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As with every program since 1984, the Maryland Workers' Compensation Educational Association [MWCEA] brings the Workers' Compensation Community together to promote education, communication and collegiality. This year's conference will again provide a forum for all of the stakeholders in the system to meet and develop ideas and strategies to improve the fashion in which the Workers' Compensation system administers the benefits to which injured workers are entitled. As is the custom, the educational sessions feature the most respected professionals in their areas of practice. The MWCEA 2010 Conference program will focus on systemic improvement for all participants. The presentations will be highlighted by a panel of representatives of the Workers Compensation Commissions from neighboring jurisdictions, Moderated by Chairman R. Karl Aumann. In addition, our distinguished panelists will teach attendees about the best and worst practices in the provision of vocational rehabilitation services, securing and using surveillance and settling cases under the new regulations. Finally, participants will be educated about knee replacements and the value of chiropracitic care in the management of work-related injuries. If you are involved in any aspect of Maryland Workers' Compensation, this is an outstanding educational opportunity.

Keynote Speaker

Anirban Basu Chairman & CEO Sage Policy Group, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland

Anirban Basu is Chairman & CEO of Sage Policy Group, Inc., an economic and policy consulting firm in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Basu is one of the Mid-Atlantic region's most recognizable economists, in part because of his consulting work on behalf of numerous clients, including prominent developers, bankers, brokerage houses, energy suppliers and law firms. Mr. Basu will address the effect current federal government policy and global economic trends will have on the Maryland labor market in the next decade. In addition, the impact that the predicted changes in the labor market may have on claims experience and the cost of workers' compensation coverage for employers in Maryland will be addressed. On behalf of government agencies and non-profit organizations, Mr. Basu has written several highprofile economic development strategies, including co-authoring Baltimore City's economic growth strategy. In recent years, he has focused upon health economics, the economics of education and economic development. He currently lectures at Johns Hopkins University in micro-, macro- and international economics. Mr. Basu is involved with numerous organizations in a voluntary capacity, including serving as a Baltimore City Public School System board member. Mr. Basu is also on the boards of Union Memorial Hospital, the MedStar strategic planning committee, Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity and the Maryland Business Council. He is also chairman of the Baltimore County Economic Advisory Committee and economic advisor to the Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Basu earned his B.S. in Foreign Service at Georgetown University in 1990. He earned his Master's in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and his Master's in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park. His Juris Doctor was earned at the University of Maryland School of Law in 2003.

See you at the 2010 MWCEA Conference,
September 19 - 22, 2010.