Pensions and retirement conference
Regina Doherty, TD, Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection will open the conference on pensions and retirement on 29 May. Presentations from ESRI staff will cover topics examined under a programme of research with the Pensions Authority. Speakers will examine issues such as financial literacy and preparation for retirement, consumption in retirement and the results of experimental studies on comprehension of pension products and framing of options for retirement.
Conference programme
Conference programme
Introduction
8:45
Registration and coffee
9:15
Welcome address
Alan Barrett, Director, ESRI
9:30
Opening remarks
Regina Doherty, TD, Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Session 1
Chair: Brendan Kennedy, Pensions Authority
9:45
Financial literacy and preparation for retirement
Anne Nolan, ESRI
10:15
The effect of retirement on consumption
Paul Redmond, ESRI
10:45
Tea / Coffee Break
Session 2
Chair: Andrew Nugent, Pensions Authority
11:15
Experimental tests of comprehension and perceptions of pensions
Pete Lunn, ESRI
11:45
The framing of options for retirement: experiments for policy
Deirdre Robertson, ESRI
12:15
End of conference