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Monday, April 19th

• 1:00 - 2:00 PM & 2:15 - 3:15 PM | Intro to the virtual conference platform

Tuesday, April 20th

• 9:00-9:30 AM | Welcome from Carol Silver Elliott - Chair of LeadingAge National Board 
• 9:30 - 10:30 AM | Keynote: Rubber Band Resilience How Senior Care Can Stretch Without Snapping with Kathy Parry (1.0 A| SHRM)
• 1:00-2:00 PM | KING Meeting
• 2:15 - 3:15 PM | Safety vs. Autonomy During a Pandemic with Amy Siple (1.0 RC)

Wednesday, April 21st

• Exhibitor Day! Join us to learn more about our exhibitors and thank them for attending.
• 4:00 - 5:00 PM | Social Hour featuring Curt the Mentalist

Thursday, April 22nd

• 9:00 - 10:00 AM | Keynote: Reigniting Post-COVID-19 Employee Engagement by Creating a High-Performance CommuniTEAM with Bruce Berlin (1.0 A| SHRM)
• 10:15 - 11:15 AM | LeadingAge Kansas Annual Business Meeting
• 1:00 - 2:00 PM | The Science of Power and Hope with Dr. Angela Pharris (1.0 A| SHRM)
• 3:00 - 4:00 PM | Exhibitor Speed Dating (1.0 Elective)

Friday, April 23rd

• 10:30 - 11:30 AM | COVID-19 and Beyond: Improving Food Intake and Hydration in Residential Care with Heather Keller - More details forthcoming (1.0 RC)
• 1:00 - 2:00 PM | KDADS Update with Q&A featuring Dawne Stevenson (1.0 A)

Monday, April 26th

• 9:30 - 10:30 AM | Keynote: The Changing Landscape of Senior Living with John H. Cochrane III (1.0 A| SHRM)
  
• 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Honoring Those We Lost This Past Year During COVID-19
• 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Thriving in the Midst of Long-Term Trauma with Dr. Bonni Goodwin (1.0 A| SHRM)
• 2:30 - 3:30 PM | Creating Joy at Work with Jessica McCracken & Katie Wade (1.0 A| SHRM)

Tuesday, April 27th

• 9:00 - 10:30 AM | Rural "Rightsizing" - Using Benchmarks to Measure Success with the Grace Team (1.5 A| SHRM)
• 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Senior Living, We Were Built for This - Selling During a Pandemic with Michael Marlow (1.0 A| SHRM)
• 3:00-4:00 PM | Speed Dating with Exhibitors (1.0 Elective)

Wednesday, April 28th

• Exhibitor Day
• 4:00 - 5:00 PM | Networking/Social Hour

Thursday, April 29th

• 9:30 - 10:30 AM | Sustaining the Well-Being of Healthcare Workers During Coronavirus with Kathleen Weissberg (1.0 A| SHRM)
• 1:15 - 2:15 PM | Safe Engagement Tool Box: Ensuring Active Living Never Stops at Any Phase of Health Precautions with Benjamin Surmi (1.0 RC)
• 2:30 - 3:30 PM | Closing Keynote: You Can Be Perfect or You Can Be Happy with Karith Foster (1.0 A| SHRM)

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All Attendees receive our first-ever LeadingAge Kansas Bundle Box!

The box will be full of goodies that should delight anyone. Make sure you have it handy during the conference as that will be how you can win big prizes during the conference.

Special thanks to the following organizations who are sponsoring this year's Bundle Box!

• BKD
• Conrade Insurance
• Hinkle Law
• MDS Exchange
• Omnicare
• Outreach Eye Care
• Paymerang
• Select Rehab
• Senior RX Care Pharmacy
• Sunflower Health Plan
• Value First