Events
Netspar organizes a variety of activities to exchange knowledge with our partners and to stimulate discussions. The symbols on the right indicate the target groups of the event. In the mouse-over you can read the definition.

target group: professionals November 19 - 21, 2008
Academy: Aging and Pensions in Europe
This module of the Netspar-UMBS Academy brings together high-level economists, who will discuss several topics of pension reform from an international perspective.
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target group: professionals target group: scientists December 4, 2008
Theme Conference: Living longer in good health
Woudestein campus, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
This theme event will highlight the relevance and importance of subjective health expectations. James Hammitt, Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health, will give the keynote lecture. You can find more information on this event here .
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target group: professionals target group: scientists December 10, 2008
Theme Conference: Valuation and risk management
Felix Meritis, Amsterdam
In this seminar we will give you an update on the first results and tentative conclusions of the outcomes of QIS4. Members of the Actuarieel Genootschap can earn PE-points by attending this seminar. You can find more information on this event here.
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target group: professionals target group: scientists December 18, 2008
Theme Conference: Health and Retirement
Rotterdam
The Netspar themes Income, Health and Work across the Life Cycle and Pensions, Savings, and Retirement Decisions will jointly organize a one day conference at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Keynote speakers will be James P. Smith, senior economist at RAND, Santa Monica, and Richard Disney, professor of labor economics, University of Nottingham. The other talks will be given by researchers involved with the two themes.
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target group: scientists January 28-30, 2009
Pension Workshop, Amsterdam
This event is specifically interesting for researchers. Dirk Krueger (University of Pennsylvania) and Deborah Lucas (Northwestern University) are keynote speakers on the first day.
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target group: professionals target group: scientists February 5, 2009
Theme Conference: Macroeconomics of pension reform
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target group: scientiststarget group: policy makers April 23 & 24, 2009
Annual Conference, The Hague
This two-day conference brings together leading economists and policy makers to discuss the challenges for the labor market of older workers. Read more.
Preliminary program

target group: professionals target group: scientiststarget group: policy makers May 28, 2009
Netspar Debate, Geldmuseum Utrecht
Economists, professionals from the insurance and pension sector, and the audience discuss four new papers on relevant issues.

target group: scientists Weekly on Thursdays
Lunch seminar, Tilburg
The seminars take place at Tilburg University on Thursdays from 13.00 - 14.00 hours and are open to all people involved with Netspar research.
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