2006 Re-Envisioning Retirement in the 21st Century Symposium

• May 3–4, 2006
• Washington, DC

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• Overview
• Re–Envisioning Retirement Symposium: A Forum for Creative Visions of the Future

Session 1: Evolving Retirement Risks

• The Future of Retirement-An Exploration and Comparison of Different Scenarios
• Anna Rappaport
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• Proposals for Sharing Investment and Longevity Risks in U.S. Retirement Plans
• Beverly Orth and William R. Hallmark
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Session 2: Improving Models for Sharing of Risk

• EAN Method for Gradual Retirement
• Louis Doray
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• Mortality Improvement: Select Birth Cohorts and Their Effect on Pricing of Survivor Bonds
• Richard MacMinn, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Ranee Thiagarajah, and Frederik Weber

Session 3: Improving Models for Saving for Retirement

• Model Retirement Income Program
• William Leslie
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• Pursuing Universal Retirement Security through Automatic IRAs
• David C. John and Mark Iwry
• Abstract coming soon
• Complete Paper coming soon

Session 4: Beyond the Horizon

• Globalizing Work and Retirement in the E–Century
• Chiu–Cheng Chang
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• Aging of the Elderly: Intragenerational vs. Intergenerational Funding Approaches to Coping with Improved Longevity
• Susan St. John and Yung–Ping (Bing) Chen

Session 5: Social Balance

• Tax Considerations in a Mandatory Universal Pension System
• Jonathan Forman and Adam Carasso
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• Social Security, Medicare: Removing the Disincentives for Long Careers
• Gopi Shah, John B. Shoven, and Sita Nataraj Slavov

Session 6: First Steps Towards Tomorrow

• Averting the Retirement Income Crisis
• Carol R. Sears and Scott D. Miller
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• A Mercer Perspective–The Retirement Shares Plan: A Breakthrough in Retirement Plan Design
• A Mercer paper presented by: Don Fuerst