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Symposium Session Materials

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Monday, August 24

	Health	Retirement	General Benefits	Canadian
8:00-9:15	Benefit Challenges of a Multigenerational Workforce: Demographics, Predictions and Implications
8:00-9:15	Session Evaluation
9:30-10:30	U.S. Legislative Update			Canadian Legislative Update
9:30-10:30	Session Evaluation			Session Evaluation
11:00-12:00	ACA In 2015: What's Next for Employers	Retirement Income Adequacy in the U.S.: Where Are We Today?	Choice Architecture - A Tool for Ratcheting Up Benefit and Wellness Results	Massaging the Data: A Canadian Health Benefits Trend Study
11:00-12:00	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation
1:30-2:30	Hot ACA and Health Care Issues: What You Need to Know	Increasingly Automated Plan Environments - How to Effectively Monitor Service Providers and Evaluate the Potential Expansion of Their Role to Cover Fiduciary Matters	The Benefits of Data: Making Benefit Decisions Based on Facts, Not Trends	Workplace Mental Health Laws: What You Need to Know
1:30-2:30	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation
2:45-3:45	The Wellness Trifecta: Using Engagement, Accountability and Incentives to Create a Culture of Health	Pension Derisking: Options and Consideration	Taking Another Look at Self-Funding: reducing the Risk	Patient Assistance Program Primer
2:45-3:45	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation
4:00-5:00	HIPAA Tune-Up for Your Health Plans	Be Prepared When the DOL Comes Knocking	Same-Sex Benefits in the Era of Marriage Equality: Open Issues and Latest Trends	Changing the Conversation: Evolving Member Education and Advice
4:00-5:00	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation

Tuesday, August 25

	Health	Retirement	General Benefits	Canadian
8:30-9:30	U.S. Legal Update			Canadian Legal Update
	Session Evaluation			Session Evaluation
10:00-11:00	Engaging Employees in Their Health to Improve Outcomes and Reduce Costs	What the New Proposed "Conflict of Interest" Rule Means for Retirement Professionals	Is 75 the New 65?
	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation
11:15-12:15	Specialty Drug Management Solutions You Haven't Heard Before	Best Practices for Hiring a Benefit Plan Auditor	10 Questions for Strategic Global Benefits Management	Pension Reform/Innovation Update
	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation
1:30-2:30	A Rising Cost and concern: Catastrophic Medical Claimants	Personal Financial Wellness: Preparing Employees for Health Care Costs in Retirement Handout	Know "What Matters" In Global Workplace Well-Being	Retirement Readiness: Benefits Canada Survey Findings
	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation
2:45-3:45	Do Wearable Devices Impact Health?	Hot Topics in Retirement Plan Investments	Data Breach and Cybersecurity: What Happens if You or Your Vendor is Hacked
	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation
4:00-5:00	Ask the Health Care Expert	Ask the Retirement Expert	Let's Talk Benefit Challenges (Open Discussion for Employers/Plan Sponsors)	Ask the Global Expert	U.S. Legal Update: Followup and Discussion	Ask the Canadian Expert
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Wednesday, August 26

	Health	Retirement	General	Canadian
8:00-9:00	Mindfulness: The Link Between Wellness and Mental Health
8:00-9:00	Session Evaluation
9:30-10:30	Workplace Wellness Survey Results: What's Happening, What's Changing and What's Working	Moving the Needle: Raising Your Employees' Financial Well-Being to Lower Their Financial Stress	When Women Thrive: Surprising Findings from Mercer's Global Gender Diversity Research
9:30-10:30	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation
10:45-11:45	Medicare Connector	Prepare for the Next Generation in DC Plan Design - Retirement Income	Demystifying Section 409A: 5 Common Situations the Benefits Department Must Be Prepared to Handle	Mail-Order Pharmacies: Pros and Pitfall
10:45-11:45	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation
12:00 noon - 1:00	Using Ancillary Benefits to Battle Hidden Health Threats Across Generations	Social Security - What Benefit Professionals Need to Know	Creative Benefit Communications	Dental Wellness: The Mouth is Part of the Body, and the Body is Part of the Mouth
12:00 noon - 1:00	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation	Session Evaluation
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