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Global Aging Forum: Economic Implications of Aging in Japan and the East Asian Tigers

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:30:00 -0500

Presenter: Kosuke Motani, Senior Vice President, Regional Planning Department, Development Bank of Japan

Moderator: Richard Jackson, Director & Senior Fellow, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

Global Aging Forum: Will Health Reform "Bend the Cost Curve" Up or Down?

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker: James C. Capretta, Fellow, Economics and Ethics Program, Ethics and Public Policy Center and Former Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget

Moderator: Richard Jackson, Director & Senior Fellow, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

Global Aging Forum: Why Deficits and Debt Matter

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker: Doug Elmendorf, Director, U.S. Congressional Budget Office

Chaired by: Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

The session will focus on the implications of the rising U.S. debt.

Global Aging Forum: The Long-Term International Economic Position of the United States

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker: C. Fred Bergsten, Director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics

Chaired by: Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

The session will focus on the long-term economic and strategic implications of the U.S. current account deficit and America's growing dependence on foreign capital.

Global Aging Forum: Can Americans Still Afford to Retire?

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Speakers: Salim Ramji, Partner, McKinsey & Company, and Céline Dufétel, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company

Chaired by: Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

Global Aging Forum: How the Near-Term Crisis Affects the Long-Term Aging Challenge

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Speaker:
Peter Heller, Senior Adjunct Professor of International Economics, SAIS Johns Hopkins University and former Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

Global Aging Forum: Are Baby Boomers Saving Enough?

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
Rudolph G. Penner, Senior Fellow and Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Public Policy, Urban Institute

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

Global Aging Forum: The Implications of Medical Practice Variations for Health-care Reform: Findings of the Dartmouth Atlas of H

Tue, 27 May 2008 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
John E.Wennberg, Peggy Y. Thomson Professor (Chair) in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences & Founder and Director Emeritus, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

Global Aging Forum: Why Social Security Reform Still Matters

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
Andrew G. Biggs, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute and former Principal Deputy Commissioner, Social Security Administration

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

Global Aging Forum: Will Boomers Work Longer?—New Evidence on the Determinants of Retirement

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0500

Speakers:
Mark Warshawsky, Director, Retirement Research, Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Gaobo Pang, Senior Research Associate, Watson Wyatt Worldwide

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

Global Aging Forum: Perspectives on U.S. Health-Care Reform

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:00:00 -0400

Speakers:
Stuart Butler, Vice President for Domestic and Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation
Len Nichols, Director of the Health Policy Program, The New America Foundation

Chaired by:

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Global Aging Forum: Demography and Conflict

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:30:00 -0400

Speaker:
Henrik Urdal, Senior Researcher, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: Saving, Investment, and Demographic Change: The Global Dimension

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
Barry P. Bosworth, Senior Fellow and the Robert V. Roosa Chair, The Brookings Institution

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: Health Care and the Budget: Issues and Challenges for Reform

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
Peter R. Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: The Prospects for Long-Term Budget Reform in the New Democratic Congress

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
Ed Lorenzen, Senior Policy Advisor to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: Entitlements, the Budget Squeeze, and the Demise of Democratic Government

Wed, 30 May 2007 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
Eugene Steuerle, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Population Aging in the EU

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500

Speaker:
Declan Costello, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: National Retirement Policy: How to Forge a Bipartisan Solution

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500

Speaker:
Robert Pozen, Chairman of MFS Investment Management

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: Accounting for Social Insurance Obligations: Perspectives on the FASAB Disclosure Draft

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:00:00 -0500

Speaker:
David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States

Introduced by:
John Hamre, President & CEO, CSIS

Moderated by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: Global Demographic Trends and Future Political Instability

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:00:00 -0400

Speaker:
Jack A. Goldstone, Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: The Future of the U.S. Private Pension System: Perspectives on the Pension Protection Act of 2006

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:30:00 -0400

Speaker:
Bradley Belt, Former Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: The Long-Term Implications of Population Aging and Population Decline for the Economic and Geopolitical Stat

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:30:00 -0400

Speaker:
Norbert Walter, Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank Research

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative and Neil Howe, Senior Associate, CSIS

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Global Aging Forum: The Long-Term Budget Outlook: Problems and Solutions

Tue, 23 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Former CBO Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, now with the Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discussed the dimensions of the long-term budget challenge and gave his views on solutions.

This event was for the Global Aging Forum members only.

Global Aging Forum: The Long-Term Fiscal and Economic Outlook for an Aging United States

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Professor Laurence Kotlikoff, the author of The Coming Generational Storm, discussed the long-term fiscal policy options facing an aging United States, the need for radical entitlement reform—and, to the extent that reform falls short, whether a higher saving developing world can bail it out.

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Global Aging Forum: The Social and Geopolitical Implications of Gender Imbalance in Asia

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Professor Valerie Hudson, the author of the recent book, Bare Branches, discussed the causes and social and geopolitical consequences of the growing gender imbalance in South and East Asia.

This event was for the Global Aging Forum members only.

Global Aging Forum: The Ethical Challenges of an Aging Society

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Leon Kass, the chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Dr. Kass, who is a professor at the University of Chicago and a fellow at AEI, discussed the moral and ethical dimensions of the aging challenge, particularly as regards end-of-life medical care and long-term care.

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Global Aging Forum: What Happens to Financial Markets When Baby Boomers Retire?

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Jeremy Siegel, Professor at the Wharton School and author of Stocks for the Long Run and the Future for Investors, presented at the Global Aging Forum. He spoke about the impact of the coming global age wave on financial markets.

This event was for Global Aging members only.

Global Aging Forum: The Demographic Deficit and The Coming Era of Global Capital Shortages

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Diana Farrell, the director of the McKinsey Global Institute, presented at the Global Aging Forum.

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Global Aging Forum: Will Health Spans Rise with Life Spans?

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Patricia Barry, the Executive Director of the Merck Institute of Aging and Health, presented at the Global Aging Forum. She talked about emerging trends in the health of the elderly—and whether health spans can be expected to rise along with life spans.

This event was for Global Aging members only.

Global Aging Forum: Population, Health, Aging: The Achilles Heel of Russian Economic Development

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Nicholas Eberstadt, the Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Dr. Eberstadt talked about his recent work on the worrisome economic, social, and geopolitical implications of rapid population aging and population decline in Russia.

Global Aging Forum: Prospects for Future Longevity Gains

Tue, 24 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400

James Vaupel, the Executive Director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Dr. Vaupel discussed "Prospects for Future Longevity Gains"—and in particular whether the official projections are too low.

Global Aging Forum: The World Bank's Pension Paradigm:Lessons from a Decade of Reform

Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Robert Holzmann, Sector Director of the Social Protection Unit in the Human Development Network of the World Bank, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Dr.

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Global Aging Forum: UK "Pensions Crisis" and Reform Debate

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Adair Turner, Senior Adviser and Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch Europe and Chairman of the UK Pensions Commission, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Mr. Turner talked about the UK "pensions crisis" and the evolving reform debate.

Global Aging Forum: The Administration's Perspective on Social Security Reform

Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Chuck Blahous, the Special Assistant to the President focusing on Social Security policy, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Mr. Blahous talked about the administration's perspective on Social Security reform.

This event was for Global Aging members only.

Global Aging Forum: Prospects for Social Security and Medicare Reform in President Bush's Second Term

Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500

Bill Hoagland, Policy Advisor for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Mr. Hoagland spoke on the prospects for Social Security and Medicare reform in Bush’s second term.

Global Aging Forum: The Global Baby Bust- The Demographics and Economics of Falling Fertility and Population Decline

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Ben Wattenberg, AEI senior fellow and PBS Think Tank host, and Phil Longman, senior fellow at the New America Foundation, presented at the Global Aging Forum. They taked about the global baby bust and their views on the causes, consequences, and possible cures.

Global Aging Forum: The Future of Defined Benefit Pensions

Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Bradley Belt, Executive Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Mr. Belt talked about the near-term outlook for the PBGC and also the long-term challenges to defined benefit pensions in an aging America.

Global Aging Forum: Meeting the Challenge and Opportunity of an Aging Workforce- Lessons from the United States and Europe

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Bill Novelli, the Executive Director of AARP, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Mr. Novelli focused on the challenge and opportunity posed by the aging of the workforce and discussed recent policy developments in Europe and the United States.

Global Aging Forum: The Long-Term Sustainability of U.S.

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400

David Walker, the Comptroller General of the United States, presented at the Global Aging Forum. Mr. Walker talked discussed the long-term sustainability of U.S. fiscal policy in an aging society.

Global Aging Forum: Forum on Japan's Post-Terrorism Economy

Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:00:00 -0400

The financial reverberations of September 11 may have yet to run their course. The terrorisms hockwave that shook the global economy came at a particularly vulnerable time for Japan.