2008 Annual Conference Program Agenda

The 2008 annual conference will begin on Friday, August 1 with a late afternoon reception and conclude mid-morning on Wednesday, August 6. Please click on highlighted session title for more information about the presentation and speakers.

Friday - August 1
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Conference Registration
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Camp NASRA Registration
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.	Executive Committee Meeting
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.	Welcome Reception

Saturday - August 2
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Conference Registration
9:00 - 11:30 a.m.	Director's Workshop
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.	Associate Advisory Meeting
10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Camp NASRA (lunch included)
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 - 1:15 p.m.	Opening Ceremonies
1:15 - 2:15 p.m.	Election 2008: A View From Washington Howard Fineman, Senior Washington Correspondent & Political Columnist for Newsweek
2:15 - 2:30 p.m.	Break
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.	Federal Focus: Legislative & Regulatory Issues on the Horizon Jeannine Markoe Raymond, NASRA Director of Federal Relations
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.	What They're Saying: An Overview of Recent Public Pension Research Keith Brainard, NASRA Research Director
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.	President's Reception

Sunday - August 3
8:00 - 9:30 a.m.	Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Conference Registration
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Camp NASRA
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 noon	Monetary Policy in a Tough Environment William Poole, Retired President and CEO St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon	Infrastructure : The Building Blocks Moderator: Bill Schwartz, Executive Secretary MO Local Government Employees Retirement System Steve Novick, Principal & COO, Courtland Partners Joseph O'Byrne, Senior Consultant, Alternative Investments New England Pension Consultants Frank Aten, Director of Debt and Investment Research Public School Retirement System of Missouri
12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.	Past Presidents' Luncheon Dan Clark, Founder/CEO of Clark Success Systems
1:45 - 2:45 p.m.	How Political Changes Will Impact the Markets Greg Valliere, Chief Strategist, Stanford Group Company
2:45 - 3:00 p.m.	Break
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.	Roll Call of the States Moderator: Donna Mueller, Chief Executive Officer Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System
5:45 - 9:30 p.m	Sunday Night Party - University of Utah's Rice Eccles Stadium

Monday - August 4
7:00 - 8:00 a.m.	Breakfast
7:30 - 8:00 a.m.	Directors' Regional Meetings
7:30 - 8:00 a.m.	Associates' Meeting
7:30 - 11:30 a.m.	Conference Registration
8:15 - 9:15 a.m.	A GASB Primer: Past, Present and Future Moderator: Pat Robertson, Executive Director Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi Gary Findlay, Executive Director Missouri State Employees' Retirement System Dave Bean, Director of Research, GASB
9:15 - 10:15 a.m.	The Meaning and Implications of Calculating a Market Value of Liabilities Moderator: Keith Brainard, NASRA Research Director David Kausch, Actuary, Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company
10:15 - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 - 11:45 a.m.	Commodities - Are They Right For You? Moderator: James Burton, World Gold Council Keith Black, Associate, Ennis Knupp
12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m.	Afternoon Activites - golf or tours
7:00 - 10:00 p.m.	Camp NASRA Pizza Party and Movie
7:00 - 10:00 p.m.	Oktoberfest Dinner Party

Tuesday - August 5
7:00 - 8:00 a.m.	Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Spouse/Guest tour to Olympic Park & Park City Main Street
8:15 - 9:15 a.m.	Results Not Promises: Using Cost Control Initiatives to Prevent State Budget Crises Sally Natchek, Senior Director of Research, IFEBP Dave Stella, Secretary Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds
9:15 - 10:00 a.m.	What's New at the National Institute on Retirement Security Beth Almeida, Executive Director, NIRS
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 - 11:00 a.m.	Secure Online Member Access: Best Practices, Good Ideas and Things to Avoid! Tom Scheibelhut, Managing Partner CEM Benchmarking Inc.
11:00 - 12:45 a.m.	Roll Call of the States Moderator: Robert Newman, Executive Director Utah Retirement System
12:45 - 2:15 p.m.	Luncheon Blotting Utah from the Map: The Attempt to Eliminate Utah and Reconstruct the West Paul Reeve, Professor, University of Utah
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.	Reception
7:00 - 11:00p.m.	Mountain Man Rendezvous Dinner Party

Wednesday - August 6
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.	Annual Business Meeting (All members & associates)