2017 – 16/17 March – Woodlands Park Hotel, Cobham

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What the members and guests enjoyed most and/or consider a benefit to attending the meeting…

Really enjoyed Otto, Yvonne and Charlotte – Great sessions
Lively debate 
All of it!
Eperience of speakers
DWP insight from Charlotte Clark
Realistic (negative) views of the industry from Mark Polson, Otto Thoresen & Mick McAteer
All of the presentations 
Mark and Otto’s presentations
Well done on the brilliant speakers 
Q&A at the end of presentations
All speakers very good
The debate after Andrew (Morgan Ash) was very interesting
Open nature of conversations
Inclusive feeling
More diverse than your average financial services conference
Wonderful speakers 
A fabulous event!
Each speaker brought a depth of knowledge & experience which was totally engaging
I learned loads!
Informal Q&A style of most presenters was really good to listen to, but only because the speakers were so knowledgeable
Interesting presentations/discussions
Networking
Chatham House Rule opened the debate
Networking with other members of the industry – the mixed seating plan at dinner helped with this
Good to learn more about pension policy objectives
I found really interesting the after dinner speech and the whole discussion
I enjoyed the intervention on the pension dashboard, totally good to be up to date on it
Speaker quality
Great range of attendees
Lovely hotel & Service
Great all-round 
Mark’s talk (for delivery) and Yvonne’s (for content) 
Industry insight
Free exchange of views with no commercial spin due to Chatham House Rule
Takes you away from the immediate minutiae & puts you in direct contact with senior figures 
DWP insight
Pension Dashboard update 
Current industry views 
Great opportunity to hear views from across the industry, both in formal presentations and less formally over dinner & breaks
Industry collaboration
Broadening knowledge of propositions & Markets
I personally learn so much from the wider retirement/pensions market. 
New connections
Understanding of the presenters’ views
Understanding current priorities
Learning what is new
Widen my pensions knowledge, understanding where we are, what other people think on pensions did networking as well
Learning/Networking
Continued market context and insight
Great to see such a full meeting in terms of attendance and must be due to the great agenda
Looking forward to the next one!

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