On Friday, CFFR’s vice president Jack Dean will be in Washington, DC participating in a conference on public pensions sponsored by the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation titled “What Public Benefit Plans Can Learn from Private Employers.”

Dean will serve as moderator of a panel titled “Will States Need a Bailout?” Participating on the panel will be: Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute; Keith Brainard, research director of the National Association of State Retirement Administrators; and State Senator Chris Lauzen of Illinois.

You can find more details, including registration information, here.

The entire morning event will be webcast live here, and will be archived online in the near future.

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