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 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 Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan, Ph.D., Director of MEA