J. Cleve Brooks, MSA, SPHR, CCP, Human Resources Assistant Director, City of El Paso, Texas

This fast-paced session will provide the underlying business case for creating a succession plan, as well as integration points with the various functional aspects of human capital management such as 360 degree feedback, identification of core competencies, tool kit development, and implementation and monitoring

strategies.

This session has been approved for 1 General HRCI credit hour.

Jon Aubrey, Senior Vice President of Account & Business Development, AmeriBen/IEC Group

In March of this year, President Obama scored a major victory with the passing of a historic health care reform bill without a single Republican vote. The bill extends coverage to 32 million Americans and requires significant reforms in the insurance industry. The bill will have significant ramifications for individuals, families, employers, providers and health insurance companies. In addition, many of the provisions of the bill have effective dates far into the future. Come join us to learn about the impact to you and your company.

This session has been approved for 1 General HRCI credit hour.

Chris Klein, AAMS, Partner & Regional Leader, Edward Jones Investments

Your employer-sponsored retirement plan is an excellent benefit, but it is not complete without the right education to go with it. A recent survey done by the American Psychological Association states 73% of Americans listed money as the number one factor that affects their stress level. In today's environment, employees want more than handouts and 800#s to call, they want a program that can help them take an active role in better understanding and managing their savings and debts, along with investments and retirement plans. A well-planned program can boost employee satisfaction, improve productivity and reduce absenteeism.

Join Chris Klein, Financial Advisor of Edward Jones to learn about key statistics regarding financial stress in the workplace...how it affects your bottom line and theirs!

This session has been approved for 1 General HRCI credit hour.

Mark Jordahl, President, U.S. Bank Wealth Management

Join Mark Jordahl to gain insights regarding the following topics that affect us all:

• The economic forecast
• Where to invest corporate cash; short term and long term
• Federal rates, banking and the financial industry
• Remarks on current events impacting the financial markets

Sarah Stevens, Human Resources Consultant, AmeriBen/IEC Group

This session will cover the growing popularity of social networking (Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter) and the new challenges social media is creating in the workplace such as employee abuse of company time, misuse of company property and widening the gap between generations in the workplace. The session will address how to prevent abuse through a social media policy, how to discipline employees that are spending time on these sites and the legal considerations employers should be aware of when using social media to conduct background checks.

This session has been approved for 1 General HRCI credit hour.

Jackie Driscoll, Vice President of Payer Relation, Centura Health

Ever wonder why hospital charges seem to have no relationship to reality? (Or to contract rates, for that matter?) Why clients with high deductibles cannot get a price quote from the hospital? It isn't really a secret, a conspiracy, or an evil scheme to extort money from the uninsured.

Let's have a frank discussion about what contributes to the hospital's actual cost of care, how charges are set, how contract rates are set and why it is so difficult, in our current system, to get an accurate price quote for a patient. Who knows...we might even begin to change the world!

This session has been approved for 1 General HRCI credit hour.

Kevin Ricklefs, Senior Vice President, Talent Management, CHG Healthcare; Carrie Hatch, Supervisor Customer Care & Network Relations, AmeriBen/IEC Group; and Mimi Henninger, SPHR, Human Resources Consulting Division Manager, AmeriBen/IEC Group

We have all heard the term "our employees are our most important asset," but often the term is more lip service than reality. What does employee engagement look like? How do you know if you have it and how do you know how to improve it? Is employee motivation and engagement worth the time and effort? Mimi Henninger will moderate this lively discussion with Kevin Ricklefs, Senior Vice President at CHG Healthcare and Carrie Hatch, Supervisor of Customer Care and Network Relations at AmeriBen/IEC Group, as they discuss why an engaged workforce is the key to a company's growth and success as well as share practical and proven examples of the benefits of employee motivation and engagement at CHG Healthcare and at AmeriBen/IEC Group.

This session has been approved for 1 Strategic HRCI credit hour.

Josh Sears, Corporate Counsel, AmeriBen/IEC Group