WELCOME AND GREETINGS - Shawn A. Orme, Conference Program Chair, USCIS Committee Chair, Dallas, TX. USCIS - BEING PROACTIVE IN AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD; 1) Hot Topics, 2) Bi-Specialization: Updates, Issues and Concerns, 3) Individual Case Issues Versus Trends, 4) Update Regarding NTA Memo, 5) EAD Processing Issues, 6) Where Do We Go From Here? FACULTY: Shawn A. Orme (d.l.), Conference Program Chair, USCIS Liaison Committee Chair, Dallas, TX; Sharon R. Mehlman, Chair, SCOPS Liaison Committee Chair, San Diego, CA; Michael Aytes, Associate Director, Domestic Operations, USCIS, Washington, DC; Lynden D. Melmed, Chief Counsel, USCIS, Washington, DC; Donald Neufeld, Chief, Field Operations, Domestic Operations, USCIS, Washington, DC