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 CONFERENCE AGENDA
Track Sessions
 Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Concurrent Sessions 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMConcurrent Sessions 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Concurrent Sessions 2:35 PM - 3:35 PM Thursday, April 03, 2008
Concurrent Sessions 10:00 AM - 11:00 AMConcurrent Sessions 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Chair's opening remarks Sheryl Smolkin, LLB. LLM. Editor-in-Chief Employee Benefits News Canada 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote: Recruiting the facebook generation They're fickle, media-savvy, highly-connected and living on the cutting-edge of technology. The Facebook generation knows it is in the driver's seat in the workforce these days. Employers worldwide are scrambling to understand what makes this unique generation tick. If your organization thinks grooming your future leadership is about placing stale ads in papers and using old-school recruiting techniques, there's a nasty shock in store. Leading edge companies are harnessing and exploiting the powerful networking forces in social media Web sites like Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube to find and recruit the future workforce. In this presentation, Tod Maffin walks audiences through the minefield of challenges involved in this new world of talent management and delivers invaluable insights into the future generation of workers: where to find them, how to attract them, and, perhaps most importantly, how to keep them engaged, motivated and fully productive. Tod Maffin Social Media Futurist
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Pension and benefits litigation coming to a courtroom near you A U.S. attorney will join Canadian management and labour side lawyers to discuss recent pension and benefits litigation on both sides of the border and whether it could be coming to a court room near you. Some of the topics to be covered include:
Elizabeth Brown Partner Hicks Morley Ari Kaplan Partner Koskie Minsky, LLP Heidi Winzeler Counsel Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (New York) 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall Concurrent Sessions 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Health Care Track: Managing drug benefit costs: Do generics really make a difference? As drug plan costs continue to rise with higher utilization and more expensive drugs on the horizon, interest in more managed approaches to plan design is growing. Generic substitution plans are one example. Although the impact to date has been modest, the opportunities for such plans have the potential to grow as provincial legislation supports off-formulary interchangeability and more generics are available. This session will explore:
Mary Johannesson Director of Sales & Marketing Express-Scripts, Inc. Marilee Mark VP Marketing Services, Group Benefits Manulife Financial 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Retirement Track: Beyond target date funds: A future of opportunity Target date funds and other managed investment products are clearly here to stay. However, the size of the market for target date funds and the seemingly universal interest by plan sponsors in offering them as DC investment options, mandates their continued evolution. This session will consider:
Jeff Gray Vice President Proteus Performance Management, Inc. Matthew Rotenberg Senior Consultant, Communications, Group Savings and Retirement Marketing Standard Life Canada 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Speaker: Healthcare fraud and your bottom line Health care fraud is not just a criminal offence. Every dollar lost as a result of health care fraud is a dollar that is no longer available to pay for for employee benefits. Find out about common forms of health care fraud and how much they are costing you. Learn how enlisting your employees as partners in the battle to combat health care fraud can help you improve your benefits balance sheet. Jeff Alcock Manager, Business Integrity Manulife Group Benefits Concurrent Sessions 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Health Care Track: Flexible benefits - The next generation Canadian organizations are faced with a rapidly changing workplace. Mergers and acquisitions, globalization, as well as demographic shifts from a workforce dominated by baby boomers to one made up of web-savvy and diverse Gen-X and Gen-Y employees are leading organizations to revisit how they offer benefits. This session will look at what an organization needs to consider to determine if a flexible benefits programs is the right solution. Also, a case study for an organization that has recently designed and successfully implemented a brand-new flexible benefits program will be presented. Cinzia Booth Vice President, National Human Resources CB Richard Ellis Riza Sychangco VP Aon Consulting Canada 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Retirement Track: What you need to know about your frozen DB plan This session will provide insights into some of the key questions facing sponsors of maturing Defined Benefit pension plans, particularly those that are frozen or closed to new members:
Steve Bonnar Actuary & Principal Towers Perrin Keith Walter SVP, Marketing & Product Management MFC Global Investment Management Concurrent Sessions 2:35 PM - 3:35 PM 2:35 PM - 3:35 PM Health Care Track: The Xerox journey to wellness In 2005 Xerox reviewed company demographics and health benefits trends. As a result, the company decided to adopt a pro active approach to both help employees stay healthy and control costs. In January 2006 "Xerox Cares" was launched across the country - a three year journey towards a healthy workplace. Already the results have surpassed expectations and are contributing to our reputation as an "employer of choice." Violette Lareau Director of Employee Engagement and Wellness Xerox Canada Sean Slater National Practice Director, EAP & Organizational Wellness Ceridian 2:35 PM - 3:35 PM Retirement Track: Is it time for Real Financial education? Getting - and keeping - the talent every organization needs to succeed has never been more challenging. Financial education is one way to enhance your benefits package and make your organization an employer of choice. Hear from Christopher Cartwright of the Financial Education Institute of Canada and Larry Ketchabaw, Manager of Pensions & Benefits at Unisource about the tools and strategies you can use to help employees take ownership of the retirement savings process. You will learn how to:
Christopher Cartwright Vice President Financial Education Institute of Canada Larry Ketchabaw Pension and Benefits Manager Unisource Canada 3:35 PM - 3:50 PM Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall 3:50 PM - 4:50 PM "Total Rewards" approach works for top Quebec employers Senior Watson Wyatt Human Capital consultant Rick Bougie will moderate a panel of top employers who over the past several years have been highly ranked in the Défi Meilleurs Employeurs organized by ORHRI, Watson Wyatt Canada and Affaires PLUS magazine. They will discuss HR challenges faced by their organizations and how a Total Rewards approach to compensation and benefits helps them to meet these challenges. Moderator: Rick Bougie Senior Consultant Watson Wyatt Panelists: Judith Boisjoli HR Manager Couche-Tard Jean-Christophe Gras HR Manager Sofitel 4:50 PM - 6:00 PM Opening Night Reception in Exhibit Hall
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Continental Breakfast 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Chair's day two remarks James H. Luft Director of Canadian Educational Programs International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM The changing face of retirement Malcolm Hamilton will discuss The changing face of retirement. Malcolm Hamilton Actuary, Principal Mercer 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall Concurrent Sessions 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Health Care Track: Managing disability costs: The Pepsi QTG approach Quaker Oats, Tropicana, Gator Aid are all member of the Pepsi Cola Canada family. To better manage costs and help get disabled employees back to work sooner, Pepsi Cola Canada and QTG embarked on a new disability management initiative over a year ago. At this session you will hear about:
Bob MacArthur President & CEO Organizational Health Incorporated Sally Martins Compensation & Benefits Manager Pepsi-QTG Canada 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Retirement Track: Pension expense hot spots after Kerry What does Kerry actually say about pension plan expenses? This session will explore:
Jeremy Forgie Partner Blakes Karen Shaver Partner McMillan, Binch Concurrent Sessions 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM Health Care Track: Mental health in the workplace: Turning knowledge into action Turning Knowledge into Action is the mandate of the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace. As a corporate social initiative, Great-West Life has founded a public resource for employers who understand that the mental health of their employees is a business concern and want to know what they can and/or should be doing about this issue. The resources cover workplace interventions, return-to-work, accommodation, performance management, policy and more. Mary Ann Baynton will share with you some of this work and ideas on how you can make a difference to your workers and your bottom line. Mary Ann Baynton Program Director Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM Retirement Track: DC plan designs that drive benefits adequacy: Lessons from the U.S. In this session, Hugh and Oma will discuss:
Hugh Kerr AVP & Senior Counsel, Group Retirement Services Sun Life Financial Inc. Oma Sharma DC Practice Leader Mercer 12:05 PM Conference Adjourns |
