Cal Caucus Releases Agenda for 2024 Conclave

Registration is now open for the 51st California Caucus of College and University Ombuds. Set for November 10-13 at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, the theme will be “Piloting Stormy Seas to Safe Waters.” Unlike most professional conferences, attendees eat meals and participate in all sessions together. The event has sold out quickly in recent years.

Here is the agenda:

Sunday, November 10, 2024

Conference Registration and Room Check-in

Welcome Reception and Conference Kick-Off Dinner

Monday, November 11, 2024

Breakfast

Opening Remarks

Opening Mini-Circles

Sessions

• Uncomfortable v. Unsafe: Navigating Difficult Conversations with Emerging Perceptions of Safety, Presenters: Sarah Klaper and Carol Gregory

• Turning the Tides: How Ombuds Use Gossip as a Catalyst for Change, Presenters: Liz Hill and Teresa Ralicki

Lunch

Sessions

• Beyond the Horizon: Discovery at Sea, Presenter: Tracey Brant

• Free Speech & Campus Protests - Steering Through Ombuds’ Toughest Tides (Part 1), Presenters/Facilitators: Suzanne Pasztor and John Meyer

• Free Speech & Campus Protests - Steering Through Ombuds’ Toughest Tides (Part 2), Presenters/Facilitators: Don Greenstein, Chinyere Ukabiala, Vivian Hsu, and Julie Weber

Dinner & Bonfire

Tuesday, November 12, 2023

Breakfast

Announcements

Sessions

• Tacking Towards Possibility: Safely Navigating the Storm of Team Dysfunction, Presenter: Jennifer Mohoney

• Recovering from Harassment Investigations - How Organizations and Ombuds can Support Repair, Presenters: Sigal Shoham and Mary Chavez Rudolph

• Tastefully Navigating Professional Boundaries, Presenter: Kathie Greenwood

Awards Presentation

Group Photo

Lunch

Caucus and Small Group Discussions

Dinner

Gift Exchange

Wednesday, November 13, 2023

Breakfast

Announcements

Sessions

• When a Daysail becomes a Regatta, Presenter: Caroline Adams

• Navigating the Bureaucra-Sea: The Ombuds as Humanizing “Subversive Bureaucrat,” Presenter: Brian Green

Closing Circles and Caucus Conclusion

Cal Caucus Debrief and Planning Meeting

Cal Caucus Annual Business Meeting

Board of Directors Meeting

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