9:00-9:05 Welcome Greg Yates, Camilla Bixler, Dr. Betty Yu, Pamela Wolfberg
9:05-10:00 Keynote Address: Alex Plank
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:00: Employment on the Spectrum Panel Discussion: Keith Halperin, moderator; Mike Bernick, Sedgwick Law, LLP; Brian Jacobs, Emergence Capital; Darlene Rutkowski, Department of Rehabilitation
11:15-12:00 Breakout Sessions
- Linkedin: A Tool for Autism Employment-Brian Jacobs, creator of LinkedIn’s Spectrum Employment Community-Atrium East Room
- No-dogma Meditation for Sensory Overload-Anlor Davin & Tom Morrow- Mt. Davidson/Twin Peaks Room
- Social Thinking-Michelle Garcia Winner – Main Room
- Becoming an Autism Professional: Dr. Pamela Wolfberg, Dr. Betty Yu, Kathy Small, Courtenay Bell-Gimelli, Timothy Runyon, Jerred Jolin-Russian Hill/Telegraph Room
12:00-12:45 Lunch- Present your ticket for a bag lunch
12:45-1:00 AASCEND’s Ends Awards
Education Awardee: Michelle Winner; AASCEND Board member, presenter
Networking Awardee : Dr. Clarissa Kripke, Head of Developmental Medicine at UCSF; Mark Jessen, presenter
Development Awardee-SAP; Brian Jacobs, presenter
1:00-1:45 Keynote Address Jose Velasco, Director of Autism at Work, SAP
1:45-1:55 Break
1:55 Entertainment-Stacey Kennedy in Barbary Coast Revue
2:00-3:00 Women in Autism Panel –Paulette Penzvalto, Elizabeth Graybeal, Georgetta Blais , Sabrina Blais, Tierra Tracy, Janis Oberman, Lori Ziemba
3:05-3:50 Breakout Sessions
- Autism Support in College Programs-Paul Hippolitus, UC; Kathleen Duffy, CCSF; Kaeb Menkar, CIP ; Bryan Fauth, College Link Program, CSUEB-main room
- Recreation Activities for Autistics-Friends Like Me-interactive session-Pamela Buttery, founder of Friends Like Me-Russian Hill room
- Interpersonal Communication Styles: Can tools like the enneagram help in autism? Melanie Bell & Kacie Berghoef-Atrium East
- The Autism Trauma Film and other projects of the Autistic Global Initiative– Paul Nussbaum, Greg Yates-Mt. Davidson/Twin Peaks Room
4:00-Closing