Midwest Pension Conference - BENEFIT EXPERTS MAKING GREAT IDEAS HAPPEN.
"Our mission is to provide educational and networking opportunities for benefit specialists in the Twin Cities."
The Midwest Pension Conference was established in 1978 to promote the open exchange of information and expertice concerning the development, financing, funding and administration of pension, profit sharing, 401(k) and other employee benefit plans.
A Better Choice
Network to Succeess
Make Ideas Happen
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JOINING THE MIDWEST PENSION CONFERENCE WILL GIVE YOU ACCESS TO:
Stay Ahead of the Curve
Quarterly educational seminars on retirement plan and employee benefit issues that will help you stay up to date with industry trends.
Strengthen Your Skills
Annual 1/2 day industry conference centered around a variety of topics tailored to current trends. Over 100 industry professionals gather to interact with some of the leading industry speakers. This event concludes with a lunch and a keynote speaker that has included representatives from the Department of Labor, economists, and the Minneapolis Federal Reserve.
Networking Opportunities
Access to leading idustry professionals including Consultants, ERISA Attorneys, Administrators and Human Resource professionals from Fortune 500 companies in our state.
Find New Ways of Thinking and Problem Solving
“Retirement itself is the best retirement gift. No gold watch could ever top it”
— Abigail Charleson
MWPC 2018 Fall Seminar
Financial, Business, and Organizational Experts
Featured: The Memory Switch Program
Keynote Speaker: Matthew Goerke
- Creator of the Memory Switch Program -
"There is no such thing as a bad memory, just an untrained one."
- Matthew Goerke is regarded as one of America's leading experts in the field of Memory Development. He has shared with thousands of business professionals from all walks of life the techniques for developing an instant recall memory with results that can only be described as amazing. Matthew has worked with such well known speakers as: Zig Zigler, Ed Forman, Vic Conant and Tony Robbins. He has trained executives from Fortune 100 companies to government agencies including the United States Postal Service and the Defence Department.
Matthew is the developer of the "Memory Switch Program" - the most utilized program of its kind ever developed and for that reason is a sought after guest and has appeared on hundreds of radio and television talk shows.
His live workshop entitled "The Memory Switch" will instruct people in the new advances in memory technology as well as help them gain insight into how these methods are in direct alignment with helping people achieve both business and personal goals.
General Session Speaker: Edward Matthews
- Matthews Law Office
- Ed is unique in that he is an Estate Planner who is both an attorney and Certified Public Accountant. Ed will provide his thoughts and the legality with the named beneficiary election you make.
John Diehl, Senior VP of Strategic Markets - Hartford Funds
The Workplace in Transition:
John Diehl and his team are responsible for engaging and educating financial advisors along with their clients about current and emerging opportunities in the financial-services marketplace.
Thanks to technology, innovation and education - today's work force spans five generations. Generational differences are not something to be ingored or avoided, but leveraged. Employers who recognize these facts can maximize their vast talent pool and get a leg up on competitors.
Dan DiSciullo, Director of Business Development in US Markets - AHC
Digital Communications - The Participant Experience:
Over the last decade in the financial services industry, Dan has worked on the front lines alongside retirement plan participants, plan sponsors and pension consultants including leading organizations such as CAPTRUST Financial Advisors, TIAA and Kestra Financial.
Please join us in a discussion covering: 1) State of the Retirement Provider Industry, 2) Personalized communications, 3) Financial wellness technology, 4) 3D Animation and Storytelling, 5) Digital marketing strategies/campaigns and 6) Examples from my experience.
Timothy Goodman, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Cybersecurity:
Timonthy Goodman will moderate a panel discussing Cybersecurity.
- Moderator: Timothy Goodman, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Panel: Hallie Goodman, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Panel: Chad Breunig, Wells Fargo
- Panel: Ted Schmelzle, Securian
Matt Gulseth, Channel Financial
HSAs - Potential Benefit and Misconceptions
Matt Gulseth is a partner at Channel Financial. He has been serving as a fiduciary to group retirement plan clients for over 20 years.
The potential benefits of HSAs have received a lot of attention in our industry. Matt will talk about effective ways to communicate these potential benefits to the various employee groups that can unitize these accounts. He will review some of the most common misconceptions that employees have with HSA accounts adn ways to reduce these misconceptions.