Advancing LGBT inclusion efforts to create safer workplaces for LGBT employees!

    The 7th Annual LGBT Workplace Summit will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at the LGBT Network’s Hauppauge Center, starting at 8:30 AM.

    The Summit brings together workplace professionals for a day of education and networking focused on creating safer and more inclusive workplaces for LGBT people.

    The event features plenary sessions, breakout workshops, and roundtable discussions designed to help attendees develop their own LGBT-inclusion action plans. Attendance at the Workplace Summit is eligible for SHRM Long Island Professional Development Credits (PDCs).

    For questions and assistance, please contact our Development Department at 631-665-2300 or at development@lgbtnetwork.org.

    LGBT Workplace Summit Program

    Building Your LGBT Inclusion Tool Kit

    8:30 am
    Registration Opens
    Breakfast and Networking

    9:00 am
    Welcome & Opening Program

    9:30 am
    Keynote Speaker

    HOW QUEERNESS BENEFITED MY 3.5 CAREERS

    J Brooke (they/them)
    Author of “I Can Tell You The Version That Will Make You Take My Side”
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    10:15 am
    Networking

     

    10:30 am to 11:45 am
    Opening Plenary

    LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS IMPLICATING LGBTQ+ ISSUES IN THE WORKPLACE
    Michelle Phillips
    Attorney at Law, Jackson Lewis

    Kristopher (Kris) Peters
    Associate
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    11:45 am
    Networking

     

    12:00 pm
    Lunch & Round Table Sessions
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    1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
    Closing Plenary

    BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS
    Brooke Thomas, Esq
    Vice President of People, Equity & Inclusion, Seminole Hard Rock; Founder, LGBTQ+ in Gaming
    (American Gaming Association)

    Stephanie Pi’imauna,
    SVP of People & Opportunities at Seminole Hard Rock.

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    2:30 pm
    Brief Closing Remarks

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