Events

This session will present the latest medical literature of COVID-19 vaccines as well as its safety and efficacy. The attendees will have a thorough understanding of the different vaccine trials, and where and how they were conducted. Explanations of the safety and efficacy data will be provided.

Learning Objectives:

1. Basic understanding of vaccine development, phases of vaccine testing, FDA approval and production to distribution
2. Population immunization and herd immunity
3. An understanding of the safety/efficacy data of the COVID-19 vaccines to help attendees make informed decision.

The never ending challenges faced by risk managers and the law enforcement community
continue to evolve into 2021. This session will review new challenges brought to us by the year 2020 and will continue throughout our careers moving forward.

Learning Objectives:

1. Safety and loss control amidst COVID-19
2. A proficient understanding of police reform and safety programs

This session provides a framework for preparedness that can be used by the private sector, public sector and non-profit organizations to support the reduction of risk. This session demonstrates how investment in preparedness against both natural and man-made threats and hazards minimizes recovery time and expense, and promotes resilience strategies for both organizations and their employees. The session covers three case study examples of preparedness, response and recovery in Clark County, Nevada, and offers a number of tools and strategies for minimizing risk and maximizing resiliency that can be applied to any organization.

Learning Objectives:

1. Lessons learned from Clark County, NV disaster preparedness, response and recovery
2. Tools for enhancing business preparedness and response capability
3. How emergency management, risk management and resiliency are inextricably linked

The question every organization should ask: Why do some organizations build sustainable diversity programs and others don't (can't)? To move the needle from just diversity to true equity, organizations must evaluate how committed they are to equality and accountability. Lofty goals often don’t equate to sustained measurable results. This program offers a birds eye view of what it takes to build a sustained diversity program built around key performance indicators (KPIs). Attendees will learn specific steps their organizations should take to improve their diversity and inclusion initiatives – internally, externally and within the track of upward mobility all while increasing access for diverse vendors. Diversity is not just about employees – done right it is an enterprise wide initiative.

Attendee Takeaways:

1. Understanding the dynamics of your organization’s diversity initiatives - who wants it, who doesn't and how do you build a sustainable program.
2. What are the key performance indicators for successful DEI programs?
3. Ways to improve equity and commitment for everyone including vendors
4. Why risk managers must have a seat at the DEI table - if you're not there what can happen to the organizations messaging

By offering a robust employee wellness and occupational physical program, you can detect health conditions early that save lives and reduce the overall cost of treating medical conditions that would have otherwise gone undetected until the disease has further progressed. If your employees feel like they are being invested in, they will see their workplace as a positive and engaging place to work, which affects overall health, productivity, employee retention and reduction of healthcare costs.

Attendee Takeaways:

• Occupational health is more than just a checkmark to perform a job
• Relationships and building trust influences the dynamics of organizational well-being
• Investing in the upfront cost of physicals reduces long term serious health condition costs in future

Identifying and measuring emerging risk as part of the totality of our risk financing mechanisms is difficult in the best of times. The insurance that follows may be costly depending upon our exposures and our loss ratios. The discussion will include balancing reality with global economic pressures as you plan your risk management programming for public entities.

Attendee Takeaways:

• Learn how to identify global economic trends that may impact your risk programming
• Understand how community pressures impact emerging risk
• Capitalize on the relationship with your agent/broker to assist with managing emerging risk
• Differentiate between perceived reality and the paranoia of risk

The presenters will work to reduce the stigma of a holistic approach to firefighter health. An explanation of how a peer support program is organized and utilized will be provided.

Attendee Takeaways:

• Purpose of a peer support team 
• The importance of mental health education 
• The need for the reduction of stigma in the fire department
• Mental health resources that can be utilized

See how to create a virtual occupational medicine clinic and learn about the impact to your patient population. There will be a discussion concerning differences in credentialing with telehealth and brick-and-mortar providers. Lastly, we will discuss chronic pain and how leveraging telehealth can help mitigate risk for this challenging subset of patients.  

Attendee Takeaways:

• Looking beyond just improving lag-time at intake and the benefits of a clinical front-end program 
• Understanding credentialing standards and requirements for telehealth
• How predictive analytics and telehealth for proactive care can mitigate risk