Employer Commute Solutions Summit (In-person)

Employee commutes and work experience play big roles today in job satisfaction, retention and recruitment, productivity, and more. Yet, higher costs and longer distances traveled for work have made commuting much more expensive, time-consuming, and draining for workers. The commute has become a greater pain point for employees—and a sizable one for employers, especially those requiring staff to spend more time in the office!

This FREE hybrid (in-person or online) Employer Commute Solutions Summit at Nike’s World Headquarters brings together top experts to illuminate how difficult commutes—made yet worse by the steady return of traffic congestion—impact the workforce, business, and economic activity. We’ll explore the vital intersection between the commute, work experience, and employee engagement and how improving commutes can serve HR, operational, health and wellness, and sustainable business needs. Plus, gain useful insights and strategies for delivering impactful employee commute support from a diverse expert panel of Oregon employers and learn about free resources, tools, and support services you can put to use.

And, by attending in-person, you’ll get to network with peers over breakfast and lunch, talk one-on-one with experts about building employee commute support programs and free support services, and get a guided tour of Nike’s World Headquarters commuter amenities.

Note: If your schedule doesn’t allow for you to attend in-person, there’s an online option—see our online registration page here. You can also change your registration to online later, if needed.

In-person Summit Agenda (see ):

· 8:00 am – 9:00 am: Registration with light breakfast and networking

· 9:00 am – 9:05 am: Welcome and opening remarks

· 9:05 am – 10:05 am: The State of the Commute & Traffic Impacts Kick-off Panel—experts with the State of Oregon (Carl Riccadonna, Oregon Chief Economist) and business services firm CBRE (Clint Culpepper, Transportation Program Manager) talk about bigger-picture macroeconomic factors and trends impacting commutes and traffic today, plus the downstream effects on the workforce, business, and economic activity

· 10:10 am – 10:55 am: Evolving Employee Perceptions of Work & Benefits—featured speaker Columbia Sportswear Company’s Sr. Manager, Total Rewards Experience, Cassie Buckroyd, shares insights on evolving employee perceptions about work and benefits and the value of supporting the commute through a HR total rewards lens

· 11:00 am – noon: Employer Insights & Strategies Panel—a diverse panel of Oregon employers—City of Hillsboro (Robin Straughan, Sustainability & Resiliency Manager), Meduri Farms (Dennis Bell, HR Manager), and OHSU (Jenny Cadigan, Transportation Program Manager)—provide ground-level insights and strategies for building commuter support and benefits into employee programs and operations

· Noon – 1:15 pm: Lunch and networking

· 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm: Table Exercise/Breakout Session—featured speaker Oregon State University’s Sustainable Transportation Manager, Sarah Bronstein, first dives into innovative strategies for engaging leadership and staff in employe commute support and Transportation Demand Management (TDM) efforts followed by an interactive table exercise/virtual breakout session facilitated by experienced experts to help you build an employee commute support program and overcome challenges

· 2:30 pm – 2:35 pm: End of summit programming with closing remarks

· 2:35 pm – 4:00 pm: Take a guided tour of commuter amenities at Nike’s World Headquarters, plus talk one-on-one with employee commute support experts

Registration:

· Register to attend in-person on this page, or if you want to attend online (now or later), then visit our online registration page here

· Admission is FREE, but please register by getting a ticket (see top right button)

· If you want to attend in-person but aren’t sure about your ability to do so, then please register in-person so we can cover room and catering needs—just change your registration to online here as soon as possible

Summit Transportation Options:

· Get to the summit using a variety of transportation options, including transit, biking, and carpooling—check out travel options using Oregon’s free Get There Connect tool.

Questions:

If you have any questions or need any assistance, then please email Kelly Bantle, Get There Oregon Statewide Coordinator, at [email protected].

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