Conference Schedule
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| Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | |
| 9:00am - 1:00pm | Attendee Registration & Vendor Set-Up |
| 1:00pm - 1:15pm | Welcome - Mayor Jason Salamun |
| 1:15pm - 2:45pm | Joshua Routh - A Complaint Free World |
| 2:45pm - 3:00pm | Jenny Locanthi - National SHRM Update |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Jenny Locanthi - Topic TBD |
| Jennifer Frank - Workplace Investigations | |
| Sandra Ogunremi - Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | |
| Brad Hearst - Benefits | |
| 5:30pm | Main Street Square - City of Presidents Challenge/Food Truck Social |
| Thursday, May 1, 2025 | |
| 7:30am - 8:30am | Breakfast |
| 8:30am - 9:30am | Theresa Feinstine - The Transformative Potential of AI in HR |
| 9:30am - 9:45am | |
| 9:45am - 11:15am | Theresa Feinstine - Hands on AI Workshop |
| 11:15am - 11:45am | Lunch |
| 11:45am - 1:15pm | Employment Law Attorney Panel (Chris Hoyme, Jennifer Frank, Carla Kushman, Marcia Hultman, Sara Frankenstein?, Julie Johnson?) |
| 1:15pm - 1:30pm | |
| 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Jennifer Frank - Workplace Investigations |
| Leah Braun - Employee Wellness/Workplace Culture | |
| Dominique Tigert - Employee First Aid | |
| Bev Morris - So Much HR, So Little Time | |
| 2:30 - 3:00pm | |
| 3:00pm - 4:30pm | Tracy Palacek - Crisis to Clarity or Rock Your Talk |
| 5:30pm | Social, Dinner, Entertainment |
| Friday, May 2, 2025 | |
| 7:30am - 8:30am | Breakfast |
| 8:30am - 9:30am | Trina Allen - Executive Level HR |
| JTVF - Wage Against the Machine: What is a livable income for your community? | |
| WorkWell - Workplace Wellness (Grant Funding Opportunities, Diabetes Prevention HALT, Physical Activity & Nutrition, Heart Disease & Stroke) | |
| Bev Morris - So Much HR, So Little Time | |
| 9:30am - 9:45am | |
| 9:45am - 11:15am | Rana DeBoer - Topic TBD |
| 11:15am - 12:00pm | Closing Remarks/Prize Drawings/2026 Conference Announcement |
| 12:00pm | Vendor Tear-Down |
