2026 Harkin Retirement Security Symposium

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The 2026 Harkin Retirement Security Symposium will focus on a broader financial wellness theme supported by panels along the continuum of retirement security policy issues. The speakers will discuss policies supporting retirement savings access and accumulation, navigating Social Security and Medicare, and the intergenerational impacts of these programs, access to retirement planning, retirement income decisions, and long-term care policies and supports. The symposium is a hybrid event, with in-person and virtual options for attendance, and will be available for free on The Harkin Institute YouTube channel after the event.

Accommodations

American Sign Language (ASL) and live captions in English will be available for all attendees.

If you have any questions regarding accommodations please contact us at [email protected].

Parking

In-person attendees will be able to park in lot 24, next to the Tom and Ruth Harkin Center. More information about obtaining a vistor parking pass will be sent to registered attendees before the event.

Attend in-person or online

This is a hybrid event. Attendees have the choice to attend in-person at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, or virtually.

The in-person event will take place at Parents Hall in the Olmsted Center at Drake. Lunch will be provided.

Online attendees will watch a livestream and will have the opportunity to participate in Q&A.

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