February 27, 2025

Keynote presentation
Navigating geopolitical challenges: The future of finance and society
(Charles Myers, chairman, Signum Global Advisors)
 
From Y2K to gen Z: 25 years in group retirement savings
(Chris Walker, regional vice-president, business development, investment strategy, Desjardins Insurance)
 
Gen Z’s existential dread: Why we need to understand the modern mindset for plan member engagement strategies
(Kate Nazar, vice-president, group retirement services, Canada Life and Kelly Peters, behavioural economics leader, partner, Deloitte)
 
Refreshing CAPSA’s capital accumulation plans guideline
(Leah Fichter, vice-chair, the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities, deputy superintendent of pensions, executive director, pensions division, Financial Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan)
 
Engagement (r)evolution: Boosting retirement outcomes 
(Marc-Antoine Morin, assistant vice-president, group retirement, Manulife)
 
A 360-degree view of the U.S. DC pension landscape 
(Jessica Sclafani, global retirement strategist, T. Rowe Price)
 

February 28, 2025

Keynote presentation
Economic outlook 2024/25: The big easy
(Douglas Porter, chief economist and managing director, BMO Financial Group)
 
The past, present and future use of default investments in U.S. DC plans
(Glenn Dial, vice-president, retirement thought leadership, research, American Century Investments)
 
Bell Canada’s DC journey
(Robert Marchessault, director, pension and benefits, Bell Canada)