February 28- March 2, 2011

San Francisco, California

Attendees of the forum have exclusive access to the 2011 presentations. Post forum, you received an email with your log-in access information. For questions, contact Alyssa Ketterer.

Periodically, IBI and NBCH will publish summaries of key 2011 Forum presentations. See summaries below.

Many thanks to our 2011 Sponsors who made this program possible!

Forum Recap

This year’s Third Annual Forum attendance grew substantially for the second straight year, attracting more than 400 registrants. Ninety employer companies attended, often with multiple representatives. The program is designed to generate employer health, disability and productivity management take-aways. Comments:

• Very informative to my goals of implementing a wellness program that is measurable using productivity metrics.

• Good ideas to take away for possible implementation in our organization.

• Loved the employer speakers and how they are changing their health and wellness culture.

• Very strong curriculum, mostly employer-based without a lot of self promotion.

• Strong employer perspectives on what's working

San Francisco and the Fairmont were such hits that we are returning there in 2012. We got another terrific 2012 room rate for attendees of $199. Comments:

• It was a pleasure attending the conference in this beautiful venue.

• Fairmont - good location, good food, comfortable.

• Awesome conference - definitely plan to attend next year.

• Great venue; loved coming to San Francisco; would love to have another conference here again in the future

Receptions in the Fairmont’s Crown Room were spectacular and added much to the networking opportunities that have become such an important part of the Health & Productivity Forum. Comments:

• Receptions had strong turnouts, so networking opportunities were good.

• Great opportunities to network with other employers

• Great mix of companies - employers and vendors.

• The attendees were very involved and gave me value just talking to them

And, of course, we continue to select all presentations on merit, assuring a broad range of interesting, relevant topics. Comments:

• Employer-centered integrity - inability of sponsors to buy a slot.

• I was especially impressed with mix of presenters and topics. I like the inclusion of the coalition/community perspective.

• Strong technical expertise as opposed to "wind."

• Strengths included the speakers and lack of overt corporate sponsorship

A panel of independent judges selected Whirlpool Corporation as the recipient of the IBI/NBCH Healthy Workforce Productivity Award. Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc., the award recognizes leadership by an employer that has worked with its employees to develop, implement and measure an innovative health and productivity management initiative.

Beginning in 2009, Whirlpool began a health and productivity transformation focused on creating a culture of health while managing employee, retiree and dependent health. Successful results were seen within two years. Many of the initiatives focused on increasing the value to its people of the benefits investments Whirlpool makes and which also increases the company's bottom-line return.

Press Coverage

Modernhealthcare.com reported on two of the panels at the conference – comments by Reed Tuckson, executive vice president and chief of medical affairs at UnitedHealth Group, and NBCH’s Andy Webber during the NBCH panel and a case study from Caterpillar’s Michael Taylor.