RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, September 29, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Sally Webb, CSEP, CEO of The Special Event Company, an international strategic event and meeting management company, has announced that the firm is producing the 2013 U.S. Business Leadership Network's (USBLN) 16th Annual Conference & Expo, which will be held at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott on Monday, Sept. 30 through Thursday, Oct. 3. The conference brings corporate, government, disability-owned businesses and BLN affiliates together to create workplaces, marketplaces, and supply chains where people with disabilities are fully included as professionals, customers and entrepreneurs. It is expected to attract over 600 attendees.

The Special Event Company is serving as the official event management company for the conference and is responsible for all conference logistics, including speaker and sponsor management, attendee registration, and on-site production.

The conference will provide attendees the opportunity to gain valuable knowledge to help them develop inclusion initiatives and robust strategies to create culturally dynamic and accessible workplaces. Attendees will participate in both general and breakout sessions to discuss workplace, marketplace, supply chain, networking and Job Accommodation Network's (JAN) Accommodation Solutions for Business. Each will offer attendees the opportunity to hear from companies and key business leaders on achieving success, key trends and strategies on effective marketing practices, how to accelerate business growth and more.

For more information, visit http://www.usblnannualconference.org/.

QUOTES: "The Special Event Company is looking forward to producing this exciting and important business event," said Webb. "The ongoing effort to fully include people with disabilities in the workplace is vital to the success of today's companies and organizations."

ABOUT THE SPECIAL EVENT COMPANY:The Special Event Company is a strategic event and meeting management company based in the heart of North Carolina's Research Triangle Park. Founded in 1986 in London, England, and operating in the United States since 1999, the company opened its U.S. headquarters in the Triangle in 2005 and expanded to Charlotte in 2011. TSEC has won or been nominated for more than 30 international awards, including 12 for Triangle-based events. The company maintains a prestigious local client base, and is a one-stop shop for all aspects of event production, logistic management, and marketing through its group of companies. For more information, please visit http://www.specialeventco.com/.