All Events
Commonwealth hosts and participates in a variety of programs to understand current challenges facing financially vulnerable Americans, share our research and insights, and pose equitable, scalable solutions. We facilitate dialogue through our own programming, including in-person and virtual events for industry partners and professionals from the fintech, nonprofit, policy, corporate, and financial sectors. Our executive team, content experts, and partners frequently lend their voices at industry conferences, convenings, and discussions.
Commonwealth’s webinars and speaking engagements provide an opportunity to discover new data, receive expert insights, and strategize for organizational success. View our upcoming and past events below.
Past Events
Conversational AI Power Partners: How Partnerships Lead to Equitable Product Design
Commonwealth Senior Vice President Paula Grieco will engage in a discussion with Benjamin Maxim, Chief Digital Strategy and Innovations Officer at MSUFCU, about the significance of integrating inclusivity into fintech product design to create tangible, wealth-building opportunities for individuals with low and moderate incomes.
White House Day of Action on Student Loans
We are proud to be a supporting organization with the Biden Administration’s SAVE on Student Debt campaign. Reducing student loan debt is a critical part of helping people earning low and moderate-income (LMI) create a foundation for lifelong financial security. Employers and financial service providers also have an opportunity to facilitate savings as income-driven repayment and loan forgiveness take effect. Borrowers can learn more here.
Boston Fintech Week
Join Commonwealth at Boston Fintech Week on October 11 for “Building for Employees: Innovative Workplace Infrastructure for Financial Inclusion.” Commonwealth Senior Vice President, Michelle Carter, will moderate a panel of experts to discuss their successes, challenges, and lessons learned in designing more equitable workplace financial well-being solutions.
ISCEBS Employee Benefits Symposium
Join Commonwealth SVP Nick Maynard and Paula L. Stop, Director of Total Rewards at The Fresh Market, for a discussion on designing emergency savings to meet the needs of your diverse workforce. They’ll discuss The Fresh Market’s partnership with Commonwealth to understand the unique financial needs of its employees and deliver emergency savings offerings that benefit all and increase 401(k) plan usage.
FinTech Sandbox: How Inclusive Product Design Changed Emergency Savings
In a discussion moderated by Sarah Biller, Commonwealth’s Charvi Gandotra and Gosia Tomaszewska will discuss how an inclusive product design framework helped implement solutions that have supported 10 million people earning low and moderate income (LMI) to save more than $2 billion in liquid cash savings as a part of BlackRock’s Emergency Savings Initiative.
World Business Research CXFS Conference
Gosia Tomaszewska and Charvi Gandotra will share key learnings and insights at this Inclusive Product Design Workshop on creating change and building better products for people whose voices have traditionally been left out of research and systems change, such as people living with financial insecurity and women-led households.
2023 PLANSPONSOR National Conference
Commonwealth’s Nick Maynard will speak about what benefits employers of choice are offering, which benefits are gaining traction with employees and how to determine what benefits will attract and retain the workforce you desire.
Saving with the Help of Behavioral Science
Join Commonwealth’s Vice President, Brian Gilmore, in this upcoming webinar to address questions such as: Having enough savings is the number one driver to achieving financial well-being, now at the core of the employee value proposition, but why does saving feel so elusive? How can we enable more working Americans to start and grow their savings?