Pensions and Retirement Experts To Meet in New York November 1-2

NEW YORK, NY, October 24, 2005 -- Senior corporate decision makers from HR, Benefits, and Finance will examine the delivery and administration of benefits at The Conference Board's 2005 Pensions and Retirement Conference -- Financial Security in the New World of Personal Responsibility. This meeting will be held November 1-2 at the InterContinental The Barclay New York.

The conference is being presented with assistance from Ernst & Young, Fidelity Investments, Financial Engines, Mercer, and MetLife.

Conference sessions designed to highlight the latest in retirement planning and benefits administration include:

• The New Era of Defined Contribution Plans: The Automatic 401k. The speakers for this opening session will be Jeff Maggioncalda, President and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Engines, Inc.; Bruce R. Lasko, Senior Manager, Retirement Plans, Avaya; and Daniel Helman, Treasury Operations, BHP Billition.
• Longevity in America: Aging and Retirement Trends. This topic will be addressed by Joyce M. Ruddock, Vice President, Institutional Business, MetLife.
• The View From Washington. This luncheon session will feature James M. Delaplane, Jr., Partner, Davis & Harman.
• Merger & Acquisition Fever-Can the Patient Survive? This important topic will be addressed by a panel featuring George Brooks, Partner, Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young; Daniel Klein, Senior Manager, Human Capital Practice, Ernst & Young; and Lisa M. Blackburn, Senior HR Consultant, Corporate Development, IBM Corporation.
• Integrating Health Care into Retirement Planning. This session will feature Brad Kimler, Senior Vice President, Health & Welfare Consulting Services, Fidelity Investments, and Lynn Swaim, Vice President, Benefits, Sabre, Inc.
• Financial Advice-Consultative Planning-Tools and Human Interface. This subject will be examined by Michael Murray, Director, Global Compensation, Benefits, and Employee Services, Citigroup Inc.; Carl Londe, Chief Executive Officer, ProManage; Bill Thompson, Executive Vice President, Financial Engines, Inc.; and William J. Arnone, Partner, Ernst & Young.
• Social Security-What Really Lies Ahead? This pressing issue will be explored by Janice M. Gregory, Senior Vice President & Legislative Director, The ERISA Industry Committee; John Rother, Director, Policy & Strategy, AARP; and Lawrence H. Thompson, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute, and Former Principal Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Social Security Administration.
• What's on Your Mind ... ? A Problem Shared. This session will feature Douglas F. Garrison, Manager, Global Benefits Design Plans, ExxonMobil Corporation; and Thomas Pavey, Vice President, Retirement, Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
• Where is Retirement Plan Design and Funding Going Now? This will be the topic of a panel featuring Paul Strella, Partner, Mercer HR Consulting; Thomas R. O'Connor, Assistant Treasurer, The Aerospace Corporation; and Peter McCauley, Benefits Consultant.
• The New Role of Annuities in the Next Generation of Retirement Products. This panel will feature: Jody Strakosch, National Director, Retirement & Savings, MetLife; Aaron Fried, Vice President and Actuary, MetLife; Kelli Hueler, President, Hueler Companies; Gary A. Amelio, Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board; Daniel Rosshirt, Consultant, Deloitte Consulting.
• Plan Administration in an Outsourced Environment. This panel will feature Mary Tinebra, Mercer HR Consulting; Michael A. Juneau, Director, Pension Benefits and Plan Asset, Briggs and Stratton Corporation; Elizabeth R. Mlekush, Retirement Plan Manager, Pension Administration, Briggs and Stratton Corporation; Dan Arbough, Treasurer, LG&E Energy Corp; Christopher Herman, Mercer HR Services.
• Developing and Maintaining an Effective Retiree Communications Program. This topic will be addressed by a panel including Gale Golden, Vice President, Strategic Communications Consulting, Fidelity Investments, and Joseph Donner, Director, Internal Communications, Novartis.

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