6th Annual Conference & Trade Show
October 2, 2008 - DoubleTree Hotel- Westborough, MA
 

Program Schedule

It's All About the Future!

   7:30 am

  Registration

7:30 am - 8:45 am

  Breakfast with Exhibitors
  Join us for a healthy Continental Breakfast...compliments of our generous company partner, Tufts Health Plan

8:00 am - 9:00 am

 
Ed Sessions I
 

8:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Trade Show is OPEN! See who will be exhibiting...
     

9:10 am - 9:20 am

  Opening Remarks...
    Jean Russell, MassAHU President

9:20 am - 9:45 am

  Keynote Speaker
Ilene L. Gershberg, ACSM, author, professional speaker and business consultant presents:
Fit and Powerful Teams
It's All About YOU
    Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

9:45 am - 10:30 am

  Network with Exhibitors
     

10:30 am - 11:30 am

 
Ed Sessions II
   
  • Wellness on a Shoestring Budget
    Many benefits and HR professionals see the need to address the growing health care crisis by implementing a wellness initiative, often with little or no budget!
    Presenters:
    Iris Sokol and Linda Vacovec from Fitness Works at Work will show you how!
    Sponsored by Number One Insurance Agency, Inc.

  • Duty of Care -International Benefits (1 MA CE C00468)
    This presentation explores the concept of Duty of Care as an Employer responsibility to employees, and it unique application to international business travelers and those on assignment overseas.
    Presenter:
    Allen Koski, Regional Sales Manager CIGNA International. Allen has more than 20 years of international experience and has been actively involved in developing and supporting international healthcare, dental, disability and travel medical plans.

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

  Network with Exhibitors
     

11:40 am - 12:40 pm

  Ed Sessions III
   
  • What do your Clients Need to Know for Health Care and Taxation....What's Affordability? (1 MA CE C00471)
    What are the pressing issues for tomorrow's Employers and workforce?
    Presenter
    Eileen P. McAnneny, Esq became the Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Government Affairs for Associated Industries of Massachusetts - the state’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan association of Massachusetts’ employers.  With more than 7,000 members who employ nearly one out of every five workers in Massachusetts, A.I.M.’s mission is to promote the well-being of its members and the prosperity of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by improving the economic climate, proactively advocating fair and equitable public policy, and providing relevant, reliable information and excellent services.

    Sponsored by Number One Insurance Agency, Inc.
  • Charting the Course Mergers & Acquisitions (1 MA CE C00470)
    This may be just the right time to talk about the logistics of change. If you are a broker/owner and your client is thinking about buying, expanding or selling its business one of the biggest issues is the transfer and transition of their employees/workforce which will also involve their various benefits.
    Presenter:
    Dongsup Samuel Kim concentrates his practice in representing a wide range of private and public corporate clients, including a wide range of internet-based companies, computer hardware and software companies, medical and optical device companies and other technology-based companies. He has extensive experience in domestic, and international mergers and acquisitions of all sizes, industries and complexities, technology licensing, "angel" and venture capital financing and secured and unsecured lending.

12:30 Noon - 1:30 pm

  Luncheon Speaker
A Birdseye View on the Politics of Health Care
Janet Trautwein, CEO, NAHU will speak at 1:00 pm
 
    Lunch Sponsored by: Fallon Community Health Plans
     

1:30 pm - 2:15 pm

  Carrier's Perspective: The Future of the Insurance Industry
  • Cleve Killingsworth, CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield MA
  • Charlie Baker, CEO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • James Roosevelt, CEO, Tufts Health Plans
  • Eric Schultz, CEO, Fallon Community Health Plans
Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
     

2:20 pm -  3:20 pm

 
Please join us...............
   
Please join us as we welcome Officers from the New England State Chapters to our 2008 Trade Fair and Conference. Meet with NAHU CEO Janet Trautwein and Regional VP, Charles Gartlan for a timely networking session. As past Speaker of the House, Tip O' Neal once said "All Politics is Local". How can we best effect and impact the political future of brokers in our New England Associations and communties.
Extended Hours and Dinner...... sponsored by ......Region 1
     
   
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MassAHU, 137 Pennsylvania Avenue, Framingham, MA 01701
Fax: (508) 628-5444

If you have any questions, please contact Kate Bardsley, Association Manager, at
(508) 663-0239 or by email at kbardsley@massahu.org.

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