04/18/13-ERIC Spring Committee and Membership Meetings


Wednesday, April 17 - Thursday, April 18, 2013
Covington & Burling
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, 12th Floor
Washington, DC 20004



Key Administration and Congressional Officials to Address ERIC

Join ERIC in Washington, D.C. on April 17-18 for our Annual Spring Meetings. The meetings are not only an opportunity for you to visit the Cherry Blossoms, but you can also interact directly with key Washington policymakers, network with your peers, and learn about the latest employee-benefit developments. A detailed agenda is posted at the bottom of this page.

• April 17 (Noon-4:30): Health and Retirement Security Committee Meetings

• April 18 (8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.): Membership Meeting


Among the Featured Topics, Panels and Guest Speakers Are:

• Prospects for Tax Reform, Deficit Reduction, and Health Care Cost Containment in the current Congress, featuring the Honorable Allyson Schwartz, Member of the House Ways & Means Committee

• “Ask the Regulators,” featuring Officials from the Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, and Treasury, including George Bostick, Jeffrey Turner, Christen Linke Young, and Alan Tawshunsky

• A Conversation with PBGC Acting Chief Policy Officer Leslie Kramerich

• The latest from Capitol Hill with Andy Banducci, Professional Staff Member for the House Education and Workforce Committee; Kara Getz, Legislative Director and Tax Counsel, Office of Congressman Richard Neal; and Marty Reiser with the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health

• Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts: Prickly Issues in the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act, featuring Andy Anderson, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP

• Roundtable discussions with lawyers from some of the nation’s most prominent law firms, featuring:

o Alden Bianchi of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC on shared responsibility and related ACA topics
o Amy Moore and Richard Shea of Covington & Burling LLP on pension de-risking
o Joan Disler of Epstein Becker Green on managing your plan committees
o Anthony Shelley of Miller & Chevalier on ERISA preemption

• Retirement Plan Leakage & Withdrawals featuring Rick Jones and Rob Austin of Aon Hewitt

ERIC appreciates the generous meeting sponsorship of:

• Mercer

• Aon Hewitt

• FedEx

• Towers Watson



Hotel Information:

For your convenience, ERIC has made arrangements with Lawyers Travel to handle your hotel accommodations for this meeting. Please contact them at 202-662-6400 and reference "ERIC Meeting" to make hotel accommodations. There are several hotels near Covington & Burling’s office. Lawyers Travel charges a $15 service fee for all reservations.

Related Files:

ERIC Spring Meeting Agendas
Role of Private Sector-Johnson & Johnson (Wellness Program).pdf
Aon Hewitt--Retirement Plan Leakage--Cause for Concern Action- April 2013.pdf