Research success in the 21st century will increasingly depend on the synergies generated by combining disciplines, and by linking researchers with end-users. We connect to a range of universities across the globe in collaborative research. Our industry and government partners include all the major sectors in Australia.

PwC Longevity Workshop, October 2011

This workshop, hosted by PwC, featured CEPAR investigators Mike Sherris and Katja Hanewald, along with PwC Associate Chao Qiao, presented new research on longevity insurance and products. A Panel discussion, chaired by John Piggott, included presentations by Wayne Brazel (AMP), Catherine Nance (PwC) and Phil Gallagher (Australian Treasury), all CEPAR Partner Organisations, together with Martin Stevenson (Mercer and International Actuarial Association), David Cox (Challenger) and Barry Rafe (Institute of Actuaries Australia).

The workshop clearly pointed to the need for further product development in the longevity insurance space.

CEPAR-Harvard Conference on Population Ageing Research

Planned collaborative meetings include the CEPAR-Harvard Conference on Population Ageing Research. Conference Convenors are David Bloom, Professor of Economics and Demography and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard; John Piggott, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research, and Alan Woodland, Scientia Professor of Economics at UNSW. The conference will bring together the best academic economists globally whose work informs scholarship in the field of Population Ageing, to synthesise and critically review the discipline's research contributions to date, and to scope a future agenda.