Fifth annual conference

The fifth annual conference organized by the Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging, on November 28th, 2006, at the Kammermusiksaal, Schwetzingen Chateau

Schwetzingen Chateau
November 28th, 2006

• Registration Form
• Schwetzingen Chateau

Agenda and Presentations

10.00 - 10.10	Opening Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan, Ph.D., Director of MEA
10.10 - 10.30	Greetings Prof. Dr. Peter Drewek, Prorector (Science) University of Mannheim Dr. Bernhard Schareck, President of Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft
10.30 - 11.15	Demographic Change - Challenges for the Society Prof. Dr. Andreas Kruse, Director of the Institute for Gerontology, University of Heidelberg, Chairman German Council of Advisors for the Fifth Federal Government Report on Aging
11.15 - 12.00	Demographic Change - Challenges for the Insurance Industry Prof. Dr. Wolf-Rüdiger Heilmann, Managing Director Life Insurance/Pension Fonds, Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft
12.00 - 13.30	Lunch Break
13.30 - 15.00	MEA Research Projects - Mathias Sommer: Determinants of the Demand for Life Insurance - Hans-Martin von Gaudecker: Income and Mortality - Dr. Alexander Ludwig: Sharing Demographic Risk -- Who is Afraid of the Baby Bust?
15.00 - 15.30	Coffee Break
15.30 - 16.15	On the Macroeconomic Situation in Germany Prof. Dr. Beatrice Weder di Mauro, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz and Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
16.15 - 17.00	Ageing in Europe: Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan, Ph.D., Director of MEA