We will release the findings of our International Retirement Income Security Survey (IRISS) which was conducted on the general populations in ten countries. These countries are Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the US. 4000 interviews were conducted in total among people age 30 to age 65. This survey will show how individuals in the surveyed countries assess their personal retirement security and their countries’ systems for retirement income security.

This panel will describe how three developed countries approached (or are approaching) changing their public pension systems.

• Axel Borsch-Supan, University of Mannheim, Germany
• Alison O'Connell, Director, Pensions Institute, United Kingdom
• Larry Thompson, The Urban Institute, United States

This panel explores the financing of long-term care in several OECD countries and how the portion of funding borne by individuals and families affects retirement security.

• Manfred Huber, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• Naoki Ikegami, Keio University, Japan
• Jan van de Kasteele, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, Netherlands

• Bonnie Cramer, Board Member, AARP, United States
• Heinrich Tiemann, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security, Germany

This panel will discuss the trends in private pensions in three European countries and the affect of these trends on the risk borne by individuals.

• Bryn Davies, Union Pension Services Ltd., United Kingdom
• Anne Maher, The Pensions Board, Ireland
• Jan Nijssen, ING Group, Netherlands

This panel will compare the financing of health care in a few countries and examine how changes in financing affect the risk borne by governments, employers and individuals.

• Judith Feder, Dean of Public Policy, Georgetown University, USA
• Jean-Marie Le Guen, MD, Assemblée Nationale, France
• Edward Tamagno, Caledon Institute of Social Policy, Canada

• Ladan Manteghi, AARP Global Aging Program, United States