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US 2050 Spring Conference
By 2050, the US will be very different than it is today. Adults aged 65 and over will outnumber children under the age of 18, and our population will be much more racially and ethnically diverse, the young much more so than the old. With those changing demographics as a backdrop, the US 2050 project examines the socioeconomic developments and fiscal choices we make today that will determine standards of living decades from now.
On March 22, scholars and policy experts convened in Washington, D.C., to engage in conversation anchored by the insights and conclusions from the project’s 31 commissioned papers, which touch on a wide variety of topics related to our nation’s future. Check back soon for videos from the event.
US 2050 Spring Conference Video
US 2050 Conference Agenda
March 22, 2019 | Liaison, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
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| 9:00 a.m. | 9:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:30 a.m. | 9:45 a.m. | Welcome: Why US 2050? |
| Michael A. Peterson, Chairman and CEO, Peter G. Peterson Foundation John Irons, Director, Future of Work(ers), Ford Foundation |
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| 9:45 a.m. | 10:45 a.m. | Opening Plenary Panel: Key Insights about the Future from Today's Demographic and Socioeconomic Trends |
| David Wessel, Hutchins Center for Fiscal and Monetary Policy, and Brookings Institution, Moderator William H. Frey, Brookings Institution, Download Presentation Philip Jefferson, Swarthmore College Kim Parker, The Pew Research Center, Download Presentation |
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| 10:45 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Concurrent Breakout Sessions (Panels) |
| Breakout 1: Our Changing Population: Fertility, Immigration, Aging and Diversity Marta Tienda, Princeton University, Panel Leader Jason Anastasopoulos, University of Georgia, Download Presentation Alicia Munnell, Center for Retirement Research, Download Presentation |
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| Breakout 2: Individual Circumstances and Life Choices: Income, Education, and Place Bradley Hardy, American University, Panel Leader Erica Greenberg, Urban Institute, Download Presentation Paul Ong, UCLA |
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| 12:00 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| Plenary Panel – Policymakers, Politics and Political Institutions Andra Gillespie, Emory University, Moderator Sarah Bryner, Center for Responsive Politics, Download Presentation Jennifer Sciubba, Rhodes College, Download Presentation Daniel Stid, Hewlett Foundation, Download Presentation |
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| 1:30 p.m. | 1:45 p.m. | Break |
| 1:45 p.m. | 2:45 p.m. | Concurrent Breakout Sessions (Panels) |
| Breakout 3: Workers and Jobs Meet the Future Michael Strain, American Enterprise Institute, Panel Leader Chandra Childers, Institute for Women’s Policy Research Michael Chui, McKinsey Global Institute |
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| Breakout 4: Financial Security and Aging: Financing Retirement and Health Care Louise Sheiner, Hutchins Center for Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Brookings Institution, Panel Leader William Gale, Brookings Institution, Download Presentation Annamaria Lusardi, Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center, The George Washington University, Download Presentation |
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| 2:45 p.m. | 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. | 3:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
This event meets the basic requirements of a "widely attended event" as outlined by the U.S. House Committee on Ethics and U.S. Senate Committee on Ethics.