The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host the day-long summit "Rethinking Retirement: Solutions to Secure Texas' Public Pension Plans" consisting of three panel sessions and a keynote lunch, featuring over 15 policy experts from around the nation. The summit will take place on Thursday, November 10, 2016, starting at 10:00 a.m. CDT at Texas Public Policy Foundation.
11:00 a.m.
Panel I: Learning from Others: Pension Reform Efforts from Around the U.S.
An examination of pension reform efforts from around the nation to learn from the example of others.
- Leonard Gilroy, Reason Foundation
- Jonathan Small, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
- Ted Dabrowski, Illinois Policy Institute
- Marcia Fritz, President and founding board member, California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility
- James Hohnman, Mackinac Center for Public Policy
- Moderated by Pete Constant, former San Jose Councilmember and current Executive Director of the Retirement Security Initiative
12:15 p.m.
Keynote Lunch with The Honorable Chuck Reed, former mayor of San Jose
2:15 p.m.
Panel II: Are Pension Problems Brewing in the Lone Star State?
An in-depth look into the policy landscape in Texas to determine what problems exist, if any, and the ideal solution(s) to put forward in the next legislative session.
- Representative Jim Murphy
- John Diamond, Rice University Kelly Fellow in Public Finance
- Tim Lee, Texas Retired Teachers Association
- Max Patterson, TEXPERS
- Moderated by Bill Hammond, Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Association of Business
3:45 p.m.
Panel III: Keeping the Promise: Is it Time to Modernize Texas’ Pension Systems?
An exploration of the efforts to modernize Texas’ state and local retirement systems through transitioning from defined benefit system to a defined contribution model.
- Senator Paul Bettencourt
- Bill King, former Houston mayoral candidate
- Ronnie Jung, Texans for Secure Retirement
- Joe Arnall, former member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Keith Brainard, National Association of State Retirement Administrators
- Moderated by James Quintero, TPPF
All panels and keynote lunch with be live-streamed on our website: txpo.li/TPPFlive
For more information and to register, please visit: http://txpo.li/2fLtjqe
For more information on Texas' pension system, please visit: http://thinklocalliberty.com/
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