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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, please join US 2050 in a conversation with scholars and policy experts that will be 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.
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? |
| 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 Philip Jefferson, Swarthmore College Kim Parker, The Pew Research Center Download a calendar reminder for the livestream |
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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 Alicia Munnell, Center for Retirement Research |
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| Breakout 2: Individual Circumstances and Life Choices: Income, Education, Place Bradley Hardy, American University, Panel Leader Erica Greenberg, Urban Institute 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 Jennifer Sciubba, Rhodes College Daniel Stid, Hewlett Foundation Download a calendar reminder for the livestream |
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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 Annamaria Lusardi, Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center, The George Washington University |
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| 2:45 p.m. | 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. | 3:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
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