The Global Aging Forum

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The Global Aging Forum is a members-only roundtable where sponsors and select experts from the worlds of business, policy, and government can meet to discuss "global aging."

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 sixth 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).

List of Meetings

2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

2009
February 5, 2009
How the Near-Term Crisis Affects the Long-Term Aging Challenge
Speaker: Peter Heller, Senior Adjunct Professor of International Economics, SAIS Johns Hopkins University and Former Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund

2008
September 30, 2008
Are Baby Boomers Saving Enough for their Retirement?
Speaker: Rudolph G. Penner, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute

May 27, 2008
The Implications of Medical Practice Variations for Health-Care Reform: Findings of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
Speaker: John E. Wennberg, Peggy Y. Thomson Professor (Chair) in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences & Founder and Director Emeritus, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

April 21, 2008
Why Social Security Reform Still Matters
Speaker: Andrew G. Biggs, Former Principal Deputy Commissioner, Social Security Administration and Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

January 9, 2008
Will Boomers Work Longer?: New Evidence on the Determinants of Retirement
Speakers: Mark Warshawsky, Director, Retirement Research, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, and Gaobo Pang, Senior Research Associate, Watson Wyatt Worldwide

2007
October 22, 2007
Perspectives on U.S. Health-Care Reform
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

October 5, 2007
Demography and Conflict
Speaker: Henrik Urdal, Senior Researcher, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo

July 25, 2007
Saving, Investment, and Demographic Change: The Global Dimension
Speaker: Barry P. Bosworth, Senior Fellow and the Robert V. Roosa Chair, the Brookings Institution

July 16, 2007
Health Care and the Budget: Issues and Challenges for Reform
Speaker: Peter R. Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office

June 18, 2007
The Prospects for Long-Term Budget Reform in the New Democratic Congress
Speaker: Ed Lorenzen, Senior Policy Advisor to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer

May 30, 2007
Entitlements, the Budget Squeeze, and the Demise of Democratic Government
Speaker: Eugene Steuerle, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute

February 15, 2007
The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Population Aging in the EU
Speaker: Declan Costello, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission

February 8, 2007
National Retirement Policy: How to Forge a Bipartisan Solution
Speaker: Robert Pozen, Chairman of MFS Investment Management

2006
December 4, 2006
Accounting for Social Insurance Obligations: Perspectives on the FASAB Disclosure Draft
Speaker: David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States

October 3, 2006
Global Demographic Trends and Future Political Instability
Speaker: Jack A. Goldstone, Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University

September 19, 2006
The Future of the U.S. Private Pension System: Perspectives on the Pension Protection Act of 2006
Speaker: Bradley Belt, Former Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

July 14, 2006
The Long-Term Implications of Population Aging and Population Decline for the Economic and Geopolitical Stature of Europe
Speaker: Norbert Walter, Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank Research

May 23, 2006
The Long-Term Budget Outlook: Problems and Solutions
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

March 30, 2006
The Long-Term Fiscal and Economic Outlook for an Aging United States
Speaker: Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics, Boston University, Author of The Coming Generational Storm

March 6, 2006
The Social and Geopolitical Implications of Gender Imbalance in Asia
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

January 10, 2006
The Ethical Challenges of an Aging Society
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

2005
November 16, 2005
What Happens to Financial Markets When Baby Boomers Retire?
Speaker: Jeremy J. Siegel, Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

October 26, 2005
The Demographic Deficit and The Coming Era of Global Capital Shortages
Speaker: Diana Farrell, Director, McKinsey Global Institute

September 14, 2005
Will Health Spans Rise with Life Spans?
Speaker: Patricia Barry, Executive Director, Merck Institute of Aging & Health

July 22, 2005
Population, Health, Aging: The Achilles Heel of Russian Economic Development
Speaker: Nicholas Eberstadt, the Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute

May 24, 2005
Prospects for Future Longevity Gains
Speaker: James Vaupel, Executive Director, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

April 6, 2005
The World Bank's Pension Paradigm: Lessons from a Decade of Reform
Speaker: Robert Holzmann, Sector Director, Social Protection Unit, Human Development Network, The World Bank

March 1, 2005
UK “Pensions Crisis” and Reform Debate
Speaker: Adair Turner, Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch Europe and Chairman of the UK Pensions Commission

January 5, 2005
The Administration’s Perspective on Social Security Reform
Speaker: Charles Blahous, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, National Economic Council

2004
December 3, 2004
Prospects for Social Security and Medicare Reform in President Bush’s Second Term
Speaker: Bill Hoagland, Policy Advisor for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist

October 13, 2004
The Global Baby Bust: The Demographics and Economics of Falling Fertility and Population Decline
Speakers: Philip Longman, Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation, and Ben Wattenberg, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

September 22, 2004
The Future of Defined Benefit Pensions
Speaker: Bradley Belt, Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

July 27, 2004
Meeting the Challenge and Opportunity of an Aging Workforce: Lessons from the United States and Europe
Speaker: Bill Novelli, Chief Executive Officer, AARP

June 16, 2004
The Long-Term Sustainability of U.S. Fiscal Policy in an Aging Society
Speaker: David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States