8:00 am – 9:00 am         Registration
                                           Pick up your name badge and enjoy some coffee while networking with exhibitors and colleagues.

8:00 am                            Breakfast sponsored by the S.C. Workers' Comp Commission

9:00 am – 9:15 am         Welcome & Seminar Introduction    
                                                 Dewana Looper, Esq., SCWCEA President, Atkins Law Firm, Columbia, SC

9:15 am – 10:15 am        The Current State of the Workforce & the Changing Landscape of Workers’ Comp
                                             Shane Bell, SC Department of Employment Workforce, Columbia, SC
                                                  Carol Hayman, SC Department of Employment Workforce, Columbia, SC
                                                  Taylor Hendrix, SC Department of Employment Workforce, Columbia, SC
                                                  Leah Price, SC Department of Employment Workforce, Columbia, SC

10:15 am – 11:15 am      Vocational Assessment Panel
                                                   Ryan Farrell, CSRA Vocational Services, Evans, Ga
                                                   Joel Leonard, Leonard & Associates, Columbia, SC
                                                  Samantha Ryals, Leonard & Associates, Columbia, SC
   
11:15 am – 11:30 am      Networking Break sponsored by MC Innovations

11:30 am – 12:30 pm      CMS Guideline Updates
                                            Daniel Hayes, Esq., Hayes Firm, PLLC, Asheville, NC

12:30 pm – 1:15pm        Lunch sponsored by Robinson Gray                                   

1:15pm – 2:15pm           New SC WCC ePay eFile Demonstration
                                           Kris Pluss, S.C. Workers’ Compensation Commission, Columbia, SC
                                           Liz Schinke, S.C. Workers’ Compensation Commission, Columbia, SC           

2:15 pm – 2:30 pm         Networking Break sponsored by Ambassador Service Group

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm        GenAI/LLMs & Legal Ethics
                                          Anthony D’Elia, Joseph F. Rice School of Law, Columbia, SC 

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm        Update from the SC Workers’ Compensation Commission
                                          Commissioners from the SC Workers’ Compensation Commission

4:00 pm                           Closing Remarks
                                                Dewana Looper, Esq., SCWCEA President, Atkins Law Firm, Columbia, SC