Welcome 

Ellen J. MacKenzie, PhD, Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Overview

Clifford S. Mitchell, MS, MD, MPH, Director, Environmental Health Bureau, Maryland Department of Health

Keynote Address

The Honorable Kelly M. Schulz, Secretary, Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation

Panel 1: Defining the Problem — Medical, Legal, Ethical, Fiscal, Regulatory Issues

Moderator:  Darrell VanDeusen, Esq., Kollman & Saucier, P.A.

Panelists

• Terrence J. Artis, Assistant General Counsel, Maryland Commission on Civil Rights
• Joyce Walker-Jones, Esq., U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Lawrence A. Richardson, Jr., Esq., Maryland Chamber of Commerce
• Robert K. White, MA, LCPC, University of Maryland Medical System

Panel 2: Emerging Trends and Innovations

Moderator:  Marianne Cloeren, MD, MPH, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Panelists

• Rebecca L. Jones, RN, MSN, Health Officer, Worcester County
• Linda Carter Batiste, J.D., Job Accommodation Network
• Chris Trahan Cain, CIH, Center to Protect Worker Rights
• Wayne J. Creasap II, The Association of Union Constructors

Breakout Groups (Feinstone Hall, W7023, W2015)

Participants will be assigned to breakout groups. Each group will have a cross-section of disciplines and will address the following questions:

1:30 p.m.   What are the most important challenges/barriers to optimal
                   management of opioids in the workplace?

2:00 p.m.    What are the most important/significant opportunities or best
                    practices to achieve optimal management of opioids?

2:30 p.m.     Rank and order priorities