2008 CONFERENCE FOCUS AREAS

After polling past attendees and other industry leaders, the Benefits Forum team has chosen the 7 Focus Areas that you’ve said you most want to explore in 2008. These Focus Areas are:

• Cost Containment
• Health Care
• Wellness
• Retirement & Personal Finance
• Employee Communication
• Mega Trends
• Legal & Regulatory

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Two powerful keynote addresses on the state of healthcare in this year of political change ...

Newt Gingrich	Morton M. Kondracke

PANEL DISCUSSION: BENEFIT PRACTICES AT THE "BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR" IN AMERICA

Moderator:
Kelly Butler
Editor
Employee Benefit News

Panelists:
Nancy Astorga
Vice President, Compensation and Benefits
Navy Federal Credit Union

Terri Nicholaou Francino
Global Benefits Leader
W.L. Gore & Associates

Lee Johnston
Executive Vice President of Human Resources
Holder Construction

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS AND BENEFITS UNIVERSITY

These in-depth pre-conference sessions will help professionals at any experience level get more out of your benefits and compensation programs. Pre-Conference sessions include:

• Blogs and Social Networking as New Communications Formats
• Legal and Regulatory Update on Health Benefits
• Introduction to Health Cost Management Strategies
• How to Create a Successful Wellness Program