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Symposium Session Materials

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Monday

	Health	Retirement	General Benefits	Canadian
8:00-9:15	Are Employee Benefits Forever? Session Evaluation

9:30-10:30	U.S. LegislativeUpdate			Canadian Legislative Update
11:00-12:00	Transitioning from Health Care Volume to Value	Closing the Retirement Expectations "Gap"	Gaining Corporatewide Support to Develop and Implement a Five-Year Strategy	Organizational Impact of Mental Health Issues
1:30-2:30	Specialty Pharmacy: Examine, Optimize and Manage	Retirement: For Better Outcomes, Start With a Better Design	Health Care Reform in an Interconnected World	Determining a Wellness ROI
2:45-3:45	Retiree Medical Solutions: the Case for Change	Financial Wellness--Financial Planning as an Employee Benefit	The Power of Two: Dual Savings Paths of HSAs for Both Health Care and Retirement	The Journey from DB to DC: Strategies for Success
4:00-5:00	Health Care Reform Strategy: Your Next Move	Benchmarking Target-Date Funds: Art or Science?	The Current State of the Long-Term Care Insurance Industry	Biologics, Biosimilars and Reimbursement

Tuesday

	Health	Retirement	General Benefits	Canadian
8:30-9:30	U.S. Legal Update: Spotlight on Disability Cases			Canadian Legal Update
10:00-11:00	Early Insights From the First National Multicarrier Corporate Exchange	Latest Developments in Retirement Income Solutions	How Boomer Caregiving Impacts Employer Health Costs	The New Drug Pooling Agreement
11:15-12:15	Health Care Reform Action Steps at the 11th Hour: Are You Ready?	Understand "Auditor-Ese" and Save Yourself a Headache	It's a Mobile World: How Smartphones and Tablets Impact Your HR Efforts	Comparison of U.S. and Canadian Health Care Systems: Dispelling the Myths
1:30-2:30	The Medical Home: the Cure for What's Ailing Health Care	Fee Leveling in DC Plans: Disclosure is Just the Beginning	ACA: a 2020 Vision	Case Study: How the Shoemaker's Children "Fit" Into Retirement Planning
2:45-3:45	Navigating the Stormy Seas Ahead--A Case Study of a Creative Funding Vehicle for the New Health Care Reality Lessons Learned	Optimizing 401(k) Plan Performance and Management of Fiduciary Liability Contribution Plans	Benefits and HR in Mergers and Acquisitions	New Pension Standards in Western Canada
4:00-5:00	Ask the Expert Workshop	Correcting Plan Errors With the Employee Plan Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS)	Impact of the DOMA Decision on Employee Benefit Plans	Workshop: Tips for Paper-to-Electronic Records Transition

Wednesday

	Health	Retirement	General Benefits	Canadian
8:00-9:00	Increasing Employee Engagement With Games
9:15-10:15	Consumers of Health Care vs Sponsors of Health Care Plans--Are Perceptions Reality?	Managing Risks in Defined Benefit Plans	Crossing the Border--Temporary Employee Benefits
10:30-11:30	Culture Wellness--Embedding Wellness Into Your Organization	Generational Crossroads: Communicating With Today's 401(k) Participants	How States' Conflicing Marriage and Domestic Partnership Laws Impact Employee Benefits	Canada Bill 377--Financial Transparency or Undue Burden?
11:45-12:45	Daring to Reward Biometrics in the Public Sector	Cross-Tested Plans--The New Comparability Approach	What is the Future Role of a Benefits Professional?

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