Loading Poll...Rutgers University / Hall Institute Pension Conference Live Stream Press Release
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Rutgers-Newark Pension Forum Will Air Live on Webstream
This Friday, Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., a distinguished panel of nationally-acclaimed financial experts gather at Rutgers-Newark to propose solutions for the looming U.S. pension crisis.
The forum is already filled to capacity... so the next best thing to being there is to carry the stream on your own web site.
There are 3 options to do this:
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You can embed the video with live chat.
This is the best way to present the conference on your site because your users will be able to submit their questions to our panelists via the integrated live chat (no registration required). The code to include this in your site is below:
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You can embed just the video.
If you would like to embed the live video stream from the conference, but would prefer not to include the interactive chat feature, the code to include this in your site is below:
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You can link directly to the event on the Hall Institute web site
The stream will be available on the front page of the Insitute's web site at http://www.hallnj.org begining at 9:00 am on Friday September 30.
You can select whichever option you prefer. If you include the chat version, your users have the ability to participate in the event. Also, we'll be taking questions via our Twitter feed @HallNJ.
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WHAT: Public Forum: “Has New Jersey Solved the Pension and Retirement Health Benefit Problem?”
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
WHERE: Rutgers’ Newark Campus in the Paul Robeson Campus Center (Multi-Purpose Room), 350 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Newark NJ 07102
SPONSORS: Rutgers University School of Public Affairs & Administration and the Hall Institute of Public Policy-New Jersey
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SPEAKERS:
- Susan Urahn, Managing Director, Pew Center on the States, The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Andrew P. Sidamon-Eristoff, Treasurer, State of New Jersey
- Dr. Ronnie Lowenstein, Director, Independent Budget Office for New York City
- Richard Raphael, Executive Managing Director, Fitch Ratings Agency
- Richard F. Keevey, Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University-Newark
- Dr. P. Kelly Hatfield, Chair/CEO, Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC)
- Fred Beaver, Pension Services, Church Pension Group, and former Director, NJ Division of Pensions and Health Benefits
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*** Full Information including agenda, speaker bios and pension facts can be found in the PDF here:
http://www.hallnj.org/media/stories/1266/Sept%2030%20Pension%20Forum%20Info.pdf
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WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT: This past June, New Jersey passed landmark pension reform legislation. The forum will address two critical questions:
- What was actually accomplished in the recent New Jersey pension reform legislation?
- What pension challenges are facing other state governments now and in the future?