POWER Retail 2022 Schedule
*The full 2023 schedule will be available soon. Times are MST (USA). Use this Time Zone Converter to translate to your local time.
Wednesday, April 26
- 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.Amoena Introductory Fit Specialist Training
Amoena, a leader in the breast care industry, is hosting its Introductory Fit Specialist Training course, a BOC/ABCOP approved pre-certification course to prepare new mastectomy fitters for their certification exam Separate registration required and registration has closed.
- 2 - 5 p.m.Registration
Drop by the Registration Desk to get your registration packet and browse the Exhibit Hall.
- 7 - 10:30 p.m.POWER Party
Consider this our “Welcome Back” party. Join us for dinner and an entertaining evening where we can sing, dance and catch-up!
Thursday, April 27
- 7:15 - 8:15 amBreakfast with Vendors in Exhibit Hall
Enjoy a light breakfast and visit the booths.
- 8:30 - 11 a.m.Klose Training: Behind the Curtain for Retailers
Guenter Klose, CLT-LANA, is one of the most prominent MLD/CDT Certified instructors. For POWER, he’s tailoring a course for the retail audience, so it’s relevant to your role in treating lymphedema patients. - 11 - NoonCoffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Grab a coffee or tea and shop the exhibits.
- Noon - 1:30 p.m.Product Showcase Lunch & Learn
We’re thrilled to bring together a great diverse group of exhibitors at POWER. During the Product Showcase, you’ll enjoy a delicious lunch and learn about the latest products and services from our exhibitors.
- 1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
Prospective Surveillance and Intervention: Strength After Breast Cancer
Kathryn H Schmitz, PhD, MPH, outlines how the Prospective Surveillance model offers promise to protocolize both evaluation and intervention for women with and at risk for breast cancer related lymphedema. The Strength After Breast Cancer intervention is a broadly used breast cancer rehabilitation intervention. Dr. Schmitz will review the Prospective Surveillance model as well as providing updates on the Strength After Breast Cancer program.
- 2:15 - 3 p.m.Indocyancine Green (ICG) Lymphography
Carolyn De La Cruz, MD, outlines her work with ICG lymphography of the breast and trunk and explains where the fluid goes.
- 3 - 3:45 p.m.Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Recharge with some drinks and snacks while shopping the Exhibit Hall.
- 3:45 - 4:45 p.m.Updates in Breast Cancer Rehabilitation
Jodi Winicour, PT, CLT-LANA, discusses the role of Neuroscience of Pain education for pre- and post-operative breast cancer patients, including findings of post-mastectomy movement/stretching restrictions and its impact on seroma formation and overall recovery.
- 4:45 - 5:15 p.m.Q&A with Breast Cancer Panel
Ask the presenters questions about cancer-related lymphedema and available treatments.
- 5:15 - 6:30 p.m.Build a Momentum Mindset: How to Be More Adaptable, Resilient and Ready for What’s Next
Kim Becking knows that change, uncertainty and disruption are guaranteed – especially now. But growth and progress are not. How you deal with this ever-changing high stress pandemic and post-pandemic world is completely up to you. You have a choice. Your people have a choice. Your organization has a choice. You can stay stuck or develop a Momentum Mindset® so that you can move forward, grow with grit and create sustained momentum in the midst of the ongoing change and uncertainty. Being adaptable and resilient is going to be a necessity in the post-pandemic world. Things are changing at a more rapid pace than ever before. The way we connect, live and work are changing too. There is no normal or “new normal.” There is only what is NOW and what is NEXT. Being adaptable and resilient is what will allow you to BOUNCE FORWARD no matter what.Kim shares her own stories of resilience in life and business with healthy doses of vulnerability, humor, and motivation and will share how to use resilience to not only navigate and cope during change and uncertainty, but build a Momentum Mindset where you develop sustained resilience to push past limited thinking and use the adversity and uncertainty in your life and the world as the fuel needed to propel you forward – stronger and better than before.
Leave this program equipped with the tools you need to ROCK your mindset to think differently, conquer change and challenges, reduce stress and overwhelm and create the everyday resilience required in this ever-changing complex pandemic world to build momentum no matter what.
- 6:30 - 7:30 pmPOWER Happy Hour
That’s a wrap! Enjoy drinks and refreshments while networking with your peers about all you’ve learned.
Friday, April 28
- 8 - 9 amBreakfast with Vendors in Exhibit Hall
Enjoy a light breakfast and visit the booths.
- 9 - 10 amThe Future of Post-Pandemic Healthcare
In 2020, Nick Webb presented on the future of disruption in healthcare, providing examples of how to prepare for and profit from changes. No one predicted all we’ve encountered due to COVID-19. In this follow-up keynote, Nick will share how to leverage new challenges and opportunities to help improve the readiness of your business, while driving sustainable growth and significant improvements in patient care.
- 10 - 10:45 a.m.Break with Exhibitors
Shop in the Exhibit Hall – take advantage of the great deals before it closes!
- 10:45 - 11:45 a.m.The 10¢ Decision: How Small Change Pays Off Big
COVID-19 took everyone by surprise and changed many aspects of how we conduct business—but service is still at the center. With decades experience, Laurie Guest shares insights into making smart, effective choices to improve guest encounters, staff satisfaction and your business as a whole. From company culture to guest interactions, choices add up to create exceptional experiences. Some decisions are big ones. But more often, it’s the “10¢ decisions”—the ones that barely cost a dime—that have a massive impact and can transform customer service from so-so to stellar.
- 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Networking Lunch
Grab a boxed lunch and network with your peers before heading to the Medicare course.
- 12:30 - 2 p.m.Medicare: What You Need to Know…Now
Ruth Reese and Angie Cooper will explain Medicare coverage and documentation requirements for external breast prostheses and mastectomy bras, audits and how recent changes will affect you and your customers. There will be plenty of time for Q&A, and Angie and Ruth also will be available during exhibit hours to answer questions one-on-one.
