2009 Fall Conference Rock Financial Showplace, Novi, MI.
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Thank you for making our 2009 Spring Conference another success!
2009 Spring Conference Schedule
Wednesday, May 27
2:30pm-
5:00pm
Early Conference Registration
Preconferences
3:00pm-
4:00pm
New Changes in ADA/FMLA - Drew Baker/Kelly Services
4:00pm-
5:00pm
New Changes in Medicare - Doug Holmes, President, UWC - Strategic Services on Unemployment & Workers' Compensation - Powerpoint Presentation
6:00pm-
8:00pm
The Nuts & Bolts Reception (Take Time to Visit the Many Exhibitors)
9:00pm-
1:30am
DJ in Governor’s Ballroom A (new location) - sponsored by Conklin Benham
Thursday, May 28
7:15am-
8:00am
Conference Registration / Hot Buffet Breakfast in the Exhibitors Hall
- Michigan Ballroom A & B - Sponsored by Advantage Consulting, Inc.
8:00am-
8:05am
Welcome - Libby Child
8:05am-
9:00am
Keynote Speaker: David Donn, David Donn Consulting,
"Transforming Knowledge into Action and Action into Profitability"
9:00am-
9:30am
Break/Networking
9:30am-
12:30pm
Breakout Sessions - Choose 3 topics (50 minutes per session)
TPA versus Self Administered & Open Forum of Questions & Answers
Bobbi Parker/Marathon, Doug Wright/Consumers Energy, Lorraine Climer/Alticor & Lesley Zielinski/Kelly Services
Please Bring Your Questions to this Session
Basic Components to Workers’ Compensation 101 i.e. calculate AWW & Questions & Answers – Deborah Dorland & Dan H ‘ebert/Charfoos, Reiter, Peterson, Jones, Dorland & H’ebert, P.C.
Integrated Disability Management - Holly Moyer, M. Ed., CRC/CareWorks
Pain Medication - Monitoring and Control - Dr. Ali Alhimiri/Scientific Consultants
Cost Containment Tools - Steve Bush/Consumers Energy & Ellen Harper/Ford Motor Company
12:30pm-
1:30pm
Adjourn for Lunch - Box Lunches for all attendees will be available in Exhibitors Hall – Michigan Ballroom A & B - sponsored by Conklin Benham
1:30pm-
3:00pm
Basic Implementation of Stokes Form 105A & 105B & Disability Definition & Laughton Case i.e. Cooperation/Litigation from defense and plaintiff/Tom Ruth & Lou Ognisanti/Braun Kendrick Finkbiner
Chairperson’s Reception/Dinner at Pavilion under the Yellow Tent - weather permitting - Golf prizes will be given out & Prize for Attending the Afternoon Stokes Session: sponsored by Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
9:00pm-
1:30pm
DJ in Governor’s Ballroom A - sponsored by Conklin Benham
