Understanding the Aging Workforce: Defining a Research Agenda (2022)
Chapter: Appendix A: Meeting Agendas
Appendix A
Meeting Agendas
Committee on Understanding the Aging Workforce and Employment at Older Ages
Meeting #1
April 8–9, 2020
Remote Conference Meeting Via Zoom
DAY 1 – Wednesday, April 8, 2020
| 9:00 am – 1:30 pm | CLOSED SESSION (Committee and Staff Only) |
OPEN SESSION
| 1:30 – 2:00 pm | Welcome and Introduction to the National Academies |
| Mary Ellen O’Connell, Executive Director, DBASSE | |
| 2:00 – 3:00 pm | Sponsor Interests and Perspectives; Discussion of Statement of Task |
| Kathleen Christensen, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | |
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm | BREAK |
OPEN SESSION ADJOURNS
| 3:15 – 5:00 pm | CLOSED SESSION (Committee and Staff Only) |
DAY 2 – Thursday, April 9, 2020 – CLOSED SESSION
| 9:00 am – 3:00 pm | CLOSED SESSION (Committee and Staff Only) |
Public Workshop for The Committee on Understanding the Aging Workforce and Employment at Older Ages
Meeting #2
June 9–10, 2020
Organized by the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Committee on Population in collaboration with the Committee on National Statistics
Purpose of the Meeting
The purpose of this meeting is to serve as an information gathering session for the Committee to Understand the Aging Workforce and Employment at Older Ages to aid in the preparation of their report. This meeting will cover a diverse range of topics that touch on the role of individual and family characteristics, needs, and finances; workplace conditions and experiences; labor force opportunities; and public policy in the employment experiences of older workers.
DAY 1 – Tuesday, June 9, 2020
| 10:00 – 10:10 am | Welcome and Introductions |
| Susan Fiske, Chair (Princeton University) | |
| 10:10 am – 12:00 pm | Session 1: Retirement Savings and Age Discrimination |
| 10:10 – 10:30 am | Financial Literacy and Retirement Security |
| Olivia Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania | |
| 10:30 – 10:50 am | Retirement Savings as a Rational Choice |
| Eric French, University College London | |
| 10:50 – 11:10 am | Legal Aspects of Age Discrimination in the Workplace |
| Laurie McCann, AARP | |
| 11:10 am – 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 – 12:30 pm | BREAK |
| 12:30 – 2:30 pm | Session 2: Technological Change, Adaptability of Older Workers, Caregiving and Transfers |
| 12:30 – 12:50 pm | Labor Market Effects of Technological and Organizational Change for Older Workers |
| Michele Battisti, University of Glasgow |
| 12:50 – 1:10 pm | Cognitive Aging in the Work Context |
| Ursula Staudinger, Columbia University | |
| 1:10 – 1:30 pm | Caregiving, Family Transfers, and Working at Older Ages |
| Kathleen McGarry, UCLA | |
| 1:30 – 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm | Adjourn for the day |
DAY 2 – Wednesday, June 10, 2020
| 10:00 – 10:10 am | Welcome and Introductions |
| Susan Fiske, Chair (Princeton University) | |
| 10:10 am – 12:00 pm | Session 3: Nonstandard Employment, Low-Wage Workers, and Technology |
| 10:10 – 10:30 am | Older Workers and Nonstandard Employment |
| Katharine Abraham, University of Maryland | |
| 10:30 – 10:50 am | Low-Wage Work at Older Ages |
| Mary Gatta, City University of New York | |
| 10:50 – 11:10 am | Technology to Enable Working Longer |
| Sara Czaja, Cornell University | |
| 11:10 am – 12:00 pm | Discussion |
| 12:00 – 12:30 pm | BREAK |
| 12:30 – 2:30 pm | Session 4: Health, Workplace Diversity, and Job Displacement |
| 12:30 – 12:50 pm | Mental and Physical Health and Working at Older Ages |
| Gwen Fisher, Colorado State University | |
| 12:50 – 1:10 pm | A GATE to Understanding Older Workers: Generation, Age, Tenure, Experience |
| Michael North, New York University | |
| 1:10 – 1:30 pm | Job Displacement and Work at Older Ages |
| Maria Heidkamp, Rutgers University | |
| 1:30 – 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm | Adjourn for the day |
Committee on Understanding the Aging Workforce and Employment at Older Ages
Meeting #3
August 20 & 25, 2020
Remote Conference Meeting Via Zoom
DAY 1 – Thursday, August 20, 2020
OPEN SESSION
| 10:00 – 10:10 am | Welcome, Introductions |
| Susan Fiske (Committee Chair), Princeton University | |
| Tara Becker, Study Director | |
| 10:10 – 10:30 am | Presentation: Technology in the Workplace |
| Joseph Coughlin, MIT | |
| 10:30 – 10:50 am | Presentation: Workplace Experiences of Older Low-Wage Black Workers |
| Kendra Jason, UNC-Charlotte | |
| 10:50 – 11:10 am | Presentation: Racial Disparities in Wealth Generation |
| Tyson Brown, Duke University | |
| 11:10 – 11:20 am | BREAK |
| 11:20 am – 12:30 pm | Committee Discussion with Presenters |
| Joseph Coughlin, MIT | |
| Kendra Jason, UNC-Charlotte | |
| Tyson Brown, Duke Univeristy | |
| 12:30 – 1:00 pm | BREAK |
CLOSED SESSION (Committee and Staff Only)
| 1:00 – 3:15 pm | CLOSED SESSION (Committee and Staff Only) |
DAY 2 – Tuesday, August 25, 2020 – CLOSED SESSION
| 10:00 am – 3:00 pm | CLOSED SESSION (Committee and Staff Only) |
