51st Annual Canadian Employee Benefits Conference 2018 | International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans | 18 November 2018 | The Mirage, 3400 S Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109, United States

As Canada's premier employee benefits conference, the Annual Conference will provide you with the information and solutions needed to make the most informed decisions on behalf of your plan members and their families. Secure insights into updated legislative developments, the latest cost-saving ideas, and creative approaches to new challenges by registering today.​

Each year, the curriculum is carefully developed by active trustees and administrators along with the industry’s leading authorities in investments, fund management, legal and consulting businesses and top government and regulatory officials.

Below are sample topics from the 2017 Annual Conference. We are in the process of developing the sessions for the 2018 program. Please check back soon.

•​​​Protecting Privacy of Plan Sponsor Data: A Primer.
•Old Problems, New Numbers: Retirement in Today's Economy.
•Universal Pharmacare: What Do Employers Need to Know?
•Retiree Health Benefits: What Has Changed?
•Value Investing: Is Value Set to Soar?
​​​•Legal/Legistative Developments Across Canada.
•Running Your Board and Committee Meeting Effectively.
•The ABC's of Gen X, Y, Z: Communicating Pensions and Benefits to a Multigenerational Workforce.
•Technology and the "Humanizing" of Trades.
•Pension and Benefit Developments in the Public Sector.

​Benefits of Attending:
Attend the Annual Conference to stay current with the latest regulatory and legislative changes, learn about approaches to improve your funds and network with others outside of your typical industry or trade.

Who Should Attend​​:
•​Multi-employer fund trustees, administrators, business managers and association leaders
•Public sector plan trustees and staff
•Training trust fund trustees and training directors
•Fund administrators and managers
•Third-party administrators (TPAs)
​•Benefits consultants
•Lawyers
•Accountants
•Investment managers and consultants
•Others who are involved in the design, management and administration of pension and benefit trust funds.

2018 Speakers:

Ken Coates, Ph.D.
Professor and Canada Research Chair, Regional Innovation Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Jeffrey Simpson
Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs University of Ottawa, Former National Affairs Columnist for The Globe and Mail Ottawa, Ontario

Kelly Peters
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, BEworks Inc., Toronto, Ontario

Arlene Dickinson
Chief Executive Officer, Venture Communications, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer, District Ventures Capital & YouInc.com, Toronto, Ontario

2018 Sponsors:

• BDO
• BPA
• Eckler CONSULTANT + ACTUARIES
• FENGATE
• FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENT
• GVM GROSVENOR
• Homewood Health
• O HUB
• Invesco
• JARISLOWSKY FRASER
• KONKIE MINSKY
• MFS
• Northleaf
• Orbis
• PBI ACTUARIES & CONSULTANTS
• Rusell Investment