Programme

8.30am	Registration Opens
9.10am	Chairman's welcome Anthony Gould, editor in chief, Post Magazine
9.15am	Rehabilitation through the eyes of the ill and injured Speaker: Melanie Summers, managing director, AIG Medical & Rehabilitation
9.40am	Working collaboratively to push the rehabilitation movement forward Speaker: Lord David Hunt of the Wirral, president, The Case Management Society UK
10.05am	Embedding rehabilitation within insurer business strategies I: Royal & Sun Alliance Speaker: Steve Maddock, claims director, Royal & Sun Alliance
10.30am	Questions, comments & observations
10.45am	Coffee
11.00am	The impact of Evidence-Based Medicine on rehabilitation outcomes Speakers: Morag Heighway, claims manager (rehabilitation), Norwich Union Insurance Dr Martin Strudley, director of rehabilitation, Norwich Union Occupational Health
11.25am	Move towards specialisation within rehabilitation Speaker: Dr Edmund Bonikowski, founder & chief executive, Kynixia
11.50am	Embedding rehabilitation within insurer business strategies II: QBE Speaker: Rosie Corless, rehabilitation manager, QBE Insurance (Europe)
12.15pm	Questions, comments & observations
12.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm	The Med 3 form: overcoming a key barrier to rehabilitation Speaker: Dr Barbara Kneale, consultant occupational health physician, Developing Patient Partnerships
1.55pm	Embedding rehabilitation within insurer business strategies III: Zurich Speaker: Spencer McCabe, manager of the medical management centre, Zurich
2.20pm	Questions, comments & observations
2.35pm	Workshops: delegates will be split into 3 groups for more interactive, focused discussion, led by an industry expert Workshop 1: Absence Management: The Role of Psychological Factors in a Delayed Return to Work Dr Manda Holmshaw, clinical director, Moving Minds Workshop 2: The use of technology in modern rehabilitation Andrew Pemberton, managing director, Human Focus Return to Work Workshop 3: The new Vocational Rehabilitation Standards - what will these mean to you? Andy Whittington, business development manager, AIG Medical and Rehabilitation Steve Eckhart, claims director, AIG
3.20pm	Coffee
3.35pm	Developing a practical vocational rehabilitation strategy Speaker: Gail Kovacs, vice-chair, Vocational Rehabilitation Association
4.00pm	Understanding the latest developments in the legal rehabilitation landscape Speaker: Elaine Chapman, partner – large loss and technical claims, Weightmans
4.25pm	Achieving industry-wide case management standards and guidelines: CMS UK's perspective Speaker: Jan Harrison, chairperson, CMS UK Standards & Education Committee
4.50pm	Questions, comments & observations
5.05pm	Chairman's summary & close of conference