Experience two amazing keynotes during our annual Convention & Exposition!

DISTANCING ONESELF FROM & EMBRACING TOMORROW: AI & INNOVATION IN LONG-TERM CARE
Avi Olitzky
Monday, November 11  |  10:15 AM  |  Sponsored by Gallagher
Explore how artificial intelligence and innovative technologies are revolutionizing the long-term care industry. This session will delve into the practical applications of AI, from enhancing patient care to streamlining administrative tasks. Participants will learn how to leverage these tools to
address workforce challenges and improve operational efficiency, ensuring
a sustainable and high-quality care environment for the future.

Avi’s presentation will help you:
• understand the current and emerging AI technologies applicable to long-term care settings;
• identify strategies for integrating AI to improve patient outcomes and operational efficiency;
• explore change management techniques to effectively implement new technologies and engage the workforce.

Avi Olitzky, President and Principal Consultant, Olitzky Consulting Group
Avi is a futurist who thrives on collaborating with visionary organizations and individuals dedicated to positive global impact. He is also the co-founder and chief people and spiritual officer of SpirituWell, a virtual spiritual care provider providing expanded access to spiritual care and chaplains across diverse faiths and denominations in real time. Over the course of his professional career, Avi has served as senior rabbi to one of the largest congregations in North America; successfully launched and grown innovative information technology and content-driven production companies and organizations; and was a founding board chair and board member for numerous non-profits.

BECOMING A FIVE S.T.A.R. LEADER: THE JOURNEY TO EXCELLENCE IN SENIOR CARE
Jerald Cosey
Tuesday, November 12 |  10:00 AM 
Jerald Cosey believes the advancement of healthcare requires leaders to align with their professional purpose and a commitment to skill set development. Both allow leaders to meet the ever-changing demands of healthcare and develop leaders to help advance the senior healthcare profession and its organizations.

Drawing on his ten-plus years of experience as a nursing home administrator and leadership development director, Cosey will share real-time examples and lessons learned from his journey from pharmaceutical sales executive to senior healthcare leader.

Join us at this session to learn how to strategically transform your actions to achieve results and how to enhance and build your mindset and skill set continually. Cosey is passionate about empowering leaders to advance senior healthcare and is the author of Becoming a Five-S.T.A.R. Leader: A Life’s Journey to Senior Care Excellence.

Jerald Cosey, BA, HFA, CNA, Chief Executive Officer, J. Cosey Speaks, Inc.
Jerald Cosey is a senior healthcare leader, consultant, executive coach, author, and professional speaker. He is the owner of J. Cosey Speaks, a training and development company dedicated to empowering leaders to advance senior healthcare. Jerald recently served as the operational leadership development director for American Senior Communities (ASC), Indiana’s largest senior living and senior healthcare company. In this role, he was responsible for developing leaders for over 90 skilled nursing and assisted living communities in Indiana and Kentucky.