2022 Wellness Summit To Tackle Mental Health, Lessons Learned From Pandemic

Well-being extends far beyond just how people feel and impacts every workplace. According to Gallup, “it affects the number of sick days employees take, their job performance, burnout and likelihood of leaving (their) organization.”

The 2022 Indiana Wellness Summit, held Sept. 21-22 at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis, will offer ways to prioritize employee well-being. The program features how to implement effective wellness programs, how to collect and analyze data to find out what’s working, how to measure your return on investment and much more.

The two-day summit is a partnership between the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and Wellness Council of Indiana (WCI).

“Mental health will be at the forefront of the discussion this year,” says Jennifer Pferrer, WCI executive director. “The pandemic took a toll on not only finances and families, but substance abuse issues have increased and employers are seeing the impacts of that.

“No matter an organization’s size, industry or level of existing wellness programming, summit attendees can benefit and hear best practices, connect to Indiana wellness resources and access critical data.”

Some of the pressing topics to be discussed include tackling burnout with remote employees; mental health and substance use struggles; diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and well-being; working mothers 101; financial wellness; obesity bias; data and technology; leveraging lifestyle medicine in the workplace; and understanding adverse childhood experiences.

Keynote presentations are:

Three Ways to Redesign Wellness: Leveraging Lessons from the Pandemic (Jen Arnold)

Reset & Recharge: Experience a Fresher & More Positive Approach to Eliminate Stress, Negativity & Burnout (Betsy Allen-Manning)

The goal of the summit, notes Pferrer, is to bring together Hoosier human resource staffers and health and wellness professionals “to connect and collaborate to improve the well-being of Indiana’s workplaces and communities. Exploring employee health clinics will also be a focus.”

The cost is $449 for Indiana Chamber or WCI members or $549 for non-members. Single day registrations are $349 or $449, respectively. Registration links and the full agenda are available at www.indianawellnesssummit.com.

The summit sponsor is Marathon Health. Platinum sponsors: ClearPath Mutual Insurance Company, Delta Dental of Indiana, Northwind Pharmaceuticals; gold sponsors: Allendale Treatment; Hinge Health, WTW; and silver sponsors: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Community Fairbanks Recovery Center, Complete Wellness Solutions, Gibson, Novo Nordisk, Inc. and Regions Bank. The Wellness Council VIP Reception is sponsored by Everside Health.