The Challenge of Sustaining Health Care Reform in Massachusetts
May 7, 2009
Co-sponsored with Harvard University's Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Taubman Center for State and Local Government, and Program for Health Systems Improvement, this conference investigated challenges to sustaining health reform in the Commonwealth, including reducing costs and improving the value of healthcare.

Employing the Region’s Assets: Baby Boomers Meeting New England’s Skilled Workforce Needs December 3, 2008
The New England Public Policy Center’s 4th annual conference explored the role that older professionals can play in meeting the region’s labor force needs over the next 20 to 30 years. The conference featured presentations that investigated the changing demographic and labor force trends in New England and the US and examined what employers, employees, and the public sector can do to lengthen the labor force participation of the population age 55 and older.

Financing Municipalities in New England: Revisiting the State-Local Relationship December 5, 2007
This conference investigated the fiscal relationship between New England's state and municipal governments and discussed potential strategies to finance municipalities. Specifically, speakers examined the design of municipal aid formulas and addressed the potential impact of adopting local option sales taxes.

Covering the Uninsured: Costs, Benefits, and Policy Alternatives for New England December 5, 2006
The conference convened a select group of key stakeholders including policymakers, insurers, hospital administrators, employers, public health advocates, and health policy researchers from across all six New England states and the nation.

Housing and the Economy in Greater Boston: Trends, Impacts, and Potential Responses May 22, 2006
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's New England Public Policy Center and The Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government held a half-day event on Housing and the Economy: Trends, Impacts, and Potential Responses.

Fueling the Future: Energy Policy in New England December 2, 2005
This conference focused on the key energy policy issues facing New England and brought together legislators, analysts, and other interested parties in a dialogue about the potential policies that could help address them.

Sustaining the Boston Renaissance April 27, 2005
Co-sponsored with the Rappaport Institute, this conference featured Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and a panel of local business and civic leaders and researchers.

Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: Research and Reality March 30, 2005
Co-sponsored with the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum at the Heller School of Brandeis University, this conference focused on whether government should mandate nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals and what the potential impact of such ratios would be.