2025 Conference Agenda

Explore the 2025 Workplace Mental Health Conference agenda

Sixth Annual Workplace Mental Health Conference

Detailed Agenda

Times listed below are EDT. All sessions take place virtually using Zoom.

August 6, 2025
12:30 - 12:45 p.m	Welcome and opening remarks Sagar Parikh, M.D., FRCPC, co-lead, Workplace Mental Health Solutions, Eisenberg Family Depression Center Danielle Taubman, M.P.H., project manager, Workplace Mental Health Solutions, Eisenberg Family Depression Center
12:45 - 1:30 p.m.	Keynote address Fostering Psychological Safety in Turbulent Times Michaela Kerrissey, Ph.D., M.S., associate professor of management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
1:30 - 1:35 p.m.	Break (5 minutes)
1:35 - 2:20 p.m.	Panel discussion #1 Innovative Policies and Practices Around Workplace Mental Health Megan Delp, Psy.D., LCSW, director, Workplace Mental Health, National Alliance on Mental Illness Elizabeth Harry, M.D., chief well-being officer, Michigan Medicine Office of Well-being, associate professor of internal medicine and learning health sciences, University of Michigan Medical School Amy Lopez, Ph.D., LCSW, assistant professor and director, Colorado Educator Support Program, University of Colorado Moderated by Sean Egan, J.D., deputy director of labor, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
2:20 - 2:30 p.m.	Break (10 minutes)
2:30 - 3:15 p.m.	Concurrent sessions #1 and #2 Total Worker Health®: Moving from Awareness into Action Shanna Dunbar, B.S.N., R.N., COHN-S, FAAOHN, president, Workplace Health, Inc. Supporting the Mental Health of Your Family Caregiver Employees Marvell Adams Jr., M.H.A., chief executive officer, Caregiver Action Network
3:15 - 3:20 p.m.	Break (5 minutes)
3:20 - 4:05 p.m.	Concurrent sessions #3 and #4 Embedding Micropractices & Positive Psychology into a Workplace Well-being Campaign Madison Nitzkin (Sabbath), B.S.N., R.N., MM, well-being program manager, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Hustle or Burnout? How Social Media and Workplace Tech Fuel Toxic Productivity Isheeta Gupta, M.D., Washington University in St. Louis
4:05 - 4:10 p.m.	Break (5 minutes)
4:10 - 4:50 p.m.	Interactive fireside chat Do Employee Assistance Programs Have a Role Anymore in Workplace Mental Health? Julie Fabsik-Swarts, M.S., CFRE, CAP, CEAP, chief executive officer, Employee Assistance Professionals Association Julie Rochester, director, Educational Programs, Employee Assistance Professionals Association
4:50 - 5 p.m.	Closing remarks Sagar Parikh, M.D., FRCPC, co-lead, Workplace Mental Health Solutions, Eisenberg Family Depression Center
5 p.m.	Conference ends