DAY 1: THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012
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9:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:00am Welcome
10:10am Opening Keynote: The Role of Social Insurance in a Market Economy
10:45am Session I: Building the Business Case for Social Insurance
Why the business community and social insurance need each other, and what needs to be done to make both stronger
12:00pm Break
12:30pm Luncheon
1:00pm Session II: Health Care: The Quest for Higher Quality at More Affordable Cost
Searching for breakthrough opportunities in an era of polarized debate
2:30pm Break
3:00pm Session III: The Affordable Care Act in Adolescence: Problems and Prospects
Taking stock of the ACA, almost two years after enactment: What’s gone right/wrong? What comes next in implementation?
We can see what needs to be done, but do we know how to get there from here?
5:30pm Reception: The 2012 John Heinz Dissertation Award Presentation Ceremony
7:00pm Dinner
7:30pm Dinner Speaker: Lessons from the New Deal
When the market economy crashed, FDR rode to the rescue. As Social Security nears its 77th birthday, what can history teach us?
Day 2: FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012
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8:00am Annual Membership Breakfast Meeting (NASI Members Only)
8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am Concurrent Roundtable Discussions
10:00am Break
10:15am Keynote Speaker: Confronting Long-Term Unemployment and the Changing Labor Market
Taking stock of the nature and extent of the current jobs crisis, and how to address it by creating more and better opportunities for workers of all ages
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10:50am Session IV: Remedies for a Labor Market in Distress
Do we need to rethink unemployment insurance? Training and retraining? Education? The tax code? A wide-ranging discussion of the changes and challenges ahead – and the need for fresh thinking
10:50am Session IV: Remedies for a Labor Market in Distress
12:15pm Break
12:45pm Luncheon
1:15pm Luncheon Keynote: Messaging Social Insurance: Reframing the Debate
Social insurance experts and advocates have a great story to tell. Why aren’t more Americans listening and responding to it?
2:00pm Break
2:15pm Session V: Exploring Options to Strengthen Social Security
Can benefits be made more adequate to meet 21st century needs? Can fresh strategies produce the additional revenues Social Security will need in the future?
3:45pm Closing Remarks: Conference Co-Chairs