Go to a Mid-Sized Pension Conference

The best way for a benefits manager, HR professional, plan provider, or plan sponsor to keep a finger on the pulse of what’s happening in the World of Pensions and Retirement Plans is to attend a Mid-Sized Pension Management Conference. Four regional conferences are held each year, usually Orlando in January, San Francisco in March, Boston in May, and Chicago in October. As someone who has spent 15 years attending industry conferences, in my opinion, these conferences are the best. My reason is simple. There are first and foremost educational conferences. Unlike many conferences where all the speakers, workshops, and breakouts are trying to sell you something, the Mid-Sized Pension Conferences is careful to omit hard or soft sales pitches. As a fiduciary, administrator or manager of your Company’s Plan, you need to attend one of these conferences each year.