The International Policy and Research Conference will gather over 250 researchers, experts and administrators from all regions, in Luxembourg, 29  September to 1 October 2010. The conference is organized by the International  Social Security Association (ISSA) and hosted by the Association of Social Security Institutions of Luxembourg.

"The recent financial and economic crisis has had a far-reaching impact, and  has added new pressures on social security systems. The crisis has also  confirmed the risk of social instability and an evolution of the values  underpinning solidarity and social cohesion," according to Hans-Horst  Konkolewsky, the ISSA Secretary General.

"The conference will provide an opportunity for forward-looking reflection on key trends that need to be considered by policy-makers and administrators, and will analyse how social security can adapt to this increasingly unstable world,"  he said.

Highlights of the Policy and Research Conference include:

• Opening address: "Conceptualising social security and income  redistribution" by Professor Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University, United States.
• Keynote speech: "Facing demographic challenges: A new management of ages in  a long-life society" by Professor Anne-Marie Guillemard, Paris Descartes  University, France.
• Keynote speech: "Implementing labour market activation in an increasingly  unstable world: The coordination challenge" by Professor Einar Øverbye, Oslo  University College, Norway.

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