November 11, 2025,
Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis
Resources for Human Development: Innovations in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan
Category: Asset Building Events
The National Fund for Children in Kazakhstan: Policy Innovation and Potential for Global Impacts
October 30, 2025,
Astana, Kazakhstan
Child Development and Policy: Insights from Jordan and Mongolia
April 9, 2025, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis
New Insights on SECURE 2.0: Charting the Path for Retirement Policy Opportunities
March 18, 2025, 1:00–2:00 (central U.S.)
Via Zoom
Financial Inclusion: A Growing Focus in International Social Development
March 19, 2025, 8:00–09:30 (central U.S., UTC – 6)
Via Zoom
Social Innovation by Natural-Resource Wealth: Kazakhstan’s National Fund for Children
October 16, 2024,
Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis
Financial Independence; Using Wealth and Income Policies to Forge a New Social Contract: Giving People Something to Live For
September 16-17, 2024
Washington, DC
The International Conference on Social Work and Social Research: Financial Capability and Asset Building for All
November 24-25, 2023,
Baku, Azerbaijan, and virtual
Child Development Account Research and Policy: Planning, Implementation, and Impacts of a Large Social Experiment
October 3, 2023, 8:15–9:30 PM (CT, GMT-5)
Social Work in Social Policy: Engagement Strategies for Today and the Next Generation—A Book Event
January 26, 2023, 12:00–1:30 PM (CST)
The Future of Building Wealth: Research, Policy & Action
October 11, 2022, 2:00–5:00 PM (CST)
What Economic Security Looks Like and How to Get There
Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 12–3 PM ET, Virtual Event
Bold Responses to the Racial Wealth Gap
Please join us 1:00- 2:30 p.m. (CT) on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 for an event sponsored by the Center for Household Financial Stability at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis to explore some of these responses.
Poverty, Inequality and Social Development: Innovations Around the World
July 13–16, 2021, University of Johannesburg (Virtual Conference)
Financial Capability and Asset Building: Achievements, Challenges, and Next Steps
February 25, 2021, Virtual Conference
Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Child Savings Programs in Israel and Uganda: Oct. 15, 2020
From 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (CT) on Oct. 15, join the Social Policy Institute (SPI), the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD), and the Next Age Institute (NAI) for a discussion about asset building for long-term child development and CSA programs—with the particular focus on CSAs in Israel and Uganda, which differ greatly in their structure.
Financial Capability and Asset Building: Achievements, Challenges, and Next Steps
September 24, 2020 and February 25, 2021, Virtual Conference
All Children Can Reach Their Potential: A CDA Conference
Thursday, July 16, 2020, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT, Virtual Conference
Missouri Child Development Account Forum
June 13, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Hillman Hall classroom 130, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
Social Work Day on the Hill
Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., The National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20045
International Conference on Child Development Accounts: New Approaches to Child Well-Being
November 6, 2018, Baku, Azerbaijan
Lecture by Professor Sheying Chen: “Building Social Work in China”
September 17, 2018, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Brown Lounge, Brown Hall, Washington University
Child Development Account Forum
July 25, 2018, Clark-Fox Forum, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
Lecture with James Jaccard on Theory, Program Design, & Program Evaluation: The Value of Theory in Applied Social Science
November 9, 2017, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., Brown Lounge, Brown Hall, Washington University in St. Louis
Social Security and Beyond: Building Financial Capability Across a Lifetime – Vice Presidential Debate Watch Party & Policy Discussion
Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 6 p.m. Reception and Policy Forum, 8 p.m. Debate Watch Party, Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall, Brown School
A Convening on Financial Capability and Asset Building: Moving Forward
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Washington, D.C.
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
October 20, 2015, Brown Lounge, Brown Hall, Washington University in St. Louis
Southern Regional Asset Building 2015 Conference: Dialogue on Race and Asset Building
October 8-9, 2015, Beau Rivage Resort, Biloxi, MS
529s and Child Savings Accounts: New Strategies to Promote Savings and Development for America’s Children
October 7, 2015, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Income and Wealth Inequality: A Talk by Melvin Oliver
September 16, 2015, St. Louis, MO
Missouri State Treasurer CDA Working Group
August 18, 2015, St. Louis, MO
A Convening on Financial Capability and Asset Building: Advancing Education, Research and Practice in Social Work
April 15-17, 2015, St. Louis, MO
YouthSave Learning & Exchange Conference
March 17-19, 2015, Toronto, Ontario
CSD 20th Anniversary event: A webinar from the University of Kansas’ Center on Assets, Education & Inclusion
March 10, 2015, 9:00 am
State Assets Coalition Cluster Convening: Fall 2014
November 12-14, 2014, Detroit, MI
Community Action Forum: Creating Economic Opportunity
October 23, 2014, St. Louis, MO
Southern Regional Asset Building Coalition Conference
September 24-26, 2014, New Orleans, Louisiana
State Assets Coalition Cluster Convening-Spring 2014
June 11-13, 2014, Seattle, Washington
Financial Capability and Asset Building: Curriculum Workshop and Training
May 12-15, 2014, St. Louis, Missouri
2nd Annual Household Balance Sheet Research Symposium
May 8-9, 2014, St. Louis, Missouri
Children’s Savings Accounts Round Table
March 27-28, 2014, New York, New York
State Assets Coalition Cluster Convening: Winter 2013
December 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C.
2013 SRABC Conference
October 16-18, 2013, Jacksonville, Florida
State Assets Coalition Cluster Convening-Fall 2013
August 7-9, 2013, Chicago, Illinois
Sherry Salway Black Lecture
May 13, 2013, Brown Lounge, Brown School
Financial Capability and Asset Building: Curriculum Training & Symposium
May 13-15, 2013, St. Louis, Missouri
Child and Youth Finance International Education & Academic Research Meeting
February 12-13, 2013, St. Louis, Missouri
Research Symposium—Restoring Household Financial Stability After the Great Recession: Why Household Balance Sheets Matter
February 5-7, 2013, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Lifelong Asset Building: Innovations and Strategies in Asia
November 16-18, 2012, Beijing, China
Closing the Wealth Gap: Diversity of People, Policy, and Research
October 31, 2012 – November 2, 2012, Philadelphia, Mississippi