The SAVE Act is a central component of ACEP advocacy this year. The legislation would make assaulting a health care worker a federal crime. The briefing marks the third in a series on preventing ED violence this year. ACEP advocacy makes sure that you are heard directly where your voice matters most. An ACEP poll found that 91 percent of emergency physicians said they or a colleague were threatened or attacked within the prior year. Emergency physicians are leading the call for solutions and sharing their troubling stories.

ACEP24 Almost Here! Heather E. McGowan to Deliver Keynote Opening General Session

• Monday, Sept. 29 | 9-10:30 a.m.

Future-of-work strategist Heather E. McGowan will deliver the Opening General Session keynote speech at ACEP24.

Emergency physicians deeply understand how the last few years have forever changed where we work, who works, how we work and measure work, what we do for work and, most importantly, why we work. McGowan helps leaders prepare their teams and organizations for the post-pandemic world of work. McGowan describes herself as a sense maker, a dot connector, a deep thinker, and a pattern matcher who sees things that others miss. She will translate that knowledge to the emergency medicine workforce during her opening session presentation.

In 2020, Ms. McGowan was recognized as one of the Top 50 female futurists in the world by Forbes. In 2019, she was appointed as a faculty member of the Swinburne University Centre For the New Workforce in Melbourne, Australia. In 2022, McGowan was awarded an honorary doctorate from Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, in addition to earning her MBA from Babson College and her BFA in Industrial Design from Rhode Island School of Design.

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Up Next: Waiting Room Medicine

James D. Mills Memorial Lecture

• Monday, Sept. 30 | 12:30-1:20 p.m.

Speaker: Diana Nordlund, DO, JD, FACEP

No beds in your departments? Managing patients in the waiting room? Discuss risks and solutions.

Strike While the Iron Is Hot: How to Expand Your Independent Group

Colin C. Rorrie, Jr., Lecture

• Tuesday, Oct. 1 | 10-10:50 a.m.

Speaker: Michael Granovsky, MD, FACEP and Thom Mayer, MD, FACEP

There exists a generational opportunity for Independent Group growth. The current environment is unique and has not existed for decades. The clinical value of your local group is appreciated, but you need the financial insights and leadership culture to be successful.