Sweeping cultural, political, and technological changes are transforming many of the ways we think, act, and work. As these changes come to the workplace, employee wellness programs face significant challenges and exciting opportunities. Employee wellness leaders must understand this changing landscape so they can prepare for what’s to come. Put your organization ahead of the curve by joining ShapeUp’s Founder & CEO Dr. Rajiv Kumar on this webinar as he kicks off the new year by sharing his and other national wellness experts’ views on what to expect for wellness in 2013 and beyond.

7. Fran Melmed
Owner, Context Communication

8. More employers will offer health
technologies such as self-trackers,
apps, and other devices, or integrate
with employee’s preferred tools.

9. Christopher Chan
Creative Director of Health Imagination, Towers Watson

10. In 5 years, everything will be
measured, whether you like it or
not.

11. Adam Wootton
Director of Social Media & Games, Towers Watson

12. Companies will be surprised to
see that when they deploy wellness
tools, their employees are well
ahead of them in the adoption of mobile
technology.

14. Bob Merberg
Wellness Program Manager, Paychex, Inc.

15. Employee wellness programs
will turn their attention more
toward intrinsic motivation to
achieve long-term outcomes.

16. Dr. Janice Prochaska
CEO, Pro-Change Behavior Systems

17. More CEOs will demand that
wellness programs are based on
science and produce high impact
outcomes.

18. Dr. David Hunnicutt
CEO, Wellness Councils of America

19. Worksite wellness programs are going
to become
much, much, much, much, much, much
, much, much more Draconian.

20. Dr. Lorna Friedman
Partner, Global Health Management, Mercer

21. More companies will look
to expand their wellness
programs outside of the US.

22. Jennifer Benz
Benz Communications

23. This will be the year that companies stop
hesitating to invest in the ongoing
communication that is needed to create
success with wellness programs.

25. Dr. Michael Roizen
Chief Wellness Officer, Cleveland Clinic

26. Americans will progressively
embrace the wellness rebate
provision of the PPACA to
become wealthier and healthier.

27. Susan Willette
SVP, National Healthcare Strategist, Aon Hewitt

28. For employers deciding to move
to a health exchange, the focus on
employee health will shift to its impact
on productivity and overall business
performance.

29. Sue Lewis
EVP, Payor Solutions Group, Krames StayWell

30. Wellness will rapidly become mission-
critical for Health Plans
as they reinvent themselves from ‘health
insurance’ to ‘health management’
companies.

32. Dr. David Katz
Director, Yale University Prevention Research Center

33. Our culture will start to
substitute shoe leather for
the seat of our pants.

34. Dr. BJ Fogg
Founder & Director, Behavior Design Lab,
Stanford University

35. Dancing will become a
more popular way to be
happy and healthy.

36. Michael Samuelson
Executive Administrative Director, The Health &
Wellness Alliance for Children

37. Understanding that economic development requires
a local and steady stream of educated and healthy
workers, organizations will expand beyond primary
prevention to focus on primordial prevention, children's
health, and functional medicine.

38. Alexandra Drane
Founder, Eliza

39. Caregiving is recognized for the condition it
is – as devastating and impactful as diabetes
or asthma…and employers, feeling the
beginning onslaught of the silver
tsunami, react accordingly.