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November, 13, 2007 Day Agenda |
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CONFERENCES AND FORUMS |
Lisbon
Conference The Paths of Sustainability and the Reform of Pensions Systems
09:30-10:30 OPENING SESSION
José António Vieira da Silva
Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity (Portugal)
Franz Thönnes
Parliamentary Secretary of State of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany)
Jan Andersson (tbc)
European Parliament, Chairman of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Lenia Samuel
European Commission, Deputy Director General of the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
10:30-11:00 Coffee-break
11:00-12:30 PLENARY SESSION I
Challenges to the sustainability and adequability of pensions systems
Chair: Pedro Marques, Secretary of State for Social Security (Portugal)
The social and demographic challenge
Monika Queisser, OCDE- Pensions at a Glance 2007
The economic and financial challenge
João Ferreira do Amaral, ISEG/UTL, and Adviser of the former Portuguese President
Adequating benefits to contributions and the sustainability of benefits in defined benefit and defined contribution: Funded vs. Unfunded (tbc)
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 PLENARY SESSION II
Recent reforms of pension systems with a focus on adequacy and sustainability
Chair: Lenia Samuel, European Commission, Deputy Director General of the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Poland, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom
16:00-16:30 Coffee-break
16:30-18:00 PLENARY SESSION III
Putting in place the dynamics of pension reform: transparency and governance
Chair: Edmundo Martinho, President of the Portuguese Council on Social Security (Portugal)
National experiences on the role of regular reviews and (semi) automatic adjustment mechanism
Georg Recht, Head of the Pensions Department of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany)
Brendan Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer of The Pensions Board (Ireland)
National experiences on the role of the social partners (Spain)
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