Annual Conference Agenda
(Agenda Subject to Change)
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
7:30 – 4:30 Registration/Sponsor Check-In (Pre-Function A)
7:30 – 8:45 Networking Breakfast (Ballroom)
Welcome! Meet & greet new network coordinators and mingle with colleagues, staff, board members, sponsors and guest speakers!
7:30 - 8:45 Visit Sponsor Exhibit Tables (Pre-Function A)
8:50 - 9:00 Opening Comments: Celebrating 30 Years (Whitney Peak 1)
9:00 – 9:45 Keynote: Welcome To Reno (Whitney Peak 1)
9:45 – 10:45 Nevada Spotlight: University of Nevada School of Medicine Rural Health Statewide Initiatives, Project ECHO, AHEC, and EMS Program (Whitney Peak 1)
10:45 - 11:15 Break and Visit Sponsor Exhibit Tables (Pre-Function A)
11:15 - 12:15 Immigration Updates (Whitney Peak 1)
12:15 - 1:15 Networking Lunch (Ballroom)
1:15 – 2:15 PRISM Research Update (Whitney Peak 1)
2:30 - 3:15 Breakout Session 1: Rural Workforce Development at the Department of Veterans Affairs (Whitney Peak 1)
Breakout Session 2: The New Generation of Rural Recruitment Leveraging AI (Whitney Peak 2)
3:15 - 3:45 Break and Visit Sponsor Exhibit Tables (Pre-Function A)
3:45 - 4:30 Brainstorming Session: Adjusting the Sails and Showing Your Value (Whitney Peak 1)
4:30 - 5:00 3RNET Awards (Whitney Peak 1)
5:30 – 7:00 Welcome Reception: 1995 - 2025 Celebrating 30 Years (Ballroom/Pre-Function A)
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
7:30 – 4:00 Registration Desk Open (Pre-Function A)
7:30 – 8:00 Networking Breakfast and Visit Sponsor Exhibit Tables (Ballroom)
8:00 - 9:00 3RNET Technology & Innovation Updates (Whitney Peak 1)
9:00 - 9:30 3RNET Member Panel Session: Fully Utilizing 3RNET and Getting Results (Whitney Peak 1)
9:30 - 10:30 Workforce Partners: Updates from FORHP and RuralGME (Whitney Peak 1)
10:30 – 11:00 Break and Visit Sponsor Exhibit Tables (Pre-Function A)
11:00 – 12:00 Breakout Session 3: Immigration Discussion & Networking (Whitney Peak 1)
Breakout Session 4: Workforce Initiatives (Whitney Peak 2)
12:00 - 1:00 Networking Lunch (Ballroom)
1:00 – 2:00 Panel Discussion with University of Nevada School of Medicine in Reno Residents and Medical Students (Whitney Peak 1)
2:10 - 3:10 Breakout Session 5: 3RNET Member Panel Discussion - Facilitating Career Fairs and Leveraging Technology (Whitney Peak 1)
Breakout Session 6: Community Apgar Recruitment and Retention: Partnering for Rural Workforce (Whitney Peak 2)
3:10 – 3:40 Break and Visit Sponsor Exhibit Tables (Pre-Function A)
3:40 – 4:15 Door Prize Drawings (Whitney Peak 1)
5:00 - 7:00 Off-Site Evening Event - “3RNET Poker Pub Crawl”
Let’s celebrate 30 years and going strong - Join us for a relaxing and fun activity and night out on the town! This will be a friendly, non-profit poker run, in walking fashion. Participants will stop in at five local pubs along the Reno Riverwalk to collect poker cards. The best 5-card poker hand at the end of the night collects a prize! Meet up, mingle, and enjoy good food, drinks, 3RNET trivia, and some friendly poker competition along the way!