Conference Highlights

Thursday, February 9, 2012
Tentative Program Includes:
  • Illinois Pension Reform: Legislative Efforts and Constitutional Challenges
  • Computers & Electronics Applications
       
    1:00 - 5:00 pm Pension Training Program
    5:30 - 7:30 pm Board of Directors Meeting
    7:30 - 9:00 pm Open Forum
       
    Friday, February 10, 2012
    Tentative Program Includes:
    • Ethics in the Fire Service
    • Computers & Electronics Applications
    • Training Supervisors
    • Social Media / Pros and Cons
    • Handling Problematic DOI Audit Results
    • Tackling the Administrative Challenges for Pension Funds
    • Actuarial Studies in the Post-Reform World
     
    8:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration
    8:00 am - 8:25 am Conference Opening
    8:30 am - 11:45 am Morning Programs
    11:45 am - 1:00 pm Lunch Provided with Registration
    1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Afternoon Programs
    4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Sponsors’ Reception Dinner on your Own
       
       
       
    Saturday, February 11, 2012
    Tentative Program Includes:
    • Electronic Meetings as it Applies to FOIA
    • Electronic Meetings as it Applies to FOIA
    • Part I - New Firefighter Testing Law
    • Part II - Practical Applications for New Firefighter Testing
    • Commissioner Information Exchange
    • Special Tax Districts / Consolidation Efforts
    • Insurance Coverage - What is Adequate?
    • Executive Session / Open Meeting Act
    • Collective Bargaining / Interest Arbitration Updates
    • Legal & Legislative Updates
    • Top Ten Cases Every Pension Trustee Should Know
    • Perfecting the Pension Fund Portfolio in an Imperfect World
    • Impact of Divorce on Pension Benefits
       
    7:30 am - Noon Registration
    7:30 am - 8:45 am Continental Breakfast
    8:00 am - 8:30 am NIAFPD Annual Meeting
    8:45 am - 11:30 am Workshops
    11:45 am - 1:15 pm Awards Luncheon
    1:30 pm - 4:45 pm Workshops
    4:00 pm - 4:45 pm NIAFPD Annual Meeting
    5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Ottosen Britz Hospitality
    6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Reception / Dinner
       
    Sunday, February 12, 2012
    8:00 am - 10:30 am Breakfast
    (Coupon with Registration)
       
    Westin Hotel
    Continuing Education
    Advanced Trustee Training
    Trustees who have completed the Advanced Trustee Training are required to maintain their eligibility under P.A. 95-799 by participating in annual continuing education. Trustees have until the end of the following calendar year to complete a minimum of 3 hours of approved trustee training. Qualified programs that satisfy the continued education requirement are available at the NIAFPD Annual Conference.


    Pension Fund Board Member Meeting
    If you are a Pension Fund Board Member, you are required to annually attend sixteen hours of training under Sections 1-109.3 and 1-113.18 of the Illinois Pension Code (P.A. 96-429 and 96-006). The NIAFPD Conference will specifically dedicate programs on Thursday, Friday and Saturday to satisfy this training requirement.


    Guest Activities
    Guest / Spouse (Non-District Staff) Registration Package Includes:
    • All Workshops
    • Friday Sponsors’ Reception
    • Saturday Continental Breakfast and Breaks
    • Saturday Dinner Banquet
    • Sunday Breakfast


    Westin Hotel
    Westin Hotel
    The Westin - Lombard, Illinois
    • Restaurants
         Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse
         Holy Mackerel
    • Free High Speed and Wireless Internet
    • Fully Equipped Fitness Center
    • Yorktown Shopping Center
    Conference Highlights
    The Westin - Lombard, Illinois
    www.westinlombard.com
    • Dress Code for Entire Conference Business Casual
    • Friday Registration Includes Lunch
    • Friday Sponsors’ Reception
    • Saturday Workshop Tracks
      • Trustees
      • Commissioners
      • Administrative
      • General / Pension
    • Saturday Dinner Banquet
    For More Information Contact:
    Bob Tinucci, NIAFPD Conference Chairman
    630.514.1601             btinucci@aol.com

    Kathy Haage, NIAFPD Executive Director
    224.355.9778              khaage@comcast.net