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Day 1, Nov 1st
Day 2, Nov 2nd
Day 3, Nov 3rd
All Days

Thursday November 1st

Time		Session/Event	Speakers/Presenters/Sponsor

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM		Meet Transportation to Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Bus transportation to IPCC
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM		Welcome and Reconnect Based on suggestions from last year, we will devote time for everyone to reconnect by sharing important events and ideas from the last 12 months. A special Pueblo Ceremony will be provided to facilitate and celebrate our community.
10:45 AM - 12:45 PM	*	Holistic Financial Planning: Transforming Client Relationships Susan Galvan offers financial advisors training on the skills and methodology for creating client relationships for life. This two-hour workshop will introduce the basic approach and skill set required to assist clients in visioning and actualizing a financial plan that is aligned with their core values and life dreams.	Susan Galvin
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM		Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM		Breakout Sessions
		Review of Network Member Benefits First Affirmative offers network members a valuable package of tools and resources to assist with serving the unique needs of socially conscious investors. This session will help you understand how to access and utilize the full array of member benefits. We will also be discussing recent changes to the FAFN website and seeking input how we can make the website an even more productive resource for you.	Danielle Burns, Andrew T. Frommeyer, Glen Yelton, Matthew Arnold, Scott A. Fenn
		By Invitation: Network Leaders' Meeting Thirty advisers were selected to participate in an extensive qualitative and quantitative evaluation of First Affirmative's products and services. The evaluation lasted almost six months, with interviews and detailed reviews of the full range of First Affirmative's relationships with advisers. This session will be an in depth conversation with the participants, leading to a priority setting exercise and sharing of information with all other advisrs.	George R. Gay, Holly Testa
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM		Afternoon Break
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM		Breakout Sessions
		The Politics of Working with Committees This discussion will explore some fundamental differences between advising individual clients and advising Committees. Group dynamics present special challenges for an investment adviser working in the institutional space. Fiduciaries who serve on Investment Committees are always in a delicate situation when it comes to making investment decisions. We will discuss how, as advisers and co-fiduciaries, we can gain competitive advantage through our ability to listen, watch, and facilitate the decision-making process and add fulfilling, long-lasting, and lucrative institutional relationships to our business.	Myrna Rivera
		Operations, Client Services & Adviser Services Join an informal conversation with Kathy, Julie and other FAFN staff to learn how to conduct operations, open accounts and understand reports in the most effective and efficient ways possible. (This session will be available again on Friday.)	Kathy Sutherland, Julie Ramm
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM		Breakout Sessions
		Working with Institutions: Not for the Faint of Heart, or the Quick-Fix Artists A continuation of Myrna Rivera?s session on Working with Committees. Typically, Committees do not own the assets they steward, so their motivations for involvement are different, and there are often hidden agendas. Their awareness of fiduciary issues can dramatically alter their perception of risk, and the interaction between Committee members will affect the nature and duration of the decision-making process. Working with institutions is both art and science, math and psychology. Are you well-rounded enough to engage this market?	Myrna Rivera
		Practice Development Panel There are many ways to build a successful practice. While hard work is a necessity, there are varied paths to success. Jim Frazin left the credit union world, embraced the Garrett Network model and built from an hourly planning platform. Justin Harris decided to focus on SRI and used First Affirmative for asset management for almost all client accounts. Georgette Frazer was looking for a way to retire, and made the decision to go fee-only and to work on an adviser training service as well. Learn from your peers as they share their successes and challenges.	Jim Frazin, Georgette Frazer, Justin Harris
6:15 PM - 7:00 PM		Networking and Personal Time More time to network with other advisers and First Affirmative staff or to visit the IPCC museum, art gallery or gift shop!
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM		Awards Dinner	First Affirmative Financial Network, LLC
8:15 PM - 9:30 PM		Why We Do What We Do -- Awards Ceremony The high point of the Pre-Conference for many of us, as three selected advisers share their stories. Listen as Jim, Linda and Steve share their journeys in SRI, their motivations and joys; why they do what they do. An added feature this year will be a celebration of the career of Richard Barr, one of FAFN's very first advisers and a leader in FAFN and SRI for many years, as he transitions into retirement.

Friday November 2nd

Time		Session/Event	Speakers/Presenters/Sponsor

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM		Breakfast: First Affirmative
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM		First Affirmative Welcome & Overview This presentation is an overview of changes, challenges and progress at First Affirmative. Intended in part to provide due diligence information, and in part to educate and train advisers, this year's presentation will focus most on the company's growth, structural changes and additions to staff.	George Gay
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM		Break: First Affirmative
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	*	FAFN: FP Transitions: Practice Valuations - Purchase and Sale As the open market has evolved, so has the valuation process. The presentation will cover the three major indexes that are currently used to evaluate a practice's value and their effect on the final sales or purchase price. This is a groundbreaking presentation on the open market valuation process, the most common valuation method used in the financial services industry, and typically the highest and best value for a professional financial services practice, whether a sole practitioner or a group practice. This presentation is designed for practice owners who are considering selling a practice, interested in buying a practice, or those interested in how to accurately determine the value of their life?s work. This presentation will illuminate one of the industry's hottest topics, and provide comparable sales data.	David Grau, Jr.
11:45 AM - 12:55 PM		FAFN: Lunch Lunch will be hosted by Scott Kubie, Chief Investment Officer of CLS Investment Firm, who will discuss new innovations in the FAFN / CLS relationship.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM		Breakout Sessions
	*	FAFN: FP Transitions: The Real Value of Succession Planning Succession planning is an important step that every financial services owner should take to protect themselves, their clients, their family, and their practice -- but it can also be an avenue to higher value. This presentation examines in detail value and valuation issues, the many practical choices in short-term continuity planning and long-term succession planning, growth through acquisition, statistics and data from the open marketplace, the perfect internal succession plan, and how a succession plan can add value to your practice.	David Grau, Jr.
		FAFN: Making GeneSIS Work for You GeneSIS, is First Affirmative's online questionnaire and IPS development system,. The GeneSIS system has been up and running for nearly a year now and we have made several recent improvements, based primarily on adviser input. This session is your chance to see some of the recent improvements, get some tips to improve your use of the system, and make more suggestions for the next revision!	Johann Klaassen
	*	FAFN: Understanding Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) and other New Products In just a few years, the number of exchange traded products has exploded to well over 500. As the landscape continues to grow, it is more important than ever to understand and evaluate this universe. This session will examine the Growth of the ETF marketplace and ETF Industry, providing an In-depth review of ETF structure and their unique benefits. Additionally this session will address what ETN's are and provide an in-depth review of them.	Sarah Lochner
2:10 PM - 3:10 PM		Breakout Sessions
	*	FAFN: The Pension Protection Act and Your Ficuciary Duties to ERISA Plans and Participants Recent events have brought ERISA Sections 404(a) and 404(c) under scrutiny. This session will examine how Plan sponsors have specific fiduciary responsibilities under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and look at what compliance issues require significant attention. Additionally this session will address the Pension Protection Act and how it affects Investment Advisers.	Craig Dewey
	*	FAFN: Issues Facing Women As They Plan for Retirement This panel will focus on two aspects of women and retirement. One of the key aspects of preparing women to finance their retirement is overcoming barriers to the advancement of women in the workplace. Simply put, higher paid women can afford to save more for retirement. A recent study shows that the wage gap between men and women narrows at companies where women have senior management positions. This panel will examine how the SRI research and advocacy process can help to advance women in the workplace. By advocating for more diverse participants in the corporate boardroom, for example, SRI promotes senior management opportunities for women, and this, in turn, helps female line managers.This panel will also focus on helping women address the financial issues that arise when planning for retirement as well as addressing the needs to educate children on the importance of investing. The book, Money Smart Women, shows that women can address such issues by "saving early and often."	Tacy Paul Roby, Janet Bodnar
		FAFN: Operations, Client Services & Adviser Services Join an informal conversation with Kathy, Julie and other FAFN staff to learn how to conduct operations, open accounts and understand reports in the most effective and efficient ways possible. (This is a repeat of the Thursday session.)	Kathy Sutherland, Julie Ramm
		FAFN: Social Screening: A Holdiings-Based Analysis of SRI Mutual Fund Practices Mutual funds that characterize themselves as ?socially responsible? often identify a list of criteria that factor into their screening process: environmental, military, etc. How do the resulting portfolios compare to each other, and to an unscreened portfolio? Are some SRI funds more screened in a particular social or environmental concern than others? Is there an objective measure by which portfolios can be compared, and if so, can position weights also be taken into account? This presentation will look at the results of just such an objective analysis, in which the portfolios of twelve socially responsible mutual funds and the Vanguard 500 Index Fund have been examined according to both a comprehensive set of screens and six single-issue screens: environmental, military, diversity, human rights, sexual orientation, and labor. IW Financial was used for research and scoring.	R. Kevin O'Keefe, Christie Renner
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM		FAFN: Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM		Breakout Sessions
		FAFN: Compliance Meeting (Mandatory for FAFN IARs) This mandatory meeting for all FAFN Investment Advisory Representatives will cover: FAFN?s Anti-Money Laundering/Patriot Act compliance; ERISA and the new Pension Protection Act; and what changes will be made going forward.	Kathy Sutherland
	*	FAFN: The Pension Protection Act and Your Fiduciary Duties to ERISA Plans and Participants (Repeated) Recent events have brought ERISA Sections 404(a) and 404(c) under scrutiny. This session will examine how Plan sponsors have specific fiduciary responsibilities under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and look at what compliance issues require significant attention. Additionally this session will address the Pension Protection Act and how it affects Investment Advisers.	Craig Dewey
		FAFN: Making GeneSIS Work for You (Repeat) GeneSIS, is First Affirmative's online questionnaire and IPS development system,. The GeneSIS system has been up and running for nearly a year now and we have made several recent improvements, based primarily on adviser input. This session is your chance to see some of the recent improvements, get some tips to improve your use of the system, and make more suggestions for the next revision!	Johann Klaassen
4:40 PM - 5:40 PM		Breakout Sessions
	*	FAFN: Fixed Income: Best Execution and Taxable Municipal Bonds This session will help advisers to understand the institutional and economic realities that underlie the bond market . Advisers will learn how to determine the amount of ?spread? taken by the entity that is selling bonds, be able to explain these concepts to clients and understand why and how and investment manager adds value to a bond portfolio. Additionally, advisers will be able to define taxable municipal bonds, Understand how the Tax-Reform Act of 1986 changed the municipal bond market forever, differentiate between a private activity bond and a governmental bond, explain why taxable municipal bonds are considered by some investors as an alternative to high-grade corporate bonds and determine whether taxable municipal bond are an appropriate investment for their clients.	Charles Sandmel, Harris May
		Seek and Ye Shall Find: Introducing SRI to Socially Conscious People This session is for those who are looking to grow their businesses by attracting new socially conscious clients. We will talk through an ?SRI Basics? presentation that is designed to introduce the concept of sustainable and responsible investing, discuss the real world opportunities and challenges of owning an SRI portfolio, and address the myths commonly held by those who are just recognizing their inner desire for investments that can make a difference in a troubled world. You can expect this to be an interactive session where we will learn from each other.	Steve Schueth, Danielle Burns, Holly Testa
		FAFN: Advocacy, Community Investment While many advisers offer the option of Community Investments or Shareholder Advocacy to their clients, not many consider it to be their primary specialty. We are fortunate to have two advisers who do. Andy Loving is a leader, innovator and advocate for Community Investing, and Bruce Herbert fills the same roles in Shareholder Advocacy. Learn specific ideas for growing your business and helping your clients participate more fully in these two key areas of SRI.	Andy Loving, Bruce Herbert
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM		Reception & Dinner for Kim Kiel's Clients & Guests Kim Kiel, a local area FAFN adviser, will be inviting about 40-50 of her clients to Tamaya for a reception, networking and dinner. This is a private, by invitation, function.
6:45 PM - 7:15 PM		TBD
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM		FAFN: Dinner for First Time Participants First Affirmative invites advisers who have joined us in the past year or those who are with us for the first time for a Pre-Conference Advance Meeting to a private dinner. Look under the hood. Kick the tires. Dig in to the history of the company. All questions are welcome!	First Affirmative Financial Network, LLC

Saturday November 3rd

Time	Session/Event	Speakers/Presenters/Sponsor

7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	Breakfast, First Affirmative
8:00 AM - 9:45 AM	FAFN: Model Folio and Separate Account Manager Popcorn Presentations Approximately 20 independent separate account and folio managers will have the opportunity to present 4-5 minute snapshots of their businesses, their investment processes and any thoughts they may have on market conditions or prospects. This is an opportunity to identify those managers that you may wish to learn more about during the remainder of the conference. All are sponsors and will be available in the display hall.
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	Break; First Affirmative
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	FAFN: Close the Loop This year, our annual "Close the Loop" feedback session will focus on a prioritization excercise intended to identify your inputs for First Affirmative's business development in 2008 and next year's events.
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Sunset Religious Observation

Thursday, November 1, 2007
Time		Session/Event	Speakers/Presenters/Sponsor

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM		Meet Transportation to Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Bus transportation to IPCC
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM		Welcome and Reconnect Based on suggestions from last year, we will devote time for everyone to reconnect by sharing important events and ideas from the last 12 months. A special Pueblo Ceremony will be provided to facilitate and celebrate our community.
10:45 AM - 12:45 PM	*	Holistic Financial Planning: Transforming Client Relationships Susan Galvan offers financial advisors training on the skills and methodology for creating client relationships for life. This two-hour workshop will introduce the basic approach and skill set required to assist clients in visioning and actualizing a financial plan that is aligned with their core values and life dreams.	Susan Galvin
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM		Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM		Breakout Sessions
		Review of Network Member Benefits First Affirmative offers network members a valuable package of tools and resources to assist with serving the unique needs of socially conscious investors. This session will help you understand how to access and utilize the full array of member benefits. We will also be discussing recent changes to the FAFN website and seeking input how we can make the website an even more productive resource for you.	Danielle Burns, Andrew T. Frommeyer, Glen Yelton, Matthew Arnold, Scott A. Fenn
		By Invitation: Network Leaders' Meeting Thirty advisers were selected to participate in an extensive qualitative and quantitative evaluation of First Affirmative's products and services. The evaluation lasted almost six months, with interviews and detailed reviews of the full range of First Affirmative's relationships with advisers. This session will be an in depth conversation with the participants, leading to a priority setting exercise and sharing of information with all other advisrs.	George R. Gay, Holly Testa
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM		Afternoon Break
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM		Breakout Sessions
		The Politics of Working with Committees This discussion will explore some fundamental differences between advising individual clients and advising Committees. Group dynamics present special challenges for an investment adviser working in the institutional space. Fiduciaries who serve on Investment Committees are always in a delicate situation when it comes to making investment decisions. We will discuss how, as advisers and co-fiduciaries, we can gain competitive advantage through our ability to listen, watch, and facilitate the decision-making process and add fulfilling, long-lasting, and lucrative institutional relationships to our business.	Myrna Rivera
		Operations, Client Services & Adviser Services Join an informal conversation with Kathy, Julie and other FAFN staff to learn how to conduct operations, open accounts and understand reports in the most effective and efficient ways possible. (This session will be available again on Friday.)	Kathy Sutherland, Julie Ramm
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM		Breakout Sessions
		Working with Institutions: Not for the Faint of Heart, or the Quick-Fix Artists A continuation of Myrna Rivera?s session on Working with Committees. Typically, Committees do not own the assets they steward, so their motivations for involvement are different, and there are often hidden agendas. Their awareness of fiduciary issues can dramatically alter their perception of risk, and the interaction between Committee members will affect the nature and duration of the decision-making process. Working with institutions is both art and science, math and psychology. Are you well-rounded enough to engage this market?	Myrna Rivera
		Practice Development Panel There are many ways to build a successful practice. While hard work is a necessity, there are varied paths to success. Jim Frazin left the credit union world, embraced the Garrett Network model and built from an hourly planning platform. Justin Harris decided to focus on SRI and used First Affirmative for asset management for almost all client accounts. Georgette Frazer was looking for a way to retire, and made the decision to go fee-only and to work on an adviser training service as well. Learn from your peers as they share their successes and challenges.	Jim Frazin, Georgette Frazer, Justin Harris
6:15 PM - 7:00 PM		Networking and Personal Time More time to network with other advisers and First Affirmative staff or to visit the IPCC museum, art gallery or gift shop!
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM		Awards Dinner	First Affirmative Financial Network, LLC
8:15 PM - 9:30 PM		Why We Do What We Do -- Awards Ceremony The high point of the Pre-Conference for many of us, as three selected advisers share their stories. Listen as Jim, Linda and Steve share their journeys in SRI, their motivations and joys; why they do what they do. An added feature this year will be a celebration of the career of Richard Barr, one of FAFN's very first advisers and a leader in FAFN and SRI for many years, as he transitions into retirement.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Time		Session/Event	Speakers/Presenters/Sponsor

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM		Breakfast: First Affirmative
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM		First Affirmative Welcome & Overview This presentation is an overview of changes, challenges and progress at First Affirmative. Intended in part to provide due diligence information, and in part to educate and train advisers, this year's presentation will focus most on the company's growth, structural changes and additions to staff.	George Gay
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM		Break: First Affirmative
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	*	FAFN: FP Transitions: Practice Valuations - Purchase and Sale As the open market has evolved, so has the valuation process. The presentation will cover the three major indexes that are currently used to evaluate a practice's value and their effect on the final sales or purchase price. This is a groundbreaking presentation on the open market valuation process, the most common valuation method used in the financial services industry, and typically the highest and best value for a professional financial services practice, whether a sole practitioner or a group practice. This presentation is designed for practice owners who are considering selling a practice, interested in buying a practice, or those interested in how to accurately determine the value of their life?s work. This presentation will illuminate one of the industry's hottest topics, and provide comparable sales data.	David Grau, Jr.
11:45 AM - 12:55 PM		FAFN: Lunch Lunch will be hosted by Scott Kubie, Chief Investment Officer of CLS Investment Firm, who will discuss new innovations in the FAFN / CLS relationship.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM		Breakout Sessions
	*	FAFN: FP Transitions: The Real Value of Succession Planning Succession planning is an important step that every financial services owner should take to protect themselves, their clients, their family, and their practice -- but it can also be an avenue to higher value. This presentation examines in detail value and valuation issues, the many practical choices in short-term continuity planning and long-term succession planning, growth through acquisition, statistics and data from the open marketplace, the perfect internal succession plan, and how a succession plan can add value to your practice.	David Grau, Jr.
		FAFN: Making GeneSIS Work for You GeneSIS, is First Affirmative's online questionnaire and IPS development system,. The GeneSIS system has been up and running for nearly a year now and we have made several recent improvements, based primarily on adviser input. This session is your chance to see some of the recent improvements, get some tips to improve your use of the system, and make more suggestions for the next revision!	Johann Klaassen
	*	FAFN: Understanding Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) and other New Products In just a few years, the number of exchange traded products has exploded to well over 500. As the landscape continues to grow, it is more important than ever to understand and evaluate this universe. This session will examine the Growth of the ETF marketplace and ETF Industry, providing an In-depth review of ETF structure and their unique benefits. Additionally this session will address what ETN's are and provide an in-depth review of them.	Sarah Lochner
2:10 PM - 3:10 PM		Breakout Sessions
	*	FAFN: The Pension Protection Act and Your Ficuciary Duties to ERISA Plans and Participants Recent events have brought ERISA Sections 404(a) and 404(c) under scrutiny. This session will examine how Plan sponsors have specific fiduciary responsibilities under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and look at what compliance issues require significant attention. Additionally this session will address the Pension Protection Act and how it affects Investment Advisers.	Craig Dewey
	*	FAFN: Issues Facing Women As They Plan for Retirement This panel will focus on two aspects of women and retirement. One of the key aspects of preparing women to finance their retirement is overcoming barriers to the advancement of women in the workplace. Simply put, higher paid women can afford to save more for retirement. A recent study shows that the wage gap between men and women narrows at companies where women have senior management positions. This panel will examine how the SRI research and advocacy process can help to advance women in the workplace. By advocating for more diverse participants in the corporate boardroom, for example, SRI promotes senior management opportunities for women, and this, in turn, helps female line managers.This panel will also focus on helping women address the financial issues that arise when planning for retirement as well as addressing the needs to educate children on the importance of investing. The book, Money Smart Women, shows that women can address such issues by "saving early and often."	Tacy Paul Roby, Janet Bodnar
		FAFN: Operations, Client Services & Adviser Services Join an informal conversation with Kathy, Julie and other FAFN staff to learn how to conduct operations, open accounts and understand reports in the most effective and efficient ways possible. (This is a repeat of the Thursday session.)	Kathy Sutherland, Julie Ramm
		FAFN: Social Screening: A Holdiings-Based Analysis of SRI Mutual Fund Practices Mutual funds that characterize themselves as ?socially responsible? often identify a list of criteria that factor into their screening process: environmental, military, etc. How do the resulting portfolios compare to each other, and to an unscreened portfolio? Are some SRI funds more screened in a particular social or environmental concern than others? Is there an objective measure by which portfolios can be compared, and if so, can position weights also be taken into account? This presentation will look at the results of just such an objective analysis, in which the portfolios of twelve socially responsible mutual funds and the Vanguard 500 Index Fund have been examined according to both a comprehensive set of screens and six single-issue screens: environmental, military, diversity, human rights, sexual orientation, and labor. IW Financial was used for research and scoring.	R. Kevin O'Keefe, Christie Renner
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM		FAFN: Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM		Breakout Sessions
		FAFN: Compliance Meeting (Mandatory for FAFN IARs) This mandatory meeting for all FAFN Investment Advisory Representatives will cover: FAFN?s Anti-Money Laundering/Patriot Act compliance; ERISA and the new Pension Protection Act; and what changes will be made going forward.	Kathy Sutherland
	*	FAFN: The Pension Protection Act and Your Fiduciary Duties to ERISA Plans and Participants (Repeated) Recent events have brought ERISA Sections 404(a) and 404(c) under scrutiny. This session will examine how Plan sponsors have specific fiduciary responsibilities under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and look at what compliance issues require significant attention. Additionally this session will address the Pension Protection Act and how it affects Investment Advisers.	Craig Dewey
		FAFN: Making GeneSIS Work for You (Repeat) GeneSIS, is First Affirmative's online questionnaire and IPS development system,. The GeneSIS system has been up and running for nearly a year now and we have made several recent improvements, based primarily on adviser input. This session is your chance to see some of the recent improvements, get some tips to improve your use of the system, and make more suggestions for the next revision!	Johann Klaassen
4:40 PM - 5:40 PM		Breakout Sessions
	*	FAFN: Fixed Income: Best Execution and Taxable Municipal Bonds This session will help advisers to understand the institutional and economic realities that underlie the bond market . Advisers will learn how to determine the amount of ?spread? taken by the entity that is selling bonds, be able to explain these concepts to clients and understand why and how and investment manager adds value to a bond portfolio. Additionally, advisers will be able to define taxable municipal bonds, Understand how the Tax-Reform Act of 1986 changed the municipal bond market forever, differentiate between a private activity bond and a governmental bond, explain why taxable municipal bonds are considered by some investors as an alternative to high-grade corporate bonds and determine whether taxable municipal bond are an appropriate investment for their clients.	Charles Sandmel, Harris May
		Seek and Ye Shall Find: Introducing SRI to Socially Conscious People This session is for those who are looking to grow their businesses by attracting new socially conscious clients. We will talk through an ?SRI Basics? presentation that is designed to introduce the concept of sustainable and responsible investing, discuss the real world opportunities and challenges of owning an SRI portfolio, and address the myths commonly held by those who are just recognizing their inner desire for investments that can make a difference in a troubled world. You can expect this to be an interactive session where we will learn from each other.	Steve Schueth, Danielle Burns, Holly Testa
		FAFN: Advocacy, Community Investment While many advisers offer the option of Community Investments or Shareholder Advocacy to their clients, not many consider it to be their primary specialty. We are fortunate to have two advisers who do. Andy Loving is a leader, innovator and advocate for Community Investing, and Bruce Herbert fills the same roles in Shareholder Advocacy. Learn specific ideas for growing your business and helping your clients participate more fully in these two key areas of SRI.	Andy Loving, Bruce Herbert
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM		Reception & Dinner for Kim Kiel's Clients & Guests Kim Kiel, a local area FAFN adviser, will be inviting about 40-50 of her clients to Tamaya for a reception, networking and dinner. This is a private, by invitation, function.
6:45 PM - 7:15 PM		TBD
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM		FAFN: Dinner for First Time Participants First Affirmative invites advisers who have joined us in the past year or those who are with us for the first time for a Pre-Conference Advance Meeting to a private dinner. Look under the hood. Kick the tires. Dig in to the history of the company. All questions are welcome!	First Affirmative Financial Network, LLC
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Time		Session/Event	Speakers/Presenters/Sponsor

7:15 AM - 8:00 AM		Breakfast, First Affirmative
8:00 AM - 9:45 AM		FAFN: Model Folio and Separate Account Manager Popcorn Presentations Approximately 20 independent separate account and folio managers will have the opportunity to present 4-5 minute snapshots of their businesses, their investment processes and any thoughts they may have on market conditions or prospects. This is an opportunity to identify those managers that you may wish to learn more about during the remainder of the conference. All are sponsors and will be available in the display hall.
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM		Break; First Affirmative
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM		FAFN: Close the Loop This year, our annual "Close the Loop" feedback session will focus on a prioritization excercise intended to identify your inputs for First Affirmative's business development in 2008 and next year's events.
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM		Sunset Religious Observation

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