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8:00-9:00           REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

9:00-10:00         WELCOME AND OPENING ADDRESS
     Investing in Wellness and Work/Life: Lessons Learned
     Leslie Koved, Manager, TPMG Physician Health Department,
     Kaiser Permanente
    

10:15-11:15       PANEL DISCUSSIONS – SESSION I

A.  View From the Top
Moderator:  Sydney Finkelstein (Tuck Professor)
Panelists:  Hal Patterson; Beth Sawi; Tiger Shaw D'85; Geoff Smith
Learn how top managers have addressed work-life balance issues by building them into the organization’s culture, policies, and practice. This panel will explore work-life program trends and best practices as well as how the impact of these programs can be measured.

B.  The Call of the Wild 
Moderator:  Steven Lubrano T'87 (Tuck Dean)
Panelists:  Heidi Gilman Bennett; Andrew Martzloff T'83; Chris Weiss D'82; Lisa Torrey Weiss T'92
Thinking of living somewhere close to nature, but unsure how this will impact your career?  Join our panelists who have lived this dream and find out how they did it.

C.  Non-traditional MD Careers - Thinking Outside the Box
Moderator:  Steve Bensen, MD
Panelists:  Steve Bensen, MD; Dan Burnett, MD/MBA; David Elpern, MD; Kim Grafton, MD; Susan Harper, MD
This panel will include physicians who have chosen a career off the beaten path from full-time clinical practice.  They are doctors who are involved in teaching, student advising, international medical work, research, or the development of new medical technology.  We will hear from them how adding this component to their career has enriched their lives and helped them strive towards work-life balance.

11:30-12:30       PANEL DISCUSSIONS – SESSION II

A.  The Theory and Practice of Mindfulness
Panelist:  Britton Mann
This workshop will explore the Vedantic theory of the dualistic universe.  Come and learn how yoga and vedanta—yoga philosophy—can complement your own method of finding balance and making decisions.

B.  Career Breaks and Re-entry
Moderator:  Constance Helfat (Tuck Professor)
Panelists:  Carol Fishman Cohen; Anne P. Rogal, MD; Andrea Szekely-Hill, CPA
Many professionals achieve balance by taking breaks from their career to start a family or pursue an outside interest.  The question is – how do you rejoin the ladder without having to take a slide down first.  This panel will explore issues involved with career breaks and share tips on what to do if you are considering this path.

C.  A Balanced Life in Medicine
Moderator:  MaryMartha Beaton
Panelists:  MaryMartha Beaton; William Crawford, MD; Sarah Johansen, MD; David Park, MD
This panel will explore how practicing physicians can find balance between their personal and professional lives and how institutional practices can enable this balance.  The panelists represent both the primary care perspective and the specialists’ perspective.  

12:30-2:00         LUNCH 

2:00-3:15           KEYNOTE ADDRESS
                             Building Your Balanced Life
                             Beth Sawi, Retired Executive, Charles Schwab & Co.

3:30-4:30           PANEL DISCUSSIONS – SESSION III

A.  The Money Trap
Panelists:  Doug Smith T'70; Caroline G. Moore
As MBAs, we are suckers for the "Money Trap" -- thinking that we can achieve happiness by making lots of money.  People tell us that "money doesn't buy happiness" and we think "yeah, let me just try".  Come find out what does lead to happiness (the answers may surprise you) and learn what you can do (starting today) to increase your level of happiness.  Find out why focusing on what does lead to happiness often also leads to financial success.  In the end, finding a life of enduring happiness is a win/win for you and all those with whom you interact ... and interestingly, "money doesn't buy happiness", but "happiness just might buy you money".
 

B.  Work-Life Balance in Consulting and I-Banking – an Oxymoron?
Moderator:  Paul A. Argenti (Tuck Professor)
Panelists:  Paul Auffermann T'04; Desi Duncker T'05; Deirdre O'Donnell; Claudia Pardo T'01
This panel, composed of current consultants and investment bankers, will help educate students on achieving work-life balance in these rigorous industries.  Panelists will discuss their own experiences and challenges in determining and reaching balance between the demands of their work and personal lives.

C.  Doctors and Patients Can Win: The Business Case for Work-Life Balance in Health Care
Moderator:  Stephen Plume, MD
Panelists:  Leslie Fall, MD; Marjorie Godfrey, RN, MS; Lisa Guertin; Stephen Plume, MD
The purpose of this panel is to explore how health care organizations that promote work-life balance can improve patient satisfaction, employee satisfaction and overall productivity. Panelists represent the Physician, Administration and Patient perspectives and will discuss efforts to implement work-life balance in health care organizations. 

4:30-5:30           CLOSING RECEPTION