DAY ONE: Thursday, January 27, 2011
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9:00am Registration and Light Breakfast
10:00am Welcome and Opening Keynote
- Welcome: Lisa Mensah, NASI and The Aspen Institute
- The Role of Social Insurance in a Risky World
Kenneth Feinberg, Administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility of the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster
- Moderator: Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute
- Charles Blahous, Public Trustee of Social Security and Medicare
The Simpson-Bowles Social Security Framework: A Bipartisan Compromise Worthy of Support - Andy Stern, Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Better Alternatives to the Simpson-Bowles Plan - Janice Gregory, NASI
Social Security Action: When and How
12:30pm Lunch
1:00pm Luncheon Keynote: The Racial Wealth Divide and Social Insurance
- Angela Glover Blackwell, PolicyLink
- Moderator: Avis Jones-DeWeever, National Council of Negro Women
2:00pm Session II – Strengthening Unemployment Insurance: Promising Solutions to Systemic Problems
- Moderator: Janice Nittoli, The Rockefeller Foundation
- Gary Burtless, The Brookings Institution
Fixing the UI Payroll Tax and Rescuing the UI Trust Funds - Kevin Hassett, American Enterprise Institute
Extended Periods of High Unemployment: Impacts and Promising Solutions - Andrew Grant-Thomas, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
(Why) Are African Americans and Latinos Underrepresented Among UI Beneficiaries? An Exploratory Look - Commentator: Andrew Stettner, National Employment Law Project
4:00pm Session III – Views from the Stakeholders of OASDI: Employers, Workers, and Vulnerable Communities
- Moderator: Avis Jones-DeWeever, National Council of Negro Women
- Kenneth Porter, American Benefits Council
Employer Perspective - Richard Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans
Worker Perspective - Maya Rockeymoore, Global Policy Solutions
People of Color Perspective - Donna Butts, Generations United
Children and Families’ Perspective
5:30pm Reception — 2011 John Heinz Dissertation Award Presentation Ceremony
7:00pm Dinner and Performance by the Capitol Steps
DAY TWO: Friday, January 28, 2011
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8:00am NASI Members-Only Breakfast and Annual Meeting
8:30am Registration and Light Breakfast (in Exhibit Lounge)
9:00am Concurrent Roundtable Discussions
- From Workers’ Compensation to Disability Insurance: Assessing New Approaches
- Solutions in the States: Long-Term Services and Supports in 2011
- The Importance of Social Security to Diverse Communities
- State Health Insurance Exchanges: Options for Policymakers
- Families, Children, and Unemployment Insurance
10:00am Break
10:15am Opening Keynote: Why Social Insurance?
- Theda Skocpol, Harvard University
- Moderator: Lawrence R. Jacobs, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, University of Minnesota
- Moderator: Lisa Mensah, NASI and The Aspen Institute
- Mark Warshawsky, Social Security Advisory Board
The Case for More Personal Savings - Nancy Altman, Social Security Works
The Case for More Social Insurance
12:00pm Keynote Speaker: Implementing Health Insurance Reform
- Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Department of Health and Human Services
- Moderator: G. William Hoagland, CIGNA
1:30pm Break
1:45pm Session V – Implementing Health Insurance Reform: Challenges and Opportunities
- Moderator: Lawrence R. Jacobs, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, University of Minnesota
- Yvette Fontenot, The White House Office of Health Reform
Federal Government Perspective - Enrique Martinez-Vidal, AcademyHealth
State Perspective - Karen Ignagni, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
Health Insurance Industry Perspective