4th Annual Wyoming Workforce Wellness Summit

"Down the Trail"

 

October 13th & 14th, 2011 

Little America Hotel and Conference Center

Cheyenne, Wyoming

 

Registration Now Open

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Featuring:  Dee Edington, PhD, Director of the University of Michigan Health Management Research Center  

Author of Zero Trends:  Health as a Serious Economic Strategy

 

Director of the University of Michigan Health Management Research Center, D.W. Edington is also a Professor in the Division of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan and a research scientist in the School of Public Health. Trained in mathematics, kinesiology and biochemistry, Dr. Edington received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University and completed his M.S. at Florida State University. He taught at the University of Massachusetts before coming to Michigan in 1976. Dr. Edington is the author or co-author of over 500 articles, presentations, and several books, including Biology of Physical Activity, Biological Awareness, Frontiers of Exercise Biology, The One Minute Manager Gets Fit and the 2nd edition, The One Minute Manager Balances Work and Life. Dr. Edington’s teaching and research focus on the relationship between healthy lifestyles, vitality and quality of life, as they benefit both individuals and organizations. He is specifically interested in how individual health promotion, worksite wellness activities and programs within organizations impact health care cost containment, productivity and human resource development. In essence, the HMRC studies the precursors to disease and vitality. Dr. Edington enjoys the constantly emerging challenges at the HMRC. He describes the Center as dynamic, innovative and a world-class leader in driving towards information-driven decision making in the evolving new health care environment.

 

Dr. Edington will conduct a 6 hour workshop "Health as a serious Business and Economic Indicator," October 13th and 14th.

Dr. Edington proposes three key strategies for reducing the total medical and productivity - related cost trends that are bankrupting American business:

• Don't get worse
• Keep healthy employees healthy
• Create a culture of health

Attending the Zero Trends workshop may well be the beginning of the best business and economic decision you have made this year!

 

The 4th Annual Wyoming Workforce Wellness Summit will also include workshops and presentations from Wyoming Talent who are successfully shaping wellness policy and building workforce wellness programs in their place of employment.

 

Full agenda to follow when complete 

Registration opens in April, 2011 - Please stay posted!!