The Future of Life-Cycle Saving & Investing

 

Agenda 

 

Wednesday, 22 October, 2008

5:00-5:20 p.m.
Welcome

Robert Brown
President
Boston University

 

Eric Rosengren
President and CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

 

5:20-6:30 p.m.
On the Future of Pensions and Retirement

Peter Diamond
Institute Professor and Professor of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

6:30-7:30 p.m.
Cocktail Hour and Reception

 

7:30-9:30 p.m.
Sponsoring Organization Introductions

 

 

Thursday, 23 October, 2008

8:45-10:15 a.m.
The Economic Theory of Consumption and Wealth Management in Retirement

Moderator:
Zvi Bodie
Norman and Adele Barron Professor of Management
Boston University School of Management

 

Speaker:
Eytan Sheshinski
Professor
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

Discussants:
David Babbel
Professor of Finance and Insurance, Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania

 

Jonathan Treussard
Lecturer
Boston University School of Management

 

10:15-10:45 a.m.
Break

 

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Health Care and Assisted Living for the Elderly - Panel Discussion

Moderator:
Laurence Kotlikoff
Professor
Boston University, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and President of Economic Security Planning, Inc.

 

Panelists:
Robert Butler
President and CEO
International Longevity Center - USA

 

Amy Finkelstein
Professor of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Jonathan Skinner
John Sloan Dickey Third Century Chair of Economics
Dartmouth College

 

12:15-1:30 p.m.
Lunch

 

1:30-3:00 p.m.
Phased Retirement - Panel Discussion

Moderator:
Robert Triest
Senior Economist and Policy Advisor
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

 

Panelists:
Anna Rappaport
President
Anna Rappaport Consulting

 

Teresa Ghilarducci
Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy and Director of SCEPA at the New School for Social Research

 

Alicia Munnell
Peter F. Drucker Professor of Management Sciences
Boston College

 

3:00-3:30 p.m.
Break

 

3:30-5:00 p.m.
How Older People Behave

Moderator:
Bill Samuelson
Professor
Boston University School of Management

 

Speaker:
Richard Zeckhauser
Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor of Political Economy
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

 

Discussant:

David Laibson
Professor of Economics
Harvard University

 

5:00-6:30 p.m.
Dinner

 

6:30-9:00 p.m.
After-dinner discussion: "What Retirement Means to Me"

Moderator:
Paul Solman
Business and Economics Correspondent
PBS The Newshour

 

Participants:
Paul Samuelson
Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Laureate

 

Robert Solow
Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Laureate

 

Robert Merton
Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Laureate

 

Friday, 24 October, 2008

8:45-10:15 a.m.
The Future of Pensions and Retirement in Europe

Panelists:
Lans Bovenberg
Scientific Director
Netspar/Tilburg University

 

Henriette Prast
Professor of Personal Financial Planning
Tilburg University/Netspar

 

Theo Nijman
F. van Lanschot Professor of Investment Theory
Tilburg University/Netspar

 

10:15-10:45 a.m.
Break

 

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
The Future of Pensions and Retirement in the U.S. - Panel Discussion

Moderator:
Zvi Bodie
Norman and Adele Barron Professor of Management
Boston University School of Management

 

Panelists:
Stephen Horan, CFA
Head, Private Wealth and Investor Education
CFA Institute

 

Dallas Salisbury
President and CEO
Employee Benefit Research Institute

 

Francois Gadenne
Co-founder, Chairman and Executive Director
Retirement Income Industry Association

 

Paula Hogan
Financial Planner
Hogan Financial Management

 

Emily Kessler
Managing Director
Society of Actuaries

 

12:15-1:30 p.m.

Lunch and adjourn