Events

We are committed to placing diversity, equality and inclusion at the heart of our events. We want to create an environment where all voices can be heard, a diverse range of speakers and attendees can participate, and which results in an open and collaborative platform for discussions of financial security and wellbeing.  We seek to achieve a balance of contributions and a positive balance in relation to gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+, religion and social background.

Our team works actively to achieve this in relation to composition of panels and agendas, chairing, and attendees.  We want to continuously improve and seek to work together with policy-makers and the financial services industry to ensure fair representation. We welcome all feedback on how we can do better, and can be contacted at insight@nestcorporation.org.uk

Past events

Simplifying retirement savings for self-employed people

At the launch of new research from Nest Insight’s self-employed savings programme, we heard from supportive voices including the Minister for Pensions, Torsten Bell MP, shared our latest findings and explored next steps and policy considerations.

Date and time: Monday 16 June | 10-11.30am (BST)
Location: Online – Microsoft Teams
Registration now closed.

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With funding from DWP, Nest Insight has been developing evidence about the potential effectiveness of ‘autosave’ solutions that can help self-employed people build up both short-and long-term savings without needing to actively sign up to a savings product.

Building on the work from previous phases of the research, we know that self-employed people would value support in saving for retirement but that they are also unlikely to participate in these solutions unless the sign-up process is automated.

The latest phase of the research suggests that, if designed well, automated retirement saving mechanisms could have potential to support self-employed people to save for retirement without reducing their autonomy to choose how they use their money. As part of this phase of research we have:

  • consulted with industry and policy stakeholders about how autosave solutions could work in practice
  • conducted in-depth interviews with self-employed people about the autosave approach
  • run randomised online research with ~1,500 self-employed people to explore whether an opt-out mechanism (both with and without additional liquidity) could boost retirement saving participation among the self-employed; and,
  • collaborated with Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) to design and explore the reception of self-employed people to simulated autosave solutions in the context of LBG’s apps, products and services. Also, to explore the thoughts and response of the banking provider of doing so.
Nest Insight Live

Retirement-linked Emergency Savings: Lessons from the US

In this online discussion with friends from across the pond we explored the journey to the implementation of the SECURE 2.0 Act, its impact so far and what the UK can learn from their example. This live and interactive webinar took place on Monday 28 April.

Since the beginning of our work on short-term savings, Nest Insight has been looking across the pond to the US, where forward-thinking organisations have also been working to increase the financial security of low- and moderate-income households.

In 2022 US Congress passed legislation building emergency savings provisions into the retirement system. The SECURE 2.0 Act established the concept of a Pension-Linked Emergency Savings Account with an indexed value of up to $2,500 and separately enabled $1,000 penalty-free access to pension savings in case of a financial emergency. The landscape of both in-pension and out-of-pension workplace emergency savings solutions has been evolving in recent years with innovation from both providers and employers.

In this online event we heard from experts from the US system about the legislation, how it is playing out in practice and to drew out potential lessons for the UK’s financial resilience agenda.

Speakers

  • Tim Flacke, Commonwealth
  • Kendra Isaacson, Mindset
  • Will Sandbrook, Nest Insight
  • Moderator: Jo Phillips, Nest Insight

Alongside the event we published a case study of the United States’ SECURE 2.0 Act.

Visit our YouTube Channel to watch all of our event recordings.

Building a nation of savers via the workplace

In March 2025, to mark the launch of the final report from our Real Accounts project, we held an event at Westminster featuring a panel of expert speakers, alongside a deep dive into the study led by our research team. The events aimed to lift the lid on the experiences of the many households on volatile incomes and spotlight the realities of living in a system that isn’t built for them.

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Nest Insight conference 2024

Our eighth annual conference, we brought together thinktanks, academics, policy makers, employers, and others, to hear about all the latest findings from our research programmes, practical trials and beyond, and got a full picture of everything we’re hearing from the people and households seeking stability within a system that doesn’t always fit them. Together, we explored future directions.

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Building a nation of savers via the workplace

On Monday 25 March, we hosted an evening reception in Westminster to celebrate compelling evidence from Nest Insight’s workplace savings research trials. The convening focussed on the powerful potential of the opt-out payroll saving model to support millions more people in the UK to get saving.

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Nest Insight conference 2023

Our seventh annual conference discussed themes related to our mission: to find ways to support low- and moderate-income workers to be financially secure, both today and into retirement. The livestreamed event stimulated a critical discussion about the future of the UK’s auto enrolment policy.

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Emergency savings summit 2023

In 2023, we held our second event dedicated to workplace emergency saving. In this hybrid event, we showcased the evidence we’ve gathered across our research programme so far and shined a light on the remaining challenges.

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Past events from 2022

In 2022, we held online events to share and discuss findings from our employer pension contributions work and the latest from our research programme exploring ways to support self-employed people to save for retirement.

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Nest Insight conference 2022

Our sixth annual conference brought together academics, industry, policymakers and other experts working towards improving people’s long-term financial security. The event explored opportunities for innovation and voluntary increases in employer contributions to pensions and the struggles and the challenges to wealth-building among for low-and moderate-income households.

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Emergency savings summit 2022

In 2022, we held a brand new event dedicated to workplace emergency saving. In this hybrid event, we shared the latest findings from our research trials and heard from other practitioners and experts in this space.

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Nest Insight conference 2021

In 2021, we live-streamed sessions from our annual conference for the first time. Our event brought together academics, industry and policy makers to discuss the current state of retirement saving in the UK, and look at what solutions could support savers through the challenges of the last year, to help them build financial resilience now, and in later life.

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Past events from 2021

In the past year, we’ve held several online events. Together with our partners and collaborators, we’ve shared and discussed early learnings from our sidecar savings trial, examined the impact of Covid-19 on low and moderate income savers, published further findings from our ESG and pension engagement research programme and sat down with Ida Rademacher from the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program to discuss their financial security framework for recovery and resilience, and how US policymakers and the financial services industry have responded to the Covid-19 crisis. If you missed any of these events, you can watch all of the recordings here.

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Autumn 2020 events

In autumn 2020, we held a number of online events to share and discuss the latest research findings from our sidecar savings trial, our programme of work on pension engagement, and our analysis into the impact of Covid-19 on self-employed people’s savings attitudes and behaviours. If you missed any of these events, you can watch all of the recordings here.

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Nest Insight online: summer 2020

In summer 2020, we held a series of online events to share knowledge, spark debate and focus on the way forward to support those most financially impacted by Covid-19. If you missed these events, you can watch the recordings here online.

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UK Pension Reforms (1997 – 2015) research launch

On the 5th February 2020, we held an event with the University of Bath and the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) to launch our new research into why and how the UK Pension Reforms (1997 – 2015) were successfully implemented. Our project brought together the previously private recollections of key actors in the establishment and delivery of the reforms and shared them through a ground-breaking series of video interviews and a new report.

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DC Program 2019

In June 2019, Nest Insight partnered with the International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM) and the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program (FSP) to deliver a two-day conference in Vancouver, Canada, bringing together leading experts from around the world to exchange knowledge and ideas on the major issues facing savers and best practice in responding to those issues.


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Nest Insight 2019

Our fourth annual Nest Insight conference brought together academics, policy makers and industry to dig beneath the headline data and explore how auto enrolment has affected people’s savings behaviours and wider financial lives, while questioning what lessons can be learned from comparable models around the world.

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Sidecar savings trial launch event

On Monday 12 November 2018, we officially launched our sidecar savings trial and announced which organisations are taking part in the research.

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Nest Insight 2018

Nest Insight’s annual conference 2018 brought together academics, policy makers and pension experts to explore the future challenges for the pensions industry and identify solutions that can be tested.

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Nest Insight 2017

The Nest Insight 2017 annual conference moved beyond the headlines to explore what longevity means for the ‘defined contribution generation’.

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