Events

Below is a list of events that the Pension Rights Center has hosted.

Re-Imagining Pensions: Using Innovative Pension Plan Design to Reduce Risk and Increase Retirement Income

Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 — 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Event description: America's private retirement system has shifted from a world in which employers bore most of the significant risks of retirement to a world in which individuals bear these risks largely on their own.  This conference will explore whether employers and individuals might be better off in a middle ground between these two extremes- in plan designs that share the risks of retirement among individuals and their employers.  Getting there will require thinking outside the box of traditional defined benefit plans and 401(k) individual account plans.
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Retirement Heist: Overlooked Causes of the Retirement Crisis

Date: Monday, November 7, 2011  –  12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Event description: The decline in employer-sponsored pension and retiree health plans is a troubling trend that has eroded the retirement security of millions of Americans. Stock market losses and low interest rates have weakened pension funding, and employers say that this -- combined with retiree longevity, rising costs and the need to compete globally –  is forcing them to freeze pensions and cut retiree benefits. More information.

Pension Rights Center Gala Event: A Celebration of Superheroes

Date: March 30, 2011  –  7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Event description:  On March 30, 2011, the Pension Rights Center held a gala event to celebrate its 35th anniversary. The Center recognized the work of many indivudials by awarding the Robert M. Ball – Lisle C. Carter Superhero Awards and the Helen Quirini Activist Awards, and launched the Michael S. Gordon Fellows Program. More information.