COUNTIES SERVE
49th Annual KACo Conference & Exposition
Nov. 15-17, 2023 | Central Bank Center | Lexington, KY

Opening General Session

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

will use a case study to frame the discussion on ways to overcome leadership challenges in planning and responding to a large-scale incident and examine the dynamics of crisis leadership and decision making from an elected or senior county official’s perspective. Additionally, NERRTC will provide a strategic overview of the FEMA Public Assistance Process. The goal of the seminar is to develop action plans to guide improved preparedness and emergency response, as well as provide county leaders with the key elements, milestones and pitfalls to avoid when developing their recovery plans and operations.

Ballrooms 1 and 2, Level 1
1:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Performed by Rick Stiltner, Menifee County Judge/Executive
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
  • Just a few months ago, a plain little website shared a free “Research Preview” of ChatGPT, and the world as we know it changed forever. ChatGPT can write whole essays from a simple text prompt, formulate 100 social media post ideas from a single sentence, create computer code with just a description and compose poetry and songs in any artist's style in milliseconds. It'll create a summary from a long legal document, recommend resources for research and, by the time you read this, make your bed and bring you coffee.

    With this type of AI tool, there are ethical issues, legal issues, bias issues, quality issues, creativity issues, copyright issues, issue issues... and issues we haven't even considered. Join Beth Z, Your Nerdy Best Friend, for an in-depth look at ChatGPT and similar tools to discover:

    • Where did it come from?
    • How does it work?
    • What can it do?
    • How can it help you do your job better?
    • Who does it hurt?
    • And, most importantly... How far can it go?
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
  • The Hunger Initiative is a first-of-its-kind effort in Kentucky to bring together farmers, charitable organizations, faith groups, community leaders, and government entities to begin a dialogue to help reduce hunger in Kentucky. 

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM