| Wednesday, June 9 |
| 4:00 – 6:00 PM | Conference Check-in
Metropolitan Terrace |
| 6:00 – 8:00 PM | Welcome Reception Sponsored by First Horizon MSaver
The Citizen’s Scandal Bar |
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| Thursday, June 10 |
| 6:30 – 7:20 AM | Core Benefits Pilates Class – Christina Underwood, benefitsCONNECT®
Plaza Park Ballroom |
| 8:00 – 9:00 AM | California Continental Breakfast
Metropolitan Terrace – Exhibitor Area |
| 9:00 – 10:30 AM | President’s Message: benefitsCONNECT® 5.0 Launch
– Troy R. Underwood, benefitsCONNECT®
Metropolitan Terrace |
| 10:30 – 11:00 AM | Exhibitor Networking
Metropolitan Terrace |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Incentives, Disincentives and the Law: Legally Compliant Wellness Programs
– Marcia Augsburger, DLA Piper
Metropolitan Terrace |
| | EDI 101 – Rakesh Ram, benefitsCONNECT®
Plaza Park Ballroom |
| 12:00 – 1:00 PM | Lunch Sponsored by VEBA
Metropolitan Terrace |
| 1:00 – 1:30 PM | Afternoon Overview
Metropolitan Terrace |
| 1:30 – 2:30 PM | The Key to Unlocking Consumer-Driven Benefits
– Scott Mardis, AmeriFlex (CA, PA, NJ, DE, & NV CE)
Metropolitan Terrace |
| | Benefits of Technology in the Voluntary Benefits Industry
- Ryan Stribling, Colonial Life
Plaza Park Ballroom |
| 2:30 – 3:00 PM | Snacks Sponsored by Unum
Metropolitan Terrace – Exhibitor Area |
| 3:00 – 4:00 PM | Client Retention – Kevin Gregory, Voluntary Employee Benefit Advisors
Metropolitan Terrace |
| | Open Enrollment Tips – Chip Abernathy, Touchpoints
Plaza Park Ballroom |
| 4:00 – 4:30 PM | Evening Overview
Metropolitan Terrace |
| 6:30 – 10:00 PM | Dinner Sponsored by Cal Chamber
Metropolitan Terrace |
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| Friday, June 11 |
| 8:00 – 9:00 AM | California Continental Breakfast
Metropolitan Terrace – Exhibitor Area |
| 9:00 – 10:00 AM | Health Reform – David Curtis Smith, Ebenconcepts (NC & CA CE)
Metropolitan Terrace |
| | HR Hot Topics – Dennis Abraham & Steven Yee, HR Answerlink
Plaza Park Ballroom |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | Exhibitor Networking
Metropolitan Terrace |
| 10:30 – 11:30 AM | A Peek Under the Hood: The Technologies that Make benefitsCONNECT® 5.0 Go
– Lee Sauer & Development Team, benefitsCONNECT®
Metropolitan Terrace |
| | HIPAA & HITECH: A Broker’s Guide – Marleen Thudium, Willow Brook Broker Support (AZ, CA, FL, GA, IN, MD, MI, MN, NC, NJ, SC, TN, TX, VA, & WI CE)
Plaza Park Ballroom |
| 11:30 – 11:45 AM | Closing Remarks
Metropolitan Terrace |
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