The Illinois Self-Insurers Association
31st Annual Educational Seminar and Membership Meeting
Program Agenda

September, September 30, 2009

1:00 - 5:00                 GOLF OUTING - Lincolnshire Marriott Resort Golf Course
6:00 - 8:00                 RECEPTION - Hospitality Suite

Thursday, October 1, 2009

8:15 - 9:00           REGISTRATION and CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
                             (Provided by the ISIA)

9:00 - 9:15           OPENING REMARKS and ISIA BUSINESS MEETING
          Speakers:   Robert E. Harrington, Jr., Shareholder, Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie & Lowry and Diane M. Pidgeon, Director of Workers’ Compensation, Advocate Health Care; President of the Illinois Self-Insurers Association

9:15 - 10:15         JOHN DEERE SELF INSURED WC PROGRAM
          Speakers:   Glenn Williams, Safety and Environmental Manager,
                             Deere & Company Corporate Offices and
                             Gary Kopps, Global Work & Life Safety Manager,
                             Deere & Company Corporate Offices

10:15 - 10:30       BREAK

10:30 – 11:15      POTPOURRI OF ILLINOIS APPELLATE DECISIONS
          Speaker:    Christopher J. Gibbons, Executive Secretary, Illinois Self-Insurers Association; Shareholder, Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie & Lowry, P.C.

11:15 – 12:00      ARBITRATORS’ DECISIONS ON REVIEW –
                             A COMMISSIONER’S PERSPECTIVE
          Speaker:    Nancy Lindsay, Commissioner, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission

12:00 – 1:15        LUNCHEON (Provided by the ISIA)
          Speaker:    With keynote address by Amy J. Masters, Acting Chairman, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission

1:30– 2:30           PARTNERING WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AND OSHA
          Speakers:   Matt McKeon, Safety Director, Hill Mechanical Group and OSHA Official

2:30 – 3:30          PSYCHOLOGICAL CLAIMS: A TREATMENT PROVIDER’S PERSPECTIVE
          Speaker:    Daniel G. Kelley, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist,
                             Integrated Behavioral Medicine, Ltd.

3:30 – 3:45          BREAK

3:45 – 4:45          OFFICE ERGONOMICS
          Speaker:    Carolyn Day, Occupational Therapist  - CIS Onsite

5:00 – 6:00          MEETING OF THE ISIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

6:00 - 8:30           DINNER / BARBEQUE (Provided by the ISIA)

Friday, October 2, 2009

7:30 – 8:30          BREAKFAST (Provided by the ISIA)
         
8:30 - 9:30           LABOR LAW AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
          Speakers:   Susan Rider, Associate General Counsel,
                             Exelon Business Services Company and
Kent Sezer, Assistant General Counsel,
Exelon Business Services Company; Neal & Leroy, LLC.

9:30 – 10:30        PROBLEMS WITH THE WORK-INJURED ON LONG-TERM MEDICALLY
                          PRESCRIBED OPIOIDS
        Speaker:    Howard S. Konowitz, MD, Medical Director,
                             Comprehensive Pain Management Group, LLC

10:30 - 10:45       BREAK

10:45 - 11:45       FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR PAIN IN WORK COMP
          Speaker:    Eugene G. Lipov, MD, Medical Director,
                             Advanced Pain Centers, S.C.

11:45 - 12:00       PRIZE DRAWING & ADJOURNMENT