7:15am – 8:00am
Registration & Networking Breakfast

8:00am – 8:15am
Welcome & Opening Remarks

8:15am – 9:00am
The Future of Recovery: Responding to an Evolving Addiction Crisis Amid Shifting Policy and Funding Landscapes: Navigating the Path Forward
As addiction treatment faces new pressures and possibilities, this training offers a timely look at where we are—and where we’re headed. This training explores the rapidly evolving landscape of addiction treatment in the context of shifting policies and funding structures. Participants will gain insights into current challenges, emerging treatment models, and the regulatory shifts that align with the evolution of addiction treatment and recovery support. This change is happening in the context of significant legislative and financial changes on service delivery. Learn how changes in policy and funding are reshaping the field and discover innovative approaches to care that meet the moment. Designed for clinical leaders, policymakers, and providers, the session will highlight strategies for adapting to change while maintaining quality care and improving outcomes.

Lisa Blanchard, MA, LMHC
Chief Clinical Officer
Spectrum Health

9:00am – 9:45am
Rewriting the Playbook- Health and Justice United in the Modern Drug Era
For more than fifty years, the “War on Drugs” shaped U.S. criminal justice and public health policy, often at odds with one another. Today, a new paradigm is emerging. This session explores how justice systems and health systems are joining forces to confront the community harm caused by the drug epidemic with evidence-based, person-centered strategies. Attendees will gain insight into emergent illicit drug trafficking tactics and how social media and the dark web are replacing traditional street-level drug sales. They will also come away with an understanding of novel substances, including fentanyl analogues, and their impact on overdose death numbers and how these are shaping approaches to treatment.  We will discuss innovative collaborations between justice professionals and medical providers that are rewriting the playbook for the modern drug era.

Colleen Lane, MD FASAM
Medical Director - Addiction Medicine
Corewell Health West

Erin K. Lane
Attorney at Law
Miller Johnson

9:45am – 10:15am
Networking & Refreshments Break

10:15am – 11:00am
Iatrogenic Opioid Use Disorder: Identification, Prevention, and Multidisciplinary Treatment in the Hospital and Beyond.
Iatrogenic opioid use disorder can develop when opioid exposure during hospitalization leads to persistent use, misuse, or dependence, especially in patients with risk factors such as prior substance use, psychiatric comorbidity, or prolonged high-dose therapy. Early identification requires routine, nonstigmatizing screening, careful review of opioid exposure and risk, and monitoring for signs of withdrawal or escalating use. Prevention focuses on multimodal analgesia, opioid-sparing protocols, clear patient education, and standardized prescribing limits with MME checks. Multidisciplinary treatment includes initiation or continuation of medications for opioid use disorder, symptom-directed withdrawal management, harm-reduction measures, behavioral and social supports, and coordinated discharge planning to ensure continuity of care.

Harish Nair
Opioid Stewardship Pain Management Pharmacist
Indiana University Health 

James David Ryser, MA, LMHC, LCAC, TTS
Retired Executive Director of Chronic Pain & Chemical Dependence Programs
IU Health Hospital

11:00am – 11:45am
Medication-Assisted Treatment Expansion: Breaking Down Barriers and Building Access
Despite evidence that medications like buprenorphine and methadone dramatically reduce overdose risk, many communities still struggle with access barriers and provider shortages. This session explores innovative approaches to MAT expansion including mobile treatment units, primary care integration models and pharmacy-based programs that bring treatment directly to patients. Discover strategies for overcoming regulatory hurdles, training healthcare providers and building sustainable treatment capacity in underserved areas.

Kristin Nolan, MA, MBA
Chief Operating Officer
Spectrum Health Systems

11:45am – 12:30pm
Addressing the Opioid Crisis: Safer and Effective Opioid Prescribing
The Opioid Crisis has cost the lives of many thousands over the last two decades. The roots of the Crisis are numerous. Physician management of pain, and appropriate opioid prescribing, when indicated, has improved. This presentation will analyze updated CDC opioid prescribing guidelines and compare with prior 2016 CDC guidelines; discuss risks / benefits of opioid medications and of dangerous medication combinations and identify and analyze “red flags” for potential controlled substance abuse / diversion by patients.

Timothy Munzing, M.D.
Family Physician, Medical Subject Matter Expert – DOJ, FBI, DEA
Medical Board of California

12:30pm – 1:30pm
Networking Lunch

1:30pm – 2:15pm
Crisis Response Innovation: Mobile Teams, Warm Handoffs and Emergency Interventions
Emergency departments and first responders are implementing new approaches to overdose response that connect people to treatment immediately rather than waiting for them to seek help. This operational sessionexplores mobile crisis response teams, peer recovery specialists in emergency settings and rapid access programs that capitalize on overdose events as opportunities for engagement. Discover how innovative communities are transforming crisis moments into recovery entry points while reducing repeat emergency department visits.

Sharron Coffie, MSN RN CNS
Director, Opioid Safety
UT Southwestern Medical Center

2:15pm – 3:15pm
Leadership Panel: Breaking Down Silos - When Healthcare and Community Leaders Actually Work Together
Real progress in addressing the opioid crisis happens when traditional boundaries between sectors dissolve and leaders find common ground despite different mandates and approaches. This panel brings together leaders who have successfully collaborated to transform their community's response to addiction. The discussion will explore practical strategies for sustaining partnerships when agencies have different success metrics, funding sources and community pressures while maintaining focus on shared goals of reducing overdose deaths and supporting recovery.

Sara Meyer
System Medication Safety Specialist
Novant Health

Lisa Blanchard, MA, LMHC
Chief Clinical Officer
Spectrum Health

3:15pm – 3:45pm Networking & Refreshments Break

3:45pm – 4:30pm
Rural Communities and the Opioid Crisis: Unique Challenges and Creative Solutions
Rural areas face distinct challenges in addressing opioid addiction including provider shortages, transportation barriers and limited treatment infrastructure that require innovative approaches. This session examines successful rural opioid response strategies including hub-and-spoke treatment models, telehealth expansion and mobile service delivery that overcome geographic barriers. Learn how rural communities are leveraging their close-knit networks and community connections to build effective recovery support systems despite resource constraints.

Paige Mathew, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP
Pain Management and Opioid Stewardship Regional Program Lead
Pain Management Specialty Council Chair - Board of Pharmacy Specialties 

4:30pm – 5:15pm
Data-Driven Approaches to Opioid Response
Successful opioid response requires sophisticated measurement systems that track both immediate outcomes like overdose deaths and longer-term indicators of community recovery and resilience. This session provides frameworks for selecting meaningful metrics, implementing data collection systems and using information to drive continuous improvement in prevention and treatment programs. Discover practical approaches to outcome measurement that demonstrate program effectiveness while identifying areas for improvement and growth.

Joseph Conte, PhD
Executive Director
Staten Island Performing Provider System

5:15pm
End of Day One