CALL FOR SPEAKERS

CALL FOR SPEAKERS
AOHP 2024 NATIONAL CONFERENCE

FT. WORTH, TX
September 4-6, 2024
Deadline to submit –February 28, 2024.

AOHP is soliciting presentation submissions for its 2024 National Conference. The committee will evaluate the submission to determine if your presentation meets the needs of the conference. Please provide as much detail as possible in the submission, including a description of any relevant methods, techniques, tools, results, lessons learned, etc.

Deadline to submit - February 28, 2024. 
Download a speaker submission form here.

Below are prospective topic suggestions.

Topic suggestions include, but are not limited to the following topics:
• Hazardous Drugs
• Innovation: How to Leverage Technology to Make Our Work Easier
• The Aging Workforce
• Early Return to Work Program
• Fit for Duty
• Compensability and Legal Aspects of Workers' Compensation 
• Employment Law
• Bloodborne Pathogen Exposures
• Let’s Start at the Top with Behavioral Health (Mental Health)
• Work/Life Synergy
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Physicals for Onboarding (to include Urine Drug Screen Rules Related to Medical Marijuana and Remote Onboarding)
• Making the Case for an EMR Program
• Successful Flu Campaigns  
• Latent TB in HCW (to include Treatment)
• OSHA Updates
• How to Develop a Surveillance Physical for Research Staff
• Impact of a Robust Occupational Health Practice With a Good Leadership Partner
• UPS 800 - Policy, Practices, Compliance Program, Medical Surveillance
• Effective Ergonomics at the Office and Home Workstation
• Immunization Update - Impact of Increased Medical and Sincerely Held Religious Belief Requests
• Research Project Results on Workplace Violence (to include New Regulation on WPV)
• Needlestick Changes 
• Safety First-(to include Fall reduction and other aspects of potential worker injuries)
• ADA/STD/FMLA 
• Virtual Leadership - What’s Working, What’s Not
• Setting Up Employees for Success Through an Occupational Health Program 
•  Improving Productivity Through a Culture of Safety
•  [Role Playing] Difficult Leadership Situations-What Would You Do? (Suggested scenarios: dealing with difficult or problem employees, handling your team’s stress and pressure, letting someone go, delivering bad news, leading an initiative you don’t agree with, managing underperforming employees)
• Wellness (Wellcare vs Sickcare)
• Mindfulness and/or Meditation 

Download a speaker submission form here.

Session speakers are asked to participate on a "gratis" basis. Speakers may receive FREE registration for the day of their presentation and one complimentary night hotel stay at the conference hotel. To discuss alternative speaker compensation, please contact Annie Wiest at info@aohp.org.

We appreciate your time and look forward to working with you as we build valuable educational content for the 2024 National Conference.

Sincerely,

Lydia Crutchfield, MA, BSN, RN, CLC
AOHP 2024 National Conference Chair

Deadline to submit - February 28, 2024. Successful applicants will be notified by May 27, 2024.

Download a speaker submission form here.