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Conference Day 1
Wednesday, 25th June 2008

Time Speaker & Topic
7.45am - 8.30am

 

Delegate Registration

 

8.40am - 9.15am Dr Wee Shiou Liang, Senior Manager
Clinical Integration Projects & Quality Management Dept
& Adjunct Research Fellow (Centre of Health Services Research)
Singapore Health Services


Chronic Disease & an Ageing Population - Challenges & Opportunities in Singapore.
  • Relationship between chronic diseases & economic burden.
  • Principle of state health financing in Singapore.
  • Challenges & opportunities presented by an ageing population.
9.15am - 10.15am Mary Anne McKittrick, Director
Worklife Solutions

Total Impact of Employee Health: The Effect of Direct & Indirect Costs on the Bottom Line.
  • Different ways in which health contributes to costs for the organisation.
  • The different components of Total Health Costs.
  • Why, how & what aspects of these health impacts are important to consider for companies in Singapore and APAC region from the perspective of savings-driven health management.
  • Measuring health impacts using different cost-impact measurement approaches.
10.15am - 10.45am

 

Coffee/Tea Break

 

10.45am - 11.30am Kwong Hui Hen, Head of Strategic Benefits
Watson Wyatt Singapore

Flexible Benefits – Past, Present & Future
  • Flexible Benefits today and trends for the future.
  • Administrative & cost implications and solutions.
  • Selecting the right benefits.
  • Maximising returns by increasing flexibility.
  • Impact on Work-Life.
11.30am - 12.30pm

Tan Kin Lian

Consultant to International Medical Insurers

Managed Care: How to manage the increase in the cost of medical benefits?

  • Why are HR Managers interested in Managed Care.
  • How can Managed Care help manage the increase in costs.
  • What is Managed Care.
  • Advantages of long-term partnership.


 

12.30pm - 2.00pm

 

Networking Lunch

 

2.00pm - 2.45pm Greg Campbell, Country Manager
ipac Financial Planning Singapore

Cheok Mei-ing, Head of Corporate Consulting Services
ipac Financial Planning Singapore

The New Weapon of Choice in the War for Talent: Using Financial Advice to help employees achieve success at work & in their personal lives.

  • Impact of financial stress on your employees and business.
  • Sources of financial stress for employees.
  • Traditional financial solutions versus lifestyle financial planning.
  • How to facilitate quality financial advice to employees - What are the Solutions?
  • Financial planning at the workplace - trends in other countries.
  • Case Study
2.45pm - 3.30pm Kwong Hui Hen, Head of Strategic Benefits
Watson Wyatt Singapore

Retirement Benefits – Time for Employer’s Involvement.

  • The adequacy of statutory retirement benefits in Singapore.
  • Understanding recent changes to the 'Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS).’
  • Options open to Employers to leverage on the changes to SRS.

 

3.30pm - 4.00pm

 

Coffee/Tea Break

 

4.00pm - 4.45pm Carl Redondo, International Benefits Consultant
Hewitt Associates

Mobile Employees - Slipping through the Pensions Net

  • Issues associated with employee relocation.
  • Managing pension for Mobile Employees including Tax implications.
  • Educational benefits for children.
  • Medical Benefits including overall portability.
  • Conflicts between benefits for local employees and foreigners.

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