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October 28, 2025

If you haven't registered already, this is your

LAST CHANCE!

Registration closes tomorrow (10/29)!


Friday, November 7, 2025

9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Maner Conference Centre

1717 SW Topeka Blvd, Topeka, KS 66612


There is no cost to attend! Lunch will be provided.

Don't wait! Space is limited to the first 400 registrants.

Agenda at a Glance


8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Check-In


9:30 a.m.

Welcome


9:45 a.m.

Keynote Speaker

Patrick Kelly, Douglas County Commissioner


10:15 a.m.

General Updates - Funding, Investments, Modernization and Legislation

Alan D. Conroy, Executive Director, KPERS

Mary Beth Green, Deputy Executive Director for Modernization, KPERS

Jarod Waltner, Planning and Research Officer, KPERS


11:00 a.m.

Professional Development Breakout Sessions:

(choose one to attend)

Adapting to Management and Leadership Change (Nathan Lenz, Trainer, ComPsych)

Communicating the Value of HR (Paul Roberts, State Employee Health Plan Sr. Manager, Health Plan Operations, State of Kansas)

Navigating Difficult Conversations (Kris Beying, Manager, Learning Center, Kansas Department of Revenue)

Coping With Stress (George Waters, Organizational Development Trainer, Learning Center, Kansas Department of Revenue)


11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 

Lunch (Provided) 

Lunch Entertainment provided by the 

Washburn Rural High School Jazz Band  


1:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. 

KPERS Breakout Sessions

There will be four afternoon sessions with 30-minute presentations and Q&A on:


KPERS 3; Optional Life Insurance; Notification of Death; Enrollments, Adjustments and Certifications; KPERS 457; Communications; Disability; Pay Period Reporting; KPERS 3; Working After Retirement; KP&F DROP; Retirements and Benefit Estimates; General Q&A and Employer Auditing Panel


See session descriptions here


3:20 p.m.

Closing Remarks


3:30 p.m.

Conference Ends


Learn more at kspers.gov/employerconference.


Questions?

communications@kspers.gov 

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