On February 27-28, 2017, NIRS held its Eighth Annual Retirement Policy Conference, Retirement Policy Game Changers: Tackling Retirement Readiness, in Washington DC.

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At the conference, we examined the issues like Americans’ views of the retirement crisis; rethinking retirement in a changing political landscape; and creating a bipartisan plan to ensure retirement security for Americans.

Download conference materials:

• Agenda
• Program
• NEW Research Report – Retirement Security 2017: Americans’ Views of the Retirement Crisis
• Research Report Presentation
• Attendee List
• Conference Photos

The conference featured distinguished thought leaders including:

• Keith Brainard, Research Director, National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA) Senator William Cassidy, R-LA
• Representative Joe Crowley, D-NY
• Lynn Dudley, Senior Vice President, American Benefits Co
• Scott Evans, Chief Investment Officer, New York City Office of the Comptroller
• Teresa Ghilarducci, Director, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at the New School
• Fiona Greig, Director of Consumer Research, JPMorgan Chase Institute: Presentation here
• Melissa Kahn, Managing Director, State Street Global Advisor Presentation here
• Michael Kreps, Principal, Groom Law Group
• James B. Lockhart, III, Co-Chair, Bipartisan Policy Center’s Retirement & Personal Savings Commission: Presentation here
• Gerri Madrid-Davis, Director, Financial Security & Consumer Affairs, State Advocacy, AARP: Presentation here
• Janice Mays, Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Helaine Olen, Author, The Index Card
• Cherelle Parker, Councilwoman, City of Philadelphia
• Brian Perlman, Senior Vice President, Greenwald & Associates
• Earl Pomeroy, Former Congressman and Senior Counsel, Alston & Bird LLP
• Ida Rademacher, Executive Director, Financial Security Program, The Aspen Institute
• John Scott, Director, Retirement Savings Program, The Pew Charitable Trusts: Presentation here
• Jon Sheiner, Former Ways and Means & NAGDCA
• J.D. Vance, Author, Hillbilly Elegy
• Aliya Wong, Executive Director of Retirement Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce