Re/Imagining Retirement Summit

Whether you’re already retired or just starting to think about retirement, join us to be inspired for your next act and gain tools to develop a plan for a meaningful retirement.

2026 Re/Imagining Retirement Summit

The new paradigm for retirement: Creating your own playbook

September 25, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Whether you want to travel, spend more time with family and friends, take on new projects and hobbies, or gain new skills for an encore career, this summit will help you create your own playbook for a retirement that is full of meaning, purpose and possibility.

If you are retired or considering retirement in the near future, this daylong program is designed to help you:

Get in touch with your passions and interests
Understand who you are outside of your career identity
Determine which activities and projects you might want to pursue
Develop a plan for setting and achieving your goals
Build connections and community
Live this stage of life with purpose and meaning

Agenda

Keynote: Reframing retirement in an era of longevity

Simon Chan, founder and CEO, Adapt with Intent,

Workshop: Developing meaning and purpose in your next act

Ivory Brown, certified professional retirement coach, New Vision Retirement Coaching Services
Don Akchin, author, “The Afterwork: Finding Fulfilling Alternatives to Retirement”

Breakout sessions

Doing good: Finding meaningful volunteer opportunities, presented by Alison Vogrin, volunteer program manager, Baltimore County Government; Vallee Bunting, volunteer coordinator, AARP Maryland; Wendy Wolff, Director of Strategic Engagement, Maryland Nonprofits
Live and Learn: The pillars of brain health, presented by Barry Brook, AARP Maryland
Not your parents’ retirement: Building resilient financial roadmaps, presented by Tim Daly, financial advisor, Greenspring Advisors
Your next venture: Turning a lifetime of experience into opportunity, presented by Daniel Kawah, entrepreneur in residence, StarTUp at the Armory, Towson University
What does the Longevity Ready Maryland Act mean for me?, presented by Isabella Shycoff, Director of Policy, Maryland Department of Aging
Work in the Age of Longevity, presented by Simon Chan, Adapt with Intent; Shernette Grant, Ph.D., Unorthodox Leadership Consulting & Management Services; Mike Mitchell, Nonprophet AI; Laura Stoner, Greenspring Advisors; and Erin Moran, Dr. Nancy Grasmick Leadership Institute, Towson University

Advisory committee

Thank you to the following for supporting the development of this summit:

Jennifer Holz, senior associate state director of outreach, AARP Maryland
Erin Moran, executive director, Dr. Nancy Grasmick Leadership Institute, Towson University
Kate Schaefers, director, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and The Midlife Academy, University of Minnesota
Steve Thaxton, executive director, National Resource Center for Osher Institutes