9:00AM CST

OPENING REMARKS
Lorraine Martin, President and CEO, National Safety Council 

9:05AM CST

NSC RESEARCH RESULTS
Caitlin Lang, National Safety Council

In spring 2023, SAFER conducted a nationwide survey of working adults across all industries and occupations. Findings from the survey provided SAFER an insight on how employees feel regarding issues regarding mental health, psychological safety, substance misuse, and more. The impacts and prevalence of Long Covid symptoms among the workforce will also be discussed.

9:25AM CST

WORKFORCE WELLBEING AND MORE
Dennis Stolle, American Psychological Association
Melissa Williams, National League of Cities
Abigail Barth, Foundation for Social Connection
Richard Jones, YouTurn Health

Join a panel of experts on how they work to address taking action regarding mental health in the workplace. This panel will dig deeper into loneliness, burnout, substance misuse, reducing stigma, and overall well-being, and how tackling these issues with your employees can help build social connections and resiliency in the workplace. 

10:25AM CST

PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING
Shanna B. Tiayon, PhD, Yes Wellbeing Works

Psychological safety includes a sense of belonging, supportiveness of coworkers and supervisors, interacting respectfully. Learn from, Dr. Shanna B. Tiayon, an expert on psychological safety and the workplace, where she will discuss how all of these aspects can impact the workplace and its employees, why it matters, and examples of psychological safety at work in real organizations from her work with clients. 

11:40AM CST

THE PANDEMIC HAS ENDED, NOW WHAT 
Lisa Koonin, Health Preparedness Partners, LLC
Aman Patel, Pandemic Defense, 
Ken Meade, CDC
Steve Martin, CDC

Getting ahead of emerging diseases or pandemics can begin with maintaining progress already attained while confronting COVID-19. Experts in the area will come together to discuss successes and milestones that have come out of the pandemic for many employers, many which will strengthen future responses against infectious respiratory diseases. 

1:00PM CST

DOES WORKING FROM HOME HAVE A FUTURE?
Nick Bloom, Stanford University

Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University economics professor, and global authority on remote and hybrid work, has had a close eye on work from home trends for over a decade – and he says there’s still a lot to learn about how teams can maximize productivity. His frameworks enable leaders and middle managers to create actionable plans for responding to today’s constantly changing work conditions.