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The Aging Workforce Summit is a two-day conference featuring a
series of general sessions, keynotes, workshops, and roundtable
discussions. Breakfast, lunch and breaks on both days, as well as
the reception on Thursday evening, will add to the collegial ambiance
and help you maximize your networking and peer-to-peer learning
opportunities.
Please stop back for weekly updates.
DAY ONE – Thursday, October 26, 2006
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| 7:30 – 8:30 |
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Registration & Networking Continental Breakfast
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| 8:30-9:00 |
Welcome & Opening
Remarks |
Robin Zaleski, Conference Director, PME Enterprises, LLC
Deanna Garen, SVP, Strategic Planning & Development, Prudential Financial |
| 9:00-9:45 |
General Session
The Aging Brain |
The Mature Mind
Dr. Gene Cohen, Author, and Director of the Center on Aging, Health & Humanities,
George Washington University |
| 9:45-10:30 |
General Session
Retirement Funding |
Financial Solutions for Secure Retirement
Scott Sleyster, EVP, Full Service Retirement, Prudential Financial, Inc. |
| 10:30-11:00 |
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Networking Break – Sponsored By Aetna
Featuring a Book Signing by Dr. Gene Cohen
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| 11:00-11:45 |
General Session
Pensions |
Individual Retirement Savings, Insured Retirement Solutions & the (Other) IRS
Charles H. Klippel, SVP & Deputy General Council, Aetna |
| 11:45-12:30 |
3 Workshops |
#1 Trouble Ahead: Older Workers in the Workers’ Comp System
Jon Coppelman, SVP, Lynch Ryan & Associates
#2 Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation: Recent Developments in Age Discrimination Law and Their
Implications for the Baby Boomer Workforce, Joel Rice, Of Counsel, Fisher & Phillips LLP
#3 Corporate America’s Silent Crisis – Presentee-ism and Lost Productivity
Christopher Matz, National Director, Group Long-term Care Insurance, Prudential Financial |
| 12:30-1:30 |
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Networking Lunch
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| 1:30-2:15 |
Panel Discussion
Accessible Technology |
Technology et al: Tools to Address the Needs of the Aging Workforce Wherever &
Whomever They Are
Robert Sinclair, Director, Accessible Technology Group, Microsoft Corp.;
Christine Durst, Co-Founder/CEO, Staffcentrix, LLC; Claudio Giugliemma, CEO, QualiLife SA |
| 2:15-3:00 |
General Session
Retirement Funding |
Retirement Income – Are Defined Contribution Plans Enough?
Jack VanDerhei, EBRI Fellow, Employee Benefit Research Institute |
| 3:00-3:30 |
General Session
Institutional Intelligence &
Culture |
Innovation @ Work – Turning a Liability into an Asset
Brad Lawson, Co-Founder & President/CEO, YourEncore, Inc. |
| 3:30-3:40 |
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Networking Break
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| 3:40-4:15 |
General Session
Q & A |
Question & Answer Session
Day One Speakers and Attendees |
| 4:15-5:45 |
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Networking Reception – Sponsored by Prudential Financial |
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Dinner Connections
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DAY TWO – Friday, October 27, 2006
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| 7:30 – 9:00 |
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Registration & Networking Continental Breakfast
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| 8:00-8:45 |
3 Workshops |
#1 Trouble Ahead: Older Workers in the Workers’ Comp System
Jon Coppelman, SVP, Lynch Ryan & Associates
#2 Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation: Recent Developments in Age Discrimination Law and Their
Implications for the Baby Boomer Workforce, Joel Rice, Of Counsel, Fisher & Phillips LLP
#3 Corporate America’s Silent Crisis – Presentee-ism and Lost Productivity
Christopher Matz, National Director, Group Long-term Care Insurance, Prudential Financial |
| 9:00-9:15 |
Welcome & Opening
Remarks
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Robin Zaleski, Conference Director, PME Enterprises, LLC |
| 9:15-9:45 |
General Session
Institutional Intelligence & CultureSession
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Scary Tales from the Future: Globalization, Disappearing Talent, Constant Change & Other
Monsters Under Your Company’s Bed
Rick Cobb, EVP, Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. |
| 9:45-10:30 |
General Session
Working Longer |
Can We Push Back the Work-Retirement Divide?
Steven Sass, Associate Dir. for Research, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
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| 10:30-10:45 |
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Networking Break – Sponsored By Microsoft
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| 10:45-11:30 |
General Session
Institutional Intelligence &
Culture |
Myths and Realities Surrounding the Aging Workforce
Ed Vitalos, Associate Partner – Maturing Workforce, IBM Global Business |
| 11:30-12:15 |
General Session
Retirement Funding |
Retirement Income Solutions
George A. Castineiras, Senior Vice President, Retirement Income, Prudential
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| 12:15-1:15 |
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Networking Lunch
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| 1:15-2:00 |
General Session
Healthcare Costs |
Innovations in Drug Development: The Answer to Escalating Healthcare Costs
John Swen, Executive Director, Science Policy & Public Affairs, Pfizer Global
Research & Development |
| 2:00-3:00 |
Panel Discussion
Institutional Intelligence &
Culture |
Tools for Transitioning Retirees at C-Level, Mid-Level and Lower-Level
James Weil, Consultant, Aging & Retirement
William Arnone, Employee Financial Services, Ernst & Young, LLP
Rick Cobb, EVP, Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
Ken Cool, President, Emeriti Retirement Health Solutions
Dave Corbett, CEO/Director, New Directions, Inc. |
| 3:00-3:10 |
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Networking Break
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| 3:10-3:45 |
General Session
Q & A |
Question & Answer Session
Day Two Speakers and Attendees |
| 3:45-4:00 |
Closing Remarks |
Deanna Garen, SVP, Strategic Planning & Development, Prudential Financial
Robin Zaleski, Conference Director, PME Enterprises, LLC |
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