 2018 Presentation, Tucker McDonald Presentation of AFGE-PAC Awards to AFGE Districts and Locals Presentation by AFGE Locals of LAF Checks 4:45 5:45 pm VA Council, District 4 Meeting Yellowstone/Everglades (2 nd Floor) 4:45 6:45 pm TSA Council 100 Meeting Congressional AB (Lobby Level) 5 6 pm DeCA Council 172 Meeting Congressional CD (Lobby Level) 6 9 pm SSA Council 220 Meeting 8:30 11:30 pm Diversity Happy Hour, sponsored by Women s Capitol Room AB (Lobby Level) and Fair Practices Departments {00376266.DOCX - }2
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12 7:30 8:30 am Bureau of Prisons, Council 33 Meeting Congressional A (Lobby Level) 8 am Noon AFGE Legislative Conference Registration Open Columbia Foyer (Ballroom Level) 8 am 5pm AFGE Legislative Conference Exhibits Open Regency Foyer (Ballroom Level) 8:15 11:15 am AFGE Legislative General Session Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) Remarks by Senator Tim Kaine (Virginia) Remarks by Will Fischer, VoteVets Legislative Issues Briefing, Tom Kahn Legislative Affairs Director Remarks by National President J. David Cox, Sr. Remarks by Representative Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) 11:30 am 4 pm Bureau of Prisons, Council 33 Officers and GCO Meeting Congressional A (Lobby Level) 1 3 pm Civil Rights Luncheon: Why Courts Matter Regency Ballroom (Ballroom Level) 2 5 pm Depot/Arsenal/Organic Industrial Base Caucus Meeting Congressional B (Lobby Level) 3:45 5 pm WORKSHOPS Workshop 1: AFGE Districts 6 and 9 Workshop 2: AFGE District 5 Workshop 3: AFGE Districts 2, 3 and 4 Workshop 4: AFGE Districts 7, 8 and 10 Workshop 5: AFGE District 12 Workshop 6: AFGE District 14 Workshop 7: AFGE District 11 Capitol Room A (Lobby Level) Capitol Room B (Lobby Level) Regency BCD (Ballroom Level) Lexington/Bunker Hill (Ballroom Level) Columbia AB (Ballroom Level) Yellowstone/Everglades (2 nd Floor) 4 5 pm TSA Legislative Debrief Meeting Olympic (2 nd Floor) 5:30 10 pm DISTRICT MEETINGS District 3 (5:30 7:30 pm) District 4 (5:30 10 pm) District 11 (5:30 10 pm) District 2 (6 10 pm) District 5 (6 10 pm) District 6 (6 10 pm) District 7 (6 10 pm) District 8 (6 10 pm) District 9 (6 10 pm) District 10 (6 10 pm) District 12 (6 10 pm) District 14 (6 10 pm) Lexington/Bunker Hill (Ballroom Level) Capitol Room A (Lobby Level) Columbia C (Ballroom Level) Capitol Room B (Lobby Level) Columbia Foyer (Ballroom Level) Congressional B (Lobby Level) Bryce (2 nd Floor) Yellowstone/Everglades (2 nd Floor) Congressional A (Lobby Level) Congressional CD (Lobby Level) Columbia AB (Ballroom Level) {00376266.DOCX - }3
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 7 11 am DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL BREAKFASTS District 12 (7:00 10:00 am) District 4 (7:30 10:00 am) District 2 (9 11 am) Room 2044 Rayburn (Capitol Hill) Room HVC 200 (Capitol Visitor s Center) 9 10:30 am VA Council, Title 38 Meeting Columbia B (Ballroom Level) 9 10:30 am VA Council, VBA Meeting Columbia A (Ballroom Level) 9 am 5 pm LEGISLATIVE APPOINTMENTS 11 am 3 pm Law Enforcement Officers Steering Group Meeting Columbia C (Ballroom Level) 12 1:30 pm VA Rally 815 16 th Street NW 1 5 pm Depot/Arsenal/Organic Industrial Base Caucus Meeting Congressional B (Lobby Level) 2 3:30 pm Retiree Program and Mentoring Program 2:30 5:30 pm Women s and Fair Practices Departments Columbia A (Ballroom Level) EEO Clinic #1 (Sign up for appointment at Registration) 3:30 4 pm Retiree Program and Mentoring Program Reception 4 5 pm TSA Legislative Debrief Meeting Olympic (2 nd Floor) 4 6 pm Each One Teach One Mentorship Orientation 4 6 pm Why Courts Matter, hosted by the Women s Columbia A (Ballroom Level) and Fair Practices Departments 5 8 pm DFAS Council 171 Meeting Concord/Lexington/Bunker Hill (Ballroom Level) 6 7 pm Mentorship Institute Reception {00376266.DOCX - }4
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 7:00 10:30 am DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL BREAKFASTS District 14 (7:00 10 am) District 9 and 10 (7:30 10:30 am) District 6 (8:00 9:30 am) District 7 (8:30 10:30 am) Regency CD (Ballroom Level) Columbia B (Ballroom Level) Congressional A (Lobby Level) Room 2103 Rayburn (Capitol Hill) 9 10:30 am VA Council, Physician Assistants Meeting Capitol Room B (Lobby Level) 9 am 1 pm General Counsel s Office Legal Rights Clinic Capitol Room A (Lobby Level) (Sign up for appointment at Registration) 10 11:30 am AFGE Veterans How to Increase Activism Among Your Concord (Ballroom Level) Military Veterans at the Local 12-1:30 pm AFGE Rally Upper Senate Park (Capitol Hill) 1 5 pm General Counsel s Office Hatch Act and Lexington (Ballroom Level) Anti-Lobbying Act Clinic (No appointment necessary.) 1 6 pm Depot/Arsenal/Organic Industrial Base Caucus Meeting Capitol Room B (Lobby Level) 2:30 5:30 pm Women s and Fair Practices Departments Columbia Foyer (Ballroom Level) EEO Clinic #2 (Sign up for appointment at Registration) 3:30 4:20 pm Communications Session: Ready, Set, Write! Congressional A (Lobby Level) 4 6 pm AFGE Pride Meeting Columbia B (Ballroom Level) 4 6 pm TSA Legislative Debrief Meeting Olympic (2 nd Floor) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 8 am 5pm Depot/Arsenal/Organic Industrial Base Caucus Meeting Capitol Room B (Lobby Level) 9 am 5pm DEFCON Legislative Appointments 12 2:30 pm TSA Title 5 Round Table 9 th Floor Conference Room, AFGE Headquarters Departure {00376266.DOCX - }5