National Institute on Retirement Security Hosts Retirement Policy Conference

Event Features New Research on Unique Challenges Women Face in
Retirement

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky to Deliver Opening Keynote

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The National Institute on Retirement Security will host its seventh
annual retirement policy conference, Retirement
Realities, on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 from 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM at
The Liaison Capitol Hill, 415 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20001

The event will feature the release of a new report, Shortchanged in
Retirement: Continuing Challenges to Women’s Financial Future.
This report examines the distinct challenges posed by the retirement
system for working-age women, retirement-aged women and retired women.
It finds that women are overwhelmingly more likely than men to be
impoverished at age 65 and older.

Conference speakers include:

• Congresswoman
  Jan Schakowsky, (D-IL)
• Christopher
  Ailman, California State Teachers Retirement System Chief
  Investment Officer
• Angela
  Antonelli, Georgetown University Center for Retirement Initiatives
  Executive Director
• Shlomo
  Benartzi, UCLA Behavioral Economist and Accounting Professor
• Steve
  Cummings, Aon Hewitt’s Head of North America Investment Consulting
• Frances
  Denmark, Institutional Investor Senior Writer
• Karen
  Dynan, Department of the Treasury’s Assistant Secretary for
  Economic Policy and Chief Economist
• Lara
  Hinz, Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement Director
• Kim
  Mustin, BNY Mellon Investment Management’s Head of North American
  Distribution,
• Lauren
  Luchi, American Federation of Teachers
• Helaine
  Olen, Slate Columnist and Author of The Index Card: Why
  Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
• Karine
  Raymond, Registered Nurse and New York State Nurses Association
  Director
• Alison
  Shelton, AARP Public Policy Institute Senior Advisor
• David
  Villa, State of Wisconsin Investment Board Chief Investment Officer
• Christian
  Weller, University of Massachusetts-Boston Professor; Center for
  American Progress Senior Fellow; and author of Retirement on the
  Rocks

Media can register for the conference here
or by calling 202.457.8190.

A live stream of the event will be available here: https://www.ifebp.org/education/webcasts/Pages/Webcast16NIRS1.aspx

Press credentials will be distributed beginning at 7:30 AM on March 1,
2016.

The National Institute on Retirement Security is a not-for-profit
organization established to contribute to informed policymaking by
fostering a deep understanding of the value of retirement security to
employees, employers, and the economy through national research and
education programs. Located in Washington, D.C., NIRS has a diverse
membership of organizations interested in retirement security including
financial services firms, retirement plan sponsors and service
providers, and trade associations among others. More information is
available at http://www.nirsonline.org.

Contacts

National Institute on Retirement Security
Kelly Kenneally
202-256-1445
m; 202-457-8190 o
kkenneally@nirsonline.org
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