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n just a few weeks, we’ll be gathered at the NAPA 401(k) Summit in Las Vegas. This will be my third Summit since joining the organization, though I have been to, and spoken at, a good number of them over the years. This year, as in years past, the steering committee, agenda team and NAPA leadership have been hard at work for months, developing the program, fleshing out the agenda, lining up speakers, and this year assigning session “owners” to make sure that you get maximum bang for your buck in terms of information and session quality. We’ve taken your feedback on topics and format, expanded the peer-to-peer networking, and added a brand new component called “super” sessions. We’ve got some amazing keynote speakers, enhanced our plan sponsor panel, and, for the first time ever, added a new networking opportunity called “Summit After Dark” which will include some incredible entertainment in worldclass environs. Sure, you’ve been to Vegas — you may even have been to Vegas for the 401(k) Summit. But I promise you this one will be different, “better” in terms of focus, depth of information, and interaction, and certainly bigger. While we try to remind folks that it is the only retirement plan advisor conference developed by advisors for retirement plan advisors — the proof of that is, quite literally, in the program that has been developed for you. What’s (Really) Different Beyond all those important reasons, there are two other major considerations for you in attending this year’s NAPA 401(k) Summit. First is the issue of tax
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reform. This is something that we have been writing about on www.napa-net. org for months now, but with the 2016 election having given control of Congress and the White House to a single party, the odds for significant change — change on the order of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 — is significantly higher than we might have reasonably expected. As you will read in “Unanticipated Consequences” on the pages that follow, those consequences could be enormous on workplace retirement savings in the months to come. You will want — and need — to know what is afoot, and there is no better place for you to do that than the NAPA 401(k) Summit, particularly with the insights you’ll get from our “From the Hill to the Summit” keynote. The other consideration is related, but it is not something we generally push. While the number of quality events has certainly declined over the years, I know you still have several to choose between.
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For some, that choice is based on location, for others timing, and for still others cost. For some, of course, it can be all or more than one of the above — all are valid considerations. But among all the things that really set the NAPA 401(k) Summit apart — one thing stands out, this year more than most. Quite simply, it is that — and unlike every other advisor conference out there — your NAPA 401(k) Summit registration helps support the activities of NAPA — your advocacy, information and education organization. Your registration fee isn’t going to fund the bottom line of some corporate media organization. It isn’t going to line the pockets of some private equity firm. No, in addition to the insights, information, networking that you will get — and may well get at some other events — your attendance at the NAPA 401(k) Summit is a unique investment in your future, and the future of your profession. It is, quite simply, a unique way to put your money where your mouth is. And there’s no time like the present. See you in Vegas! Register today (if you haven’t already) at www.napasummit.org. N
NEVIN E. ADAMS, JD » Editor-in-Chief
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