In May 2011, Laurens Swinkels discussed the paper Is Bigger Better? Size and Performance in Pension Plan Management at the annual Professional Asset Management conference in Rotterdam.
In April 2011, Laurens Swinkels and David Blitz were asked to comment on pensions questions in the Dutch parliament in The Hague. In April 2010, Laurens Swinkels gave a lecture on New tendencies in the European Pension Fund systems at the annual conference of FIAP/Asofondos in Colombia. In November 2009, Laurens Swinkels gave a lecture on Strategic asset allocation for the pension course at the Nyenrode Business University. In November 2009, Laurens Swinkels gave a presentation at the NPN Pension Summit on Dynamic strategic asset allocation. In June 2009, Laurens Swinkels gave a presentation at the European Pension Fund Investment Forum (EPFIF) meeting about Incentives in Pension Asset Management. In March 2009, Laurens Swinkels gave a lecture on Strategic asset allocation for the pension course at the Nyenrode Business University. In February 2009, Laurens Swinkels gave a lecture on Inflation hedging for pension funds at Tilburg University for the European Pension Academy. In September 2008, Laurens Swinkels gave a presentation at the Longevity Risk Conference on liability driven investment strategies. In February 2008, Laurens Swinkels gave a presentation at the European Pension Fund Investment Forum (EPFIF) meeting about core-satellite investment strategies. In September 2007, Laurens Swinkels gave a lecture with the title Pensions in Europe at Erasmus University Rotterdam for the International Lecture Week for the studty programme International Bachelor in Economics and Business. In June 2007, Laurens Swinkels gave a presentation at the ECFR/Netspar conference on pension investment strategies.