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Boomers

Boomers Approaching Retirement: Aspirations and Realities

News Release

May 21, 2004


National Press Club
Washington, D.C.

Baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, will begin retiring in 2011. Over 77 million strong in the US alone, they represent a group that will continue to have an enormous impact on the consumer marketplace, labor forces, and government finances.

This symposium, jointly hosted by AARP’s Global Aging Program (www.aarp.org/international) and Harvard University’s Generations Policy Initiative (www.genpolicy.com), explored the attitudes of European and American boomers as they consider their impending retirements. It also examined whether boomers are adequately prepared for retirement, and whether businesses around the world will have an adequate supply of employees.

Program/Speakers

8:30 - 8:40AM
Welcome and introductory remarks
William Novelli, CEO, AARP

8:40-9:50AM
Inside the Heads of Boomers
Moderator: Nancy A. LeaMond, Associate Executive Director for Social Impact
AARP

Panelists:
Julia Huber, Principal Researcher,
Demos UK
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and
Dallas Salisbury, President and CEO
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
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and
Shereen Remez, Director,
Knowledge Management, AARP
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9:50-11:00AM
When Can Boomers Retire?
Moderator: Paul Hodge, Founder and Director,
Harvard’s Generations Policy Initiative

Panelists:
Teresa Ghilarducci, Professor of Economics,
University of Notre Dame
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and
John Haley, President and CEO,
Watson Wyatt and Company
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and
Anna Rappaport, Principal,
Mercer Human Resource Consulting
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and
John Rother, Director,
Policy and Strategy, AARP
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Resources

Baby Boomers Envision Retirement II: Survey of Baby Boomers' Expectations for Retirement
AARP

How Will Boomers Fare at Retirement?
AARP Public Policy Institute

Silver Service Project
Demos UK

The New Old Project
Demos UK

2004 Retirement Confidence Survey
EBRI

Living Happily Ever After: The Economic Implications of Aging Societies
Watson Wyatt and Company