2011 NAGDCA Annual Conference Opens Registration and Call for Speakers
April 19, 2011
(Lexington, KY) – The National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators (NAGDCA) is now seeking moderators, facilitators and panelists for its 2011 Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico on September 10-14, 2011. This year's theme is “Retirement Security: Learning from the Past & Envisioning the Future”. Through the hard work of the planning committee, the conference is sure to be an educational experience, and will offer current trends and clarification of legislative activity on many ongoing issues within the defined contribution community.
Along with seven concurrent sessions (offered twice during the conference), five government breakout sessions and four general sessions will be offered. This year, we have implemented a track of sessions designed to help facilitate the sharing of wisdom to our newer members as well as those who may have recently acquired new duties and responsibilities relative to their Plan. The interactive sessions will focus on the free exchange of concepts, tools, methods and objectives concerning 457 plan design and participant communications. The panels will respond to questions, concerns and challenges as posed by session attendees. Knowing that our members want to be apprised on all issues, concurrent sessions at this year's conference will cover a wide range of topics including;
· DC 101: Plan Design and Communications
· DC 101: Fiduciary Roles
· Guaranteed Income Products
· Investments and Fiduciary Risks
· Protecting Participants from Inflation
· Asset Retention: Keeping members in DC plans after Retirement
· Retiree Health Care Benefits
· Target Date Funds and Regulations
· The importance of Human Capital in Investing
· Recommendations for Implementing a Roth 457
· How governmental DB & DC Plans should complement each other
To access the speaker solicitation form, please visit the following link: http://www.nagdca.org/content.cfm/id/speaker_interest. Forms must be submitted by April 29, 2011 for consideration. If you have questions regarding the speaker selection process, call Kari Emmons at 859-514-9218 or e-mail (kemmons@amrms.com).
Conference registration and hotel reservations are currently open. The conference rate is $174/night, at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque and $145/night at the DoubleTree Hotel. Please visit the NAGDCA Annual Conference website at: http://www.nagdca.org/content.cfm/id/hotel__transportationfor more information.
NAGDCA is the country's leading organization of defined contribution retirement plan administrators and financial service providers. It represents nearly every state deferred compensation plan, as well as numerous other governmental and public sector defined contribution plans, and over 150 companies in the financial services industry. Its mission is to focus on retirement planning for public sector employees participating in 457(b), 403(b), 401(a) and 401(k) retirement plans.