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Thursday, 18th September 2008

08:15	REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

09:00	WELCOME FROM FT BUSINESS

09:05	OPENING REMARKS BY THE CHAIRMAN Pádraig Floyd, Editor in Chief, UK Pensions & Investment Group, FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS

09:10	THE GOVERNMENT’S POSITION – INTERVIEW Interviewer Matthew Vincent, Editor, FT MONEY Interviewee Mike O'Brien, Minister of State for Pensions Reform

10:10	THE POLICY MAKERS’ PERSPECTIVE Moderator Pádraig Floyd, Editor in Chief, UK Pensions & Investment Group, FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS Panelists Chris Grayling, MP Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, CONSERVATIVE PARTY Jenny Willott, Shadow Work and Pensions Spokesperson, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS Nigel Stanley, Head of the TUC Campaigns and Communications Department, TUC

11:05	REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:30	PANEL DISCUSSION: THE CFO AND CEO PERSPECTIVES Does a company pension scheme impact on the decision making of a CEO? The effects of FRS 17 – Company Life with your pension fund on the balance sheet The impact this has on M&A activity Perspectives on the Pensions Protection Fund and the impact of clearance Moderator: Richard Gillingwater, Dean, CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL Panelists: Edmund Truell, Chief Executive, PENSION CORPORATION Ed Jervis, Risk and Compliance Director, PATERNOSTER Adam Crozier, Chief Executive, ROYAL MAIL

12:15	PRESENTATION: NO MORE LOST OPPORTUNITIES Speaker: Tony Osborn-Barker, Head of Pensions Global Risk Solutions, BNP PARIBAS

12:45	LUNCH

13:45	AFTERNOON KEYNOTE SPEECH Afternoon keynote speaker: Evan Davis, Presenter, RADIO 4

14:10	PANEL DISCUSSION: PERSONAL ACCOUNTS What can be done about the issue of means testing? How will personal accounts square low cost provision with their obligation to universal service? With 85%-90% expected to choose the default fund, what investment strategies should be considered and what role should lifestyle modelling play? Compulsion in national pension schemes has had mixed fortunes internationally, should it be considered here? Decumulation – How will the relationship between industry and government evolve? Moderator Owen Walker, Staff Writer, PENSIONS MANAGEMENT AND HIGH NET WORTH Panelists Mick McAteer, Director, THE FINANCIAL INCLUSION CENTRE Nigel Peaple, Director of Policy, NAPF John Jory, Deputy Chief Executive, B&CE Ros Altmann, Independent Expert on Pensions Policy, Investment Banking, SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT

14:55	PRESENTATION Speaker: Richard Lockwood, Head of UK Business, MORGAN STANLEY

15:25	REFRESHMENT BREAK

15:45	PANEL DISCUSSION: 21ST CENTURY DC How do employers arrive at the right default DC funds? What is the role of the employer, trustee, asset manager and provider in communicating DC and how is this restricted by regulation? How will personal accounts be affected on DC provision? The future of DC – What will be the impact of increased vigilance from the regulator? Moderator Pádraig Floyd, Editor in Chief, UK Pensions & Investment Group, FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS Panelist Craig Gillespie, Global Solutions, BNP PARIBAS Niki Cleal, Director, PENSIONS POLICY INSTITUTE Alistair Byrne, Fellow of CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL

16:30	PANEL DISCUSSION: ALTERNATIVES Are the fees on alternative asset classes worth it? Does the risk justify the returns? The growing role of pension funds as private equity investors Is it too late to buy commodities? Moderator: David Rowley, Editor, PENSIONS WEEK Panelists: Richard Lockwood, Head of UK Business, MORGAN STANLEY Michael Taylor, Chief Executive, LONDON PENSIONS FUND AUTHORITY Ros Altmann, Independent Expert on Pensions Policy, Investment Banking, SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT

17:15	CLOSING REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN David Blake, Professor of Pension Economics, CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL and Director, PENSIONS INSTITUTE

17:30	COCKTAIL KEYNOTE SPEECH

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