The Future of Pension Policy Symposium

March 8, 2010 Symposium
Convocation Hall, University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK

The purpose of this event was to share insights into the looming challenge of meeting occupational pension obligations. The role of government and the responsibilities of employers was the focal points of discussion. Attendees left with an enhanced appreciation of the scale of the challenge, the manner in which diff erent political jurisdictions are approaching it, and the responses that will be required from organizations intent on developing governance arrangements suitable to meet financial, legal and transparency requirements.

This event was aimed at senior leaders with an active interest in Canadian pension policy,including:
~ board directors and chief financial officers;
~ pension regulators and pension committee members;
~ senior pension managers and administrators; and,
~ academics.

Speakers included:
~ Teresa Ghilarducci, author of When I’m Sixty-Four: The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them and Director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at the New School for Social Research in New York
~ William Robson, President and CEO, C.D. Howe Institute
~ Scott Sweatman, lawyer and co-chair of the B.C./Alberta Joint Expert Panel on Pensions Standards
~ Bob Baldwin, pensions consultant and member of advisory panel for the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions
~ Daniel Béland, Canada Research Chair in Public Policy, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

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