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04/04/2022
04/05/2022
04/06/2022
04/07/2022
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Axler, Dr. Joel
Bahl, Matt
Baker, Dana
Benz, Jennifer
Bevis, Carrie
Bhatia, Sabina
Boese, Steve
Brooks, Jessica
Brooks, Mimi
Brown Merriwether, Cheryl
Brunson, Christopher
Burns, Lisa
Couch, Megan
Crocker, Kelly
Deshpande, Alok
Dyer, Chris
Eerenstein, Johan
Erb, Korey
Flacke, Timothy
Gendron, Jennifer
Glassman, Charles M.D.
Goldberg , Ray
Guinn, Misty
Harmon, Matthew
Harrah, Daniel
Harrison, Oliver
Heston, Jr., Robert
Hipsky, Wendy
Hooper, Jack
Jethwani, MD, MPH, Kamal
Jolivet, Dan PhD
Jurist-Rosner, Lindsay
Klein, James
Knight, Kevin
Kraft, Elizabeth
Kuhns, Katie
LaRocque, George
Lynch, Dawn
Magnuson, Laura
Manley, Todd
Marble, Jess
Marcucci, Rhonda
Martin, Patrice
Mayer, Kathryn
McClendon, Juliette
Mercer, Patrick
Miller, Devin
Mitsock, Justine
Moore, Doug
Murdoch, Dan
Nienhuis, Cheryl
Orman, Suze
Paisley, Jennifer
Paris, Kimberly
Parrott, Jason
Pilson, Dave
Plohr-Memming, Missy
Powers, John
Rausch, Bryce
Reynolds, Duane
Ries, Jeff
Roberts, Jenn
Rosenthal, Andrew
Rubich, Josh
Scott, Breanna
Serxner, Seth
Sheth, Dinesh
Siddiqi, Atif
Skinner, Amy
Spiliotis, Yanni
Strecher, Vic
Swailes, Kristy
Thompson, Les
Trudelle, Andrea
Vidoni, Sara
Ward, Anita
Wheeler, Allison
Wisniewski, Rob
Zee, Ginger
Zimmerman, Eric
Zollweg, Brian
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Tuesday, April 05, 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Opening Keynote | The Mental Health Crisis: Time for Action
Room: Juniper 2-4
Session Number: KEY1
COVID-19 changed everything and the pandemic continues to drive a dramatic decline in employee well-being. Hear Ginger Zee speak about her mental health struggles, the state of employee mental health, and how you can support your workforce through the current crisis and beyond. ...
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Ginger Zee
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Tuesday, April 05, 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
BN1 | Bringing it All Together: Personalizing Core and Voluntary Benefits to Unlock Employee Engagement
Room: Juniper 1
Session Number: BN1
*EARN .75 CE CREDITS WITH HRCI & SHRM* Thinking of your employees as “customers” is not new. What continues to evolve, however, are the expectations of the customers themselves. The digital...
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Speaker(s)
Sara Vidoni
Moderator
Missy Plohr-Memming
Panelist
Jenn Roberts
Panelist
Andrew Rosenthal
Panelist
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
FH1 | Fintech Benefits in COVID and Beyond: A Continuum Case Study
Room: Starvine 6-7
Session Number: FH1
Caring for your employees includes focusing on their financial health. But how do you support workers’ financial health when traditional financial systems shut them out and a pandemic is transforming...
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Speaker(s)
Dawn Lynch
Presenter
Atif Siddiqi
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
HC1 | Address Health Equity for Healthier, Happier Employees
Room: Starvine 1-2
Session Number: HC1
Want to reduce healthcare costs and improve overall employee health, resulting in a more loyal and engaged employee base? If so, the answer may lie in addressing your employees’ social...
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Elizabeth Kraft
Presenter
Seth Serxner
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
RW1 | Pants Optional: The 5 Secrets to Remote Success
Room: Starvine 3-4
Session Number: RW1
The pandemic accelerated the transition to remote work, sending many workers to their home offices permanently with little to no preparation. As CEO of a workforce that has been fully...
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Chris Dyer
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
TS1 | Culture Matters: How Paramount Uses Tech to Reimagine Employee Engagement
Room: Starvine 11
Session Number: TS1
Hear how Paramount experiments, innovates and incubates new employment strategies and ideas to anticipate the changing needs of its workforce. You’ll learn how it is getting creative with digital technology...
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Mimi Brooks
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Johan Eerenstein
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Breakout Session (30 minutes)
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
Tuesday, April 05, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
FH2 | Financial Health & Security: 5 Actions Employers Can Take Now
Room: Starvine 1-2
Session Number: FH2
It became clear during the pandemic that many employees — particularly those of low to moderate income — are worse off financially than suspected. How can you as an HR...
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Speaker(s)
Timothy Flacke
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
MH1 | How to Provide Accessible, Scalable Mental Health Support to All Employees
Room: Juniper 1
Session Number: MH1
The World Economic Forum reports that by 2030, the global costs of mental health problems will total more than $6 trillion. Many mental health conditions can be effectively treated at...
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Oliver Harrison
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
RW2 | Work-Life Integration in a Post-COVID Environment: Helping Employees Set Boundaries
Room: Starvine 3-4
Session Number: RW2
Working from home has brought a new meaning to work-life integration, and COVID didn’t allow for a graceful transition. For the first time, many employees find themselves struggling with how...
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Kimberly Paris
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
SC1 | Helping employers navigate state PFML backup plans
Room: Starvine 11
Session Number: SC1
States continue to evaluate and propose laws that will provide employees time off for family and medical-related reasons. But after negotiation and revisions, what becomes law often looks very different...
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Katie Kuhns
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Breanna Scott
Presenter
Allison Wheeler
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
Tuesday, April 05, 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Mega Session | Next Steps: How Benefits Can Address Racial Inequity
Room: Juniper 1
Session Number: MS2
Social awakening and nationwide protests put a spotlight on our country’s racial disparities and demanded that employers take a bigger role — and many benefits and HR leaders have responded. What...
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Speaker(s)
Jennifer Benz
Moderator
Jessica Brooks
Panelist
Ray Goldberg
Panelist
Andrea Trudelle
Panelist
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Mega Session
Mega Session | The Missing Piece in the EAP and Benefits Puzzle
Room: Juniper 2-4
Session Number: MS1
Mental health and substance misuse and abuse has been a growing, silent problem among employees, and has only intensified during the pandemic with millions of employees struggling with addiction while...
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Cheryl Brown Merriwether
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Mega Sessions
Mega Session
Tuesday, April 05, 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Keynote | The COVID-19 Benefits Revolution: What Have We Learned? What’s Next?
Room: Juniper 2-4
Session Number: KEY2
During the pandemic, smart employers enhanced and rolled out new resources and programs to help their employees as the workforce relied on benefits more than ever. Make no mistake — the innovation won’t end, even when the pandemic does. A panel of HR and benefits executives will discuss how benefits...
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Speaker(s)
Kathryn Mayer
Moderator
Timothy Flacke
Panelist
Kimberly Paris
Presenter
Dave Pilson
Presenter
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Keynote
Wednesday, April 06, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Keynote | Ideas & Innovators
Room: Juniper 2-4
Session Number: KEY3
This perenially top-rated session will inspire you with “big ideas” from industy visionaries leading the innovation charge. In fast-paced, five-minute presentations, you’ll discover creative new ways of thinking about your benefits programs and what you can do to ensure they continue to thrive. ...
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Steve Boese
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Keynotes
Keynote
Wednesday, April 06, 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
BN2 | Going Beyond Traditional Benefits to Create Purpose and Culture
Room: Juniper 1
Session Number: BN2
If you’re still playing by the old rules of employee experience, it’s time for a change. Your current and prospective employees are looking for more than pet insurance and hybrid...
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Speaker(s)
Vic Strecher
Presenter
Les Thompson
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
HC2 | The Pandemic and Delayed Employee Care: Where Do We Go From Here?
Room: Starvine 11
Session Number: HC2
Virtual care has been essential for acute- and chronic-disease management and behavioral health throughout the pandemic. But people have been delaying their in-person screenings and care for more complex issues...
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Speaker(s)
Dana Baker
Presenter
Cheryl Nienhuis
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
RW3 | The Past, Present and Future of Benefits: MetLife’s Annual Benefits Study Turns 20
Room: Starvine 3-4
Session Number: RW3
In the past 20 years employee benefits have shifted in parallel with transformations in how employees work and live — evolving from a once-linear focus on employees’ physical health to more...
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Speaker(s)
Missy Plohr-Memming
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
TS3 | How Benefits Technology Is Transforming the Workplace
Room: Starvine 1-2
Session Number: TS3
Before the pandemic, HR leaders had a tough internal sell to the C-suite when it came to employee benefits and well-being technology. Connecting the dots between employee benefits and the...
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Speaker(s)
George LaRocque
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
Wednesday, April 06, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
BN3 | Benefits Plus: How to Win Over Talent With a Winning Message
Room: Starvine 11
Session Number: BN3
Competing in a talent war, Upwork partnered with ABD, a full-service brokerage and consulting firm, to reimagine how to keep its workforce healthy and engaged through an attractive benefits program....
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Speaker(s)
Dave Pilson
Presenter
Yanni Spiliotis
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
HC3 | What Every HR Professional Needs to Know About Reference-Based Pricing
Room: Juniper 1
Session Number: HC3
With healthcare costs anticipated to rise at a steeper rate due to COVID-19, you aren’t alone if you are looking for an innovative, cost-saving approach to health benefits. Find out...
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Speaker(s)
John Powers
Presenter
Kristy Swailes
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
MH2 | How General Mills Is Prioritizing Mental Health
Room: Starvine 6-7
Session Number: MH2
There are several ways to tackle mental health issues in the workplace, but one strategy has proven to be especially effective for employers like General Mills: having licensed therapists and...
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Speaker(s)
Christopher Brunson
Presenter
Daniel Harrah
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
SC2 | ICHRA 101: Inside the Growing Benefits Trend
Room: Starvine 3-4
Session Number: SC2
There’s a new model of employer-sponsored health insurance based on reimbursing employees for health insurance rather than buying it for them. An individual coverage HRA (ICHRA) — created under regulations...
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Speaker(s)
Jack Hooper
Presenter
Todd Manley
Presenter
Doug Moore
Presenter
Amy Skinner
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
Wednesday, April 06, 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Mega Session | Helping Employees Coping With Long-Haul COVID
Room: Juniper 1
Session Number: MS4
Scores of workers are suffering from “long-haul” COVID-19 which has already led to an increase in disability claims, employee absences and financial stress, and which will undoubtedly have a long-term...
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Speaker(s)
Charles Glassman M.D.
Presenter
Dan Jolivet PhD
Presenter
Track(s)
Mega Sessions
Mega Session
Mega Session | The Expanding Role of the Benefits Broker and What It Means for Your Strategy
Room: Juniper 2-4
Session Number: MS3
If you view your benefits broker primarily only as someone who facilitates insurance coverage for your employees, you’re missing significant opportunities to enhance your benefits programs. A panel of senior...
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Speaker(s)
Rhonda Marcucci
Moderator
Kelly Crocker
Panelist
Jeff Ries
Panelist
Josh Rubich
Panelist
Brian Zollweg
Panelist
Track(s)
Mega Sessions
Mega Session
Wednesday, April 06, 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
BN4 | Addressing the Caregiving Crisis to Win the New War on Talent
Room: Starvine 3-4
Session Number: BN4
Caregiving challenges continue to hold millions of women and people of color out of the workforce, contributing to immense labor shortages. But employers who have addressed these challenges and found...
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Speaker(s)
Lindsay Jurist-Rosner
Presenter
Patrice Martin
Presenter
Duane Reynolds
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
FH5 | Choosing the Right Financial Wellness Solutions for Your Workforce
Room: Starvine 6-7
Session Number: FH5
You’ve identified that you want to help your employees with their financial wellness. But now you’re overwhelmed with the many options available. Should you develop a program in-house, partner with...
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Speaker(s)
Matt Bahl
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
MH3 | Engaging Silent Sufferers by Implementing Digital Mental Health Strategies
Room: Starvine 1-2
Session Number: MH3
You know your employees best, but when it comes to their mental health, how do you realistically “meet employees where they are”? In this session, you’ll learn how your organization’s...
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Speaker(s)
Juliette McClendon
Presenter
Jennifer Paisley
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
RW4 | How to Create Year-Round (and Virtual) Benefits Engagement
Room: Juniper 1
Session Number: RW4
With new workforce realities setting in and more employees permanently working hybrid or remote, as an HR and benefits leader you must find — and embrace — new ways to...
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Speaker(s)
Misty Guinn
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
TS4 | How AutoZone Is Driving Benefits Engagement With Tech
Room: Starvine 11
Session Number: TS4
Offering employees easy and fast digital access to their benefits and HR services was already important before COVID-19. But it proved to be vital during the pandemic when scores of...
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Speaker(s)
Matthew Harmon
Presenter
Dinesh Sheth
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
Wednesday, April 06, 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Keynote | Reimagining Financial Security in a Post-COVID World
Room: Juniper 2-4
Session Number: KEY4
What will financial security look like in a post-COVID world? How can you help your employees save for financial independence and retirement? What’s at stake for employers? Find out as Suze Orman, joining us via livestream, and Secure’s Devin Miller discuss it all and then elaborate on the now-popular trend of employer-sponsored...
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Speaker(s)
Kathryn Mayer
Moderator
Devin Miller
Presenter
Suze Orman
Presenter
Track(s)
Keynotes
Keynote
Thursday, April 07, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Keynote | What to Know About Benefits Policy in 2022
Room: Juniper 2-4
Session Number: KEY5
Ahead of midterm elections, Washington insider James Klein will examine the legislative issues most important to benefits and HR leaders including healthcare, paid leave and retirement. He’ll explain the impact of the latest Affordable Care Act changes and how the pandemic has jolted the employer-sponsored benefits system. You’ll learn what’s...
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Speaker(s)
James Klein
Presenter
Track(s)
Keynotes
Keynote
Thursday, April 07, 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
FH6 | An Underutilized Financial Wellness Tool: Equity
Room: Starvine 11
Session Number: FH6
The majority (84%) of stocks belong to the wealthiest 10% of households. In other words, only one in 10 people leverage the largest wealth-building tool over the past three decades....
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Speaker(s)
Alok Deshpande
Presenter
Rob Wisniewski
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
HC4 | How to Save Money on Your Wellness Program
Room: Starvine 3-4
Session Number: HC4
Looking for funding or how to save big money on a comprehensive wellness program for your employees? After nearly a decade of assisting with hundreds of benefits renewals, wellness consultant...
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Speaker(s)
Patrick Mercer
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
SC2 - R | ICHRA 101: Inside the Growing Benefits Trend
Room: Starvine 1-2
Session Number: SC2 - R
There’s a new model of employer-sponsored health insurance based on reimbursing employees for health insurance rather than buying it for them. An individual coverage HRA (ICHRA) — created under regulations issued...
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Speaker(s)
Jack Hooper
Presenter
Todd Manley
Presenter
Doug Moore
Presenter
Amy Skinner
Presenter
Breakout Session (30 minutes)
Thursday, April 07, 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Closing Keynote | Empowering Employees to Own Their Well-Being Working From Wherever
Room: Juniper 2-4
Session Number: KEY6
Offering flexible work policies helps your company retain top talent and makes recruiting easier as remote and hybrid work have become COVID-19 staples. But on its own it isn’t enough. Remote workers need well-being support, especially as burnout rates soar admid an environment of continued stress and uncertainty. Carrie Bevis...
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Carrie Bevis
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