
Safety conference
Presented by:
Location: Heritage Center of Brooklyn Center (Entrance Door 1)
Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Time: Breakfast @ 7:30 a.m. Sessions Start @ 8:30 a.m.
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Registration Open
Breakfast Served
7:30 – 8:25 a.m. NEXTLEADERS – Breakfast with Safety Directors
8:30 – 8:40 a.m. Welcome – John Hausladen
Emcee – Lisa Gonnerman
8:40 – 9:40 a.m. GENERAL SESSION 1
Background Checks and Litigation: How Your Hiring Practices Impact Your Case
Speaker: Clay Porter, Porter Rennie Woodard Kendall, LLP
Why do lawsuits against motor carriers always include claims for negligent hiring no matter the level of compliance in the hiring process? What, if anything, can be done to minimize your risk of exposure on this issue? This section of the program will look at motor carrier hiring practices from the distorted lens of robust litigation. We will discuss the features of those claims that allow them to survive and add financial exposure to the company and how motor carriers can best position themselves to avoid or defend these claims.
9:40 – 9:45 a.m. Safety Council committee chair presentations
9:45 – 10:00 a.m. Roundtable Discussion/ Networking Break/ Vendor Booths
10:00 – 10:50 a.m. GENERAL SESSION 2
Is Maintenance Impacting your CSA Score? Making Safety a Priority in Your Maintenance Department
Panel: Moderator, Todd Haag, Coborn's, Capt. Jon Olsen, MN State Patrol, Andy Koepp, Fleet Maintenance Manager, Coborn's, Mitchel Baldus, Maintenance Director, Valley Transportation Service, Craig Braun, Truck Driver, Calhoun Truck Lines
Learn from a panel of experts about the new technology used to pull in drivers for inspection, how to integrate the maintenance department into your safety program, and how to get drivers to do a thorough pre-inspection.
10:50 – 10:55 a.m. Safety Council committee chair presentations
10:55 – 11:10 a.m. Roundtable Discussion/Networking Break/Vendor Booths
11:10 – 11:15 a.m. Identifying Critical Safety Conversations we must be having NOW!
11:15 – 11:20 a.m. Break and Move to Desired Topic Table
11:20 – 11:50 a.m. Critical Safety Conversations Round 1 – Table Topic Conversations
Roundtable discussions around identified topics
Each table has a safety director facilitator and a NEXTLEADER recorder/reporter
11:50 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Buffet/Networking/Vendor Booths
1:00 – 1:05 p.m. Move to 2nd Desired Topic Table
1:05 – 1:35 p.m. Critical Safety Conversations Round 2 – Table Topic Conversations
1:35 – 2:00 p.m. Critical Safety Conversations – Reporting back
2022 NEXTLEADERS serve as Reporters
2:00 – 2:10 p.m. Break/Networking or Continued Conversations
2:10 – 2:50 p.m. GENERAL SESSION 3
Open Your Eyes to the New World of Drug Testing
Speaker: Grady Phillips, Corporate Medical Services
2:50 – 3:00 p.m. Wrap-Up
Adjourn
5:00 p.m. Driver of the Year Banquet Reception
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Driver of the Year Banquet *Bundle with Safety Conference Ticket or Sold Separately
TOPICS
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Pre-Accident Preparedness
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Post-Accident Preparedness
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Coaching Drivers with Camera Footage
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Compliance Self Audits
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Managing Claims
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Depositions
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Injury prevention
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FMCSA
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MN Patrol
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Safety Expectations for Shippers & receivers
PRESENTING
DIAMOND

SILVER


LUNCH
JOURNAL

BRONZE
Lytx
Thermo King
HNI
Sunbelt Business Advisors
DriverReach
Wallwork Financial
Richard Frank Klick Agency
Anderson Trucking Service
Netradyne
J.J. Keller & Associates
Conext, LLC
DRIVER OF THE YEAR
PRESENTING SPONSOR

DRIVER OF THE YEAR
TABLE SPONSORS






