DEMYSTIFYING SOCIAL SECURITY: ACADEMY for INTERNS 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Kaiser Family Foundation ■ Barbara Jordan Conference Center
1330 G Street, NW ■ Washington, DC
8:30am Registration and Light Breakfast
9:00am Welcome and Opening Keynote
- Welcome: Adam Jutha, National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI Intern)
- Why is Social Security relevant and important to younger generations?
Hilary Doe, Roosevelt Institute Campus Network
9:25am SESSION I – Social Security: How Does It Work?
Moderator: Sarah Berkowitz, Congressional Research Service (NASI Intern)
- Kathleen Romig, Social Security Administration
- Scott Szymendera, Congressional Research Service
- Ashley Carson Cottingham, US Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
10:30am BREAK/NETWORKING
10:45am SESSION II – Social Security: How Big is the Financing Problem and How Can We Pay for What We Want?
Moderator: Rohini Khillan, US Department of Health and Human Services (NASI Intern)
- Stephen Goss, Social Security Administration
- Ben Veghte, National Academy of Social Insurance
12:20pm The Intern Solution for Social Security (Part I)
- Moderator: Kerry Bowen, The Urban Institute (NASI Intern)
1:20pm The Intern Solution for Social Security (Part II)
- Moderator: Kerry Bowen, The Urban Institute (NASI Intern)
1:45pm BREAK/NETWORKING
1:55pm SESSION III – Unfiltered: Straight Talk on Social Security
Moderator: Quynh Tran, National PACE Association (NASI Intern)
- Kathryn Edwards, Economic Policy Institute
- Marc Goldwein, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Moderator: Amanda Volbert, National Research Council (NASI Intern)
- Jane Farrell, Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Allessia Owens, Howard University School of Social Work Doctoral Student
3:30 PM WRAP-UP AND DOOR PRIZES
- Maryann Nguyen, National Council on Aging (NASI Intern)