8:30 – 9:00 – Registration/Breakfast/Visit Vendor Booths

9:00 – 9:15 – Welcome & General Membership Meeting

9:15 – 10:15 – Keynote Address

10:15 – 10:45 – Break/ Visit Vendor Booths/KCOTN Silent Auction

10:45 – 11:30 – Session 1: Inside the Redesign – Bureau of Workers Compensation Priorities and Emerging Trends

• Dr. Robert Snyder, Medical Director
• Kenneth M. Switzer, Chief Judge
• Troy Haley, Administrator

11:30 – 12:00 – Session 2: When Advocacy Redesigns Outcomes

• Michael Haynie, Principal with Manier & Herod
• Jill Talbert, TNSIA Lobby, Owner and President of Talbert Government Relations LLC
• Rob Behnke, TNSIA Board Member, Director of Risk Management for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

12:00 – 1:00 – Networking Lunch

1:00 – 1:45 – Session 3: State of the Market Presented by Brown and Brown

• Melissa Nighbert, Managing Director, National Casualty Practice at Brown and Brown

1:45 – 2:15 – Break/ Visit Vendor Booths/KCOTN Silent Auction

2:15 – 3:00 – Session 4: Case Law Review – The Cases Redefining Workers Compensation

• Kitty Boyte, Attorney with Peterson White
• Michael Haynie, Principal with Manier & Herod
• Chancey Miller, Shareholder with Carr Allison

3:00 – 4:00 – Panel Discussion: From Injury to Impact – Redesigning the Return- to-Work Journey

• Dana Volner, Arete Consulting
• Anastasia Settle, Carlisle Medical
• Michael Arther, Owner of MCA Consulting, LLC and MCA Safety Services, LLC
• Robert Townsend, Bardavon

4:00 – Closing Remarks/Vendor Bingo Drawing/KCOTN Silent Auction Winner’s Pick Up