When
Monday, February 26 - Tuesday, February 27, 2018Agenda
Monday, February 26, 2017
5:30 PM Networking Reception
Tuesday, February 27, 2017
7:30 AM Registration & Networking Breakfast
8:15 AM Opening | Welcome
Richard Ingram, Board Chair, National Institute on Retirement Security, and Executive Director, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois
8:30 AM Keynote | The State of Retiremen
Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, United States Comptroller General and Head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office
9:00 AM Keynote | The Economics of Retirement
Honorable Peter Orszag, Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Investment Banking at Lazard; Former Director of the Office of Management and Budget
9:30 AM Policymaker Insights | Video Remarks
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair of the Senate Committee on Aging
9:35 AM Research Panel| Focus on Millennials: Already Falling Short in Retirement Savings
- Dr. Kate Bahn, Economist, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
- Jennifer Brown, Manager of Research, National Institute on Retirement Security
- Kathleen Johnson, Vice President, Pershing, a BNY Mellon Company
- Samantha Vargas Poppe, Associate Director, Policy Analysis Center, UnidosUS
- Moderator: Helaine Olen, Journalist and Contributing blogger for The Washington Post, The Nation, and The Atlantic, and author of Pound Foolish and The Index Card
10:15 AM Networking Break
10:30 AM Keynote | The Retirement Jolt
Mark Miller, Reuters Retirement Columnist and Author of Jolt
11:00 AM Policymaker Insights | Video Remarks
U.S. Senator Patty Murray(D-WA), Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
11:05 AM Policy Panel | Focus on Teachers: How Education Professionals Prepare for Retirement
- William Fornia, FSA, President, Pensions Trustee Advisors and Author of Are California Teachers Better off with a Pension or a 401(k)?
- Michael Hairston, Senior Pension Specialist, The National Education Association
- Dr. Christian Weller, University of Massachusetts-Boston
- Moderator: Al Campos, Director, NRTA: AARP’s Educator Community
12:00 PM Networking Lunch
1:00 PM Panel Conversation |Focus on Investing: Savings Over the Long Horizon
- Stephen Cummings, Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting, Inc.,
- Tom Lee, Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, New York State Teachers’ Retirement System
- David Marchick, Managing Director and Global Head of External Affairs, The Carlyle Group
- Moderator: Ken Bertsch, Executive Director, Council of Institutional Investors
2:00 PM Keynote Conversation | Focus on Technology: Tapping Artificial Intelligence to Improve Retirement Outcomes
- Owen Davies, Managing Director, Accenture North America Pension Practice
- Akio Tagawa, Principal, Linea Solutions, Inc.
2:30 PM Closing | Diane Oakley, Executive Director, National Institute on Retirement Security
Location
The Westin Washington D.C. City Center
1400 M Street NW
Washington DC 20005
(202) 429-1700
Contact
Jake Ramirez
National Institute on Retirement Security
1612 K Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20006
jramirez@nirsonline.org
(202) 457-8190
On February 26 - 27, 2018, members of the National Institute on Retirement Security will engage with top retirement thought leaders, policymakers and experts in Washington, D.C. at our annual retirement policy conference, Refocusing Retirement: Taking the Long View.
We’ll convene at the Westin, Washington, D.C. City Center Hotel at 1400 M Street NW, Washington, DC, 20005.
Retirement experts agree that policies to address the retirement crisis have been piecemeal and are short-sighted. What are the long-term consequences of a broken retirement infrastructure? What are solutions that can help Americans build their nest eggs over the long horizon of their working years? Should Congress establish a national commission to recommend comprehensive and long-term policies? These questions and others will be the subject of dialogue at NIRS’ ninth annual retirement policy conference.
The conference is exclusive to NIRS members and special invited guests. Again this year, registration is complimentary for NIRS members. Be sure to renew your 2018 membership to secure your seat. If you aren’t a member, we invite you to support our work by becoming a member.
2018 marks our ninth annual conference, and we are thrilled to again that the event is a platform for members to engage members and spur deep conversations on solutions the address the nation’s retirement crisis. We invite you to take a look at the issues examined at our Annual Policy Conferences in 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.
Haven't renewed your 2018 membership yet? Renew or upgrade today to take advantage of this complimentary and exclusive members only event. To discuss membership or receive another copy of your invoice, please contact NIRS manager of membership services Jake Ramirez at jramirez@nirsonline.org or 202.457.8190.