Many countries face the reality of demographic aging: Fertility is plummeting and people are living longer. This raises critical challenges for the labor market, healthcare, and long-term care markets, as well as retirement systems and financial planning. A Wharton symposium on the implications of this change, “The Future of Healthy Aging and Successful Retirement,” was held in May 2025 at the Wharton School, co-hosted by Olivia S. Mitchell, Wharton professor of business economics and public policy and executive director of the Pension Research Council; Wharton finance professor Nikolai Roussanov; and Surya Kolluri, director of the TIAA Institute.

Sponsored by the Pension Research Council, the two-day event featured more than 30 global experts who shared their insights on how to prepare for and address the challenge of global aging.

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