Quadrennial Benefits Conferences 2008
Preliminary Agenda

Welcome, Worship, Opening Address

Conference Boards of Pension: Roles and Responsibilities

Benefits Education: "Ignorance May Be Bliss, But It's Also Costly"

Choice Sessions—Choose Two of Six Classes

1. Central Conference Pension Initiative
2. Socially Responsible Investing
3. Benefits Access: Tips, Tricks, Q&A
4. Decreasing Disability Prevalence:
   Early Intervention and Employee Assistance
5. Benefits that Go the Distance:
   UMPIP, Financial Planning, Long-Term Care
6. HealthFlex Benefits & Services

Basic Training for Conference Boards of Pensions

• Retirement Plans
  • Retirement Plan Concepts
  • Actuarial Concepts
  • Retirement Plan Details for United Methodist Clergy
• Welfare Benefits—Life and Disability
  • Clergy Plan Details and Conference Board Responsibilities
  • Additional Life and Disability Options for Clergy and Lay

Managing Benefits

• Benefits-Related Changes from General Conference
• Denominational Health Considerations
  • Data Collection and Reporting
  • Retiree Health Plans and Policies 
• Separate Structures, Joint Concerns:
  Working With the Board of Ordained Ministry for Mutual Advantage

Funding for the Future

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Methods and Models—Story from a Conference
• Elements of a Funding Plan
• Investment Assets & Strategy

Anticipating Changes on Capitol Hill
David Starr, Williams & Jensen

What the elections may mean as to legislative agenda, direction of government policy generally, what the new Congress may look like, and what the impact may have on health-care and the financial markets. 

Practices and Policies to Help Keep You Out of Court
GCFA & GBOPHB Legal Staff

"Yes, You Can!"
Keynote Speaker: Lloyd Bachrach

Closing Ceremony, Conclusion

Box Lunches Available