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Agenda


Day 1: Thursday, June 1, 2023
7 a.m. Registration (Chocolate Lobby) & Continental Breakfast (Exhibit Hall)
8:30 a.m. Welcome & Opening Remarks: Nancy Walker, Secretary, PA Department of Labor & Industry (Chocolate Ballroom)
9:15 a.m. to
10:30 a.m.

Breakout Sessions (Confection Hall Level)

Legal Updates [Repeated Friday at 1:00 p.m.] (Empire Room)
Level: Intermediate
Category: Legal

WCAIS – Reinventing Itself in our Digital Environment (Crystal A Room)
Level: Basic
Category: General

Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (Wild Rose Room)
Level: Intermediate
Category: General

Basic Law – Part 1 (Magnolia Room)
Level: Basic
Category: General

10:30 a.m. to
11 a.m.
Break & Exhibits (Exhibit Hall)
11 a.m. to
12:15 p.m.

Breakout Sessions (Confection Hall Level)

Interactive State of the Union (Empire Room)
Level: Basic
Category: General

Getting to YES – Mediation & Settlement in Workers’ Compensation (Crystal A Room)
Level: Intermediate/ Advanced
Category: Legal

Joint Replacement Surgery: Out with the Old, In with the New (Wild Rose Room)
Level: Intermediate
Category: Medical

Basic Law – Part 2 (Magnolia Room)
Level: Basic
Category: General

12:15 p.m. to
1:45 p.m.
Lunch (Chocolate Ballroom)
1:45 p.m. to
3 p.m.

Breakout Sessions (Confection Hall Level)

WCAB Hearing (Empire Room)
Level: Intermediate
Category: Legal

Return to Work – Functional Recovery (Crystal A Room)
Level: Intermediate/ Advanced
Category: Medical

Payment of Medical Bills – The Fee Review Process, Challenges, and Litigation (Wild Rose Room)
Level: Intermediate
Category: Legal

As the Claim Turns – Part 1 (Magnolia Room)
Level: Basic
Category: Claims

3 p.m. to
3:30 p.m.
Break & Exhibits (Exhibit Hall)
3:30 p.m. to
4:45 p.m.

Breakout Sessions (Confection Hall Level)

Commonwealth Court (Empire Room)
Level: Advanced
Category: Legal

Return to Work - Vocational Recovery (Crystal A Room)
Level: Intermediate
Category: Medical

Employment Law Interaction with Workers’ Comp: A Case Study (Wild Rose Room)
Level: Advanced
Category: Human Resources

As the Claim Turns – Part 2 (Magnolia Room)
Level: Basic
Category: Claims

5 p.m. to
7 p.m.
Dinner (Chocolate Ballroom)

Day 2: Friday, June 2, 2023
7:30 a.m.Continental Breakfast (Exhibit Hall)
8 a.m. to
8:30 a.m.

Kids' Chance Presentation (Wild Rose Room)

8:30 a.m. to
9:45 a.m.

Breakout Sessions (Confection Hall Level)

Employee Mental Health & Wellbeing Post-Injury (Empire Room)
Level: Basic
Category: Medical

Legislative Process (Crystal A Room)
Level: Intermediate
Category: General

Employers Unplugged (Wild Rose Room)
Level: Basic
Category: Human Resources

Judges Unplugged (Magnolia Room)
Level: Intermediate
Category: Legal

9:45 a.m. to
10:15 a.m.
Break & Exhibits (Exhibit Hall)
10:15 a.m. to
11:30 a.m.

Breakout Sessions (Confection Hall Level)

Avoiding Litigation (Empire Room)
Level: Intermediate
Category: Legal

Self-Insurance: The How’s & Why's (Crystal A Room)
Level: Intermediate
Category: General

Genetic Testing for Pharmaceutical Effectiveness (Wild Rose Room)
Level: Intermediate
Category: Medical

WC Game Show (Magnolia Room)
Level: Intermediate
Category: General

11:30 a.m. to
1 p.m.
Lunch (Chocolate Ballroom)
1 p.m. to
2:15 p.m.

Breakout Sessions (Confection Hall Level)

Legal Updates [Repeat] (Empire Room)
Level: Intermediate
Category: Legal

Developing a Safety Culture in the Workplace (Crystal A Room)
Level: Basic
Category: Health & Safety

Subrogation: Whose Money is it, Anyway? (Wild Rose Room)
Level: Advanced
Category: Legal

Statutory Employers: Master Not in your Own House ( Magnolia Room)
Level: Advanced
Category: Legal

2:15 p.m. Conference Adjourns