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Please join us at the Los Angeles Chapter's

2011 Spring Summit
The New Reality:  The Challenge of the Here and Now
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
 

8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
Beverly Garland Hotel
4222 Vineland Ave.
Studio City, CA 91602

The LA Chapter of Western Pension & Benefits Conference presents its Annual Spring Summit on March 22nd at the Beverly Garland Hotel "The New Reality:  The Challenge of the Here and Now."  This one day seminar will provide all pension and benefits professionals with real world, hands on information that can be used to help them manage in today's reality.  We are assembling a group of nationally known speakers to provide in depth practical advice that you can use in your business.  Please join your fellow professionals on March 22nd for this truly outstanding seminar.

Continuing Education (CE) credits for JBEA, ASPPA, NIPA, NASBA, MCLE.

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Tentative Schedule (breakout session order/times can change)

8:00 – 8:30       Continental Breakfast & Registration

8:30 –8:45       Welcome and Introduction

8:45 –9:45     Session 1 - Cash Balance Plans: Practical Issues - Barbara Schwartz, Schwartz Retirement Benefit Strategies

9:45 – 10:00  Break

10:00 – 11:00  Session 2 - Litigation Update: What You Need to Know Before the Complaint Arrives - Roland Simpson, Esq, Principal, Roland G. Simpson, A Law Corp.

11:00 – 11:15  Break

11:15 – 12:15  Session 3 - Health Care Reform - Jim Summers, FSA, MAAA, Director, Health and Productivity Actuary, Buck Consultants

12:30 – 2:00    Luncheon, Keynote Presentation - Public Pensions: Can We Afford Them? - Harold Loeb, Principal and Consulting Actuary, Buck Consultants

2:15 – 3:15      Session 4 - New Fiduciary Requirements - R. Bradford Huss, ERISA and Employee Benefits Attorney, Trucker Huss

3:15 – 3:30    Break

3:30 – 4:30   Session 5 - Determination Letter - IRS

4:30 - ?  Gather in the hotel bar with your colleagues for a post-seminar recap and networking.

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For more information contact

Planning Committee - Michael Anderson, Finestone Partners/Raymond James; Bruce Baldwin, KPMG LLP; Summer Conley, Reish & Reicher; Jeremy Pelphrey, Brucker & Morra, APC; Roland Simpson, Roland G. Simpson, A Law Corp.; Ron Cooke, Harold Loeb, Buck Consultants, An ACS Company; Kurt Hallock, Computer Sciences Corp.;

President - Ron Cooke,  president@wpbcla.org 
 

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A Special Thanks to our 2011 Spring Summit Sponsors