Purpose

The purposes of a pretrial conference shall include, but not be limited to: (a) to determine whether the parties intend to proceed to trial or to enter a plea to the original charge, a lesser charge, or an added charge; (b) to determine whether pretrial motions have been completed; (c) to stipulate which witnesses may be called at trial and which witnesses may be waived, if any; (d) to determine the number of trial days required; and (e) to determine when the case will be ready for trial and disclose any scheduling problems.