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Exercising Fiscal Fitness event to be held Oct.28

Conference to explain how companies can benefit from a healthy workforce

Colorado is the nation's skinniest state. Can that positively affect a business' bottom line? On October 28 at the Colorado Convention Center, the second annual Colorado Culture of Health conference, Exercising Fiscal Fitness, will reveal the positive fiscal impact a culture of health can have on business through pertinent exhibits and breakout sessions on risk and reward, community leadership, legal issues, and best practices.

The conference, intended to inform corporate officers, HR professionals, benefits directors, wellness coordinators, insurance committees for school boards, public purchasers, medical directors, health professionals, will be moderated by Tom Clark, executive vice president of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation and Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce.

Additional featured speakers include:

Lieutenant Governor Barbara O’Brien (invited)
Chair, Metro Denver Health and Wellness Commission
Peter E. Hayes
Director of Associate Health & Wellness,
Hannaford Brothers Company
James O. Hill, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics & Director, Center for Human Nutrition,
University of Colorado Denver; Chair, Executive Committee,
Metro Denver Health and Wellness Commission
Ben Hoffman, MD, MPH
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer,
Waste Management, Inc.

Schedule:

7 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Registration and leadership breakfast
10 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.: Programs and lunch
3:15 p.m. - 4 p.m.: Reception

$125 per participant for the Leadership Breakfast and the daylong general conference*
$75 per participant for the Leadership Breakfast only*
*special discounts are available for groups of 3 or more from the same company and members of the three cosponsoring organizations

For more information, contact Kristen Berg at the Colorado Business Group on Health at 303.922.0939, or Kelly Esselman at the Mountain States Employers Council at 303.223.5359.