Global aging ranks as the most profound demographic trend of our times. It is slowing (or even reversing) population growth, reshaping families, reshuffling consumer markets, force feeding the demand for health care, weighing on public budgets, depressing household savings, accelerating international migration, and revolutionizing the culture. Even today's "clash of civilizations" can be regarded as a "clash of ages," pitting the dreams and ambitions of younger societies against those of the rapidly aging developed world.
The Global Aging Forum, now in its third year, is a members only roundtable where sponsors and select experts from the worlds of business, policy, and government can meet to discuss "global aging." Every month CSIS hosts an informal lunch focused on some aspect of the challenge. There is a brief presentation by a prominent policy or thought leader followed by an off-the-record discussion. The sessions focus on real world policy problems and solutions.
Speakers have included Brad Belt (Executive Director of the PBGC), Leon Kass (Chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics), Bill Novelli (Chief Executive Officer of the AARP), Adair Turner (Chairman of the UK Pensions' Commission), and David Walker (Comptroller General of the United States).
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
2008
April 21, 2008
Speaker: Andrew G. Biggs, Former Principal Deputy Commissioner, Social Security Administration and Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Topic: Why Social Security Reform Still Matters
January 9, 2008
Speakers: Mark Warshawsky, Director, Retirement Research, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, and Gaobo Pang, Senior Research Associate, Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Topic: Will Boomers Work Longer?—New Evidence on the Determinants of Retirement
2007
October 22, 2007
Speakers: Stuart Butler, Vice President for Domestic and Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation, and Len Nichols, Director of the Health Policy Program, The New America Foundation
Topic: Perspectives on U.S. Health-Care Reform
October 5, 2007
Speaker: Henrik Urdal, Senior Researcher, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
Topic: Demography and Conflict
July 25, 2007
Speaker: Barry P. Bosworth, Senior Fellow and the Robert V. Roosa Chair, the Brookings Institution
Topic: Saving, Investment, and Demographic Change: The Global Dimension
July 16, 2007
Speaker: Peter R. Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office
Topic: Health Care and the Budget: Issues and Challenges for Reform
June 18, 2007
Speaker: Ed Lorenzen, Senior Policy Advisor to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
Topic: The Prospects for Long-Term Budget Reform in the New Democratic Congress
May 30, 2007
Speaker: Eugene Steuerle, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute
Topic: Entitlements, the Budget Squeeze, and the Demise of Democratic Government
February 15, 2007
Speaker: Declan Costello, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Topic: The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Population Aging in the EU
February 8, 2007
Speaker: Robert Pozen, Chairman of MFS Investment Management
Topic: National Retirement Policy—How to Forge a Bipartisan Solution
2006
December 4, 2006
Speaker: David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
Topic: Accounting for Social Insurance Obligations: Perspectives on the FASAB Disclosure Draft
October 3, 2006
Speaker: Jack A. Goldstone, Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
Topic: Global Demographic Trends and Future Political Instability
September 19, 2006
Speaker: Bradley Belt, Former Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Topic: The Future of the U.S. Private Pension System: Perspectives on the Pension Protection Act of 2006
July 14, 2006
Speaker: Norbert Walter, Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank Research
Topic: The Long-Term Implications of Population Aging and Population Decline for the Economic and Geopolitical Stature of Europe
May 23, 2006
Speaker: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Paul A. Volcker Chair in International Economicsand Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Topic: The Long-Term Budget Outlook: Problems and Solutions
March 30, 2006
Speaker: Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics, Boston University, Author of The Coming Generational Storm
Topic: The Long-Term Fiscal and Economic Outlook for an Aging United States
March 6, 2006
Speaker: Valerie M. Hudson, Professor of Political Science, School for International and Area Studies, Brigham Young University, Author of Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population
Topic: The Social and Geopolitical Implications of Gender Imbalance in Asia
January 10, 2006
Speaker: Leon R. Kass, Chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics, Professor at the University of Chicago, and Hertog Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
Topic: The Ethical Challenges of an Aging Society
2005
November 16, 2005
Speaker: Jeremy J. Siegel, Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Topic: What Happens to Financial Markets When Baby Boomers Retire?
October 26, 2005
Speaker: Diana Farrell, Director, McKinsey Global Institute
Topic: The Demographic Deficit and The Coming Era of Global Capital Shortages
September 14, 2005
Speaker: Patricia Barry, Executive Director, Merck Institute of Aging & Health
Topic: Will Health Spans Rise with Life Spans?
July 22, 2005
Speaker: Nicholas Eberstadt, the Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute
Topic: Population, Health, Aging: The Achilles Heel of Russian Economic Development
May 24, 2005
Speaker: James Vaupel, Executive Director, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Topic: Prospects for Future Longevity Gains
April 6, 2005
Speaker: Robert Holzmann, Sector Director, Social Protection Unit, Human Development Network, The World Bank
Topic: The World Bank's Pension Paradigm: Lessons from a Decade of Reform
March 1, 2005
Speaker: Adair Turner, Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch Europe and Chairman of the UK Pensions Commission
Topic: UK “Pensions Crisis” and Reform Debate
January 5, 2005
Speaker: Charles Blahous, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, National Economic Council
Topic: The Administration’s Perspective on Social Security Reform
2004
December 3, 2004
Speaker: Bill Hoagland, Policy Advisor for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist
Topic: Prospects for Social Security and Medicare Reform in President Bush’s Second Term
October 13, 2004
Speakers: Philip Longman, Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation, and Ben Wattenberg, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Topic: The Global Baby Bust—The Demographics and Economics of Falling Fertility and Population Decline
September 22, 2004
Speaker: Bradley Belt, Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Topic: The Future of Defined Benefit Pensions
July 27, 2004
Speaker: Bill Novelli, Chief Executive Officer, AARP
Topic: Meeting the Challenge and Opportunity of an Aging Workforce—Lessons from the United States and Europe
June 16, 2004
Speaker: David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
Topic: The Long-Term Sustainability of U.S. Fiscal Policy in an Aging Society
CSIS wishes to acknowledge the generous financial support for the Global Aging Forum received from:
AEGON USA
The American Council of Life Insurers
Goldman, Sachs & Company
Japan Association of Corporate Executives
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
The Prudential Foundation
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
  
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