Enrsp Conference 2009 Invitation

European Network for Research on Supplementary Pensions

Protecting Pension Rights in the economic crisis 18 and 19 June 2009

Background of the conference The current global economic crisis questions the pension policies of many countries. Worldwide the structuring of the pension schemes is examined again. Are the flaws in both PAYG systems as in funded systems sufficiently known ? Thursday 18 June 2009

Friday 19 June 2009 9h00

Pension policies for the financial crisis (Canada, Ireland, UK and US) - John Turner and Gerhard Hughes - Pension Policy Center Washington and School of Business at Trinity College Dublin

9h30

Personal accounts: a secure future - Bryn Davies and Barbara Waine - Union Pension Services Limited London and Institute of Applied Social Studies of the University of Birmingham

10h00

Questions and debate

Questions and debate

10h30

Coffee break

10h30

Coffee break

11h00

Reforming the American Pension System - David Pratt – Albany Law School in New York

11h00

Reforming private pensions in times of crisis according the OECD - Yuan Yermo and Jean Marc Salou – OECD

11h30

The effect of the financial crisis on US pensions - Dana Muir University of Michigan USA

12h00

Questions and debate

11h45

Questions and debate

12h30

Free lunch in town

12h00

Lunch

14h00

14h00

Pension rights in a time of financial turbulence - John Woodall - Social Security Department ILO

Uncovered risks in occupational pension schemes in Poland - Marek Szczepanski - Department of Economics Sciences of the Poznań University of Technology

14h45

Questions and debate

14h30

15h00

Coffee break

Retirement income provision in Australia in the wake of the global financial crisis - Hazel Bateman - Centre for Pensions and Superannuation at the University of New South Wales

15h00

Questions and debate

15h30

Coffee break

16h00

The handling of crisis in DC schemes: the experience of Denmark Finn Ostrup - Copenhagen Business School

16h30

The crisis in pension funding in Ireland - Jim Stewart - School of Business of Trinity College Dublin

17h00

Closure of the conference by the ENRSP chairman Heinz Dietrich Steinmeyer

9h00

Registration of the participants

9h20

Opening of the conference by the dean of the Law Faculty

9h30

Trends in European Pension Policies in times of crisis - Karel Van Hulle and Georg Fischer – DG Internal Market and DG Social Affairs - European Commission

10h15

15h15

The influence of regulation on occupational pensions - Paul Roels – Lecturer KU Leuven

16h00

Economic Security of Old People in the Financial Crisis Lucy apRoberts and Pierre Concialdi - l'Institut de recherches économiques et sociales (IRES)

16h45

Questions and debate

Venue Promotiezaal Universiteitshallen Naamsestraat 22 3000 Leuven BELGIUM Signs will be posted

Conference office for all details Carla Ons Institute Social Law Law Faculty- KU Leuven Blijde Inkomststraat 19 - bus 3409 3000 Leuven BELGIUM Tel. +(0)16 32 54 00 Fax. +(0)16 32 54 24 Email: [email protected]

Conference language English Accommodation A list of hotels in Leuven can be provided by the conference office. Some discounts have been arranged. Maximum registration fee Second day for free 145,00 € incl. VAT Registration only via [email protected] A registration form with all details will be send.