2010 NABE Annual Meeting
Mile-High Challenges to Economic Prosperity
Preliminary Program (Updated: October 4 , 2010)
Sunday, October 10, 2010
9:30-10:30 AM SKILLS SEMINAR I: Excel Tips and Tricks
Charles Steindel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, presiding
Sara B. Potter, CFA, FactSet Research Systems, Inc.
10:45-11:45 AM SKILLS SEMINAR II: Predicting the Present with Google Trends
Paul Thomas, Intel, presiding
Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google Inc.
11:45-1:15 PM LUNCHEON
Sara Johnson, IHS Global Insight, presiding
Michael Spence, Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean, Emeritus, Stanford University
1:30-2:30 PM Alternative Perspectives on Monetary and Fiscal Policies
Cathy Gallagher, Business and Economic Institute at Point Loma Nazarene University, presiding
David Wessel, Econonmics Editor, Wall Street Journal, moderator
Laurence Meyer, Vice Chairman, Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC
John Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University
2:30-3:15 PM U.S. Deficit Dilemma: On the Road to Greece
Lynn Reaser, NABE President, presiding
Rudolph Penner, Urban Institute
3:15-3:45 PM NETWORKING BREAK
3:45-5:00 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS I
A. In the Aftermath of the Crisis: Evolution in Financial Regulation and Policy
Emily Kolinski Morris, Ford Motor Company, presiding
Nayantara Hensel, Dept of the Navy, moderator
Bill Gavin, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
Jeff Harris, University of Delaware
Michel Leonard, Alliant Insurance
B. The Importance of Entrepreneurship to Job Creation and Economic Recovery
Chad Moutray, U.S. Small Business Administration, moderator
Lawrence Plummer, University of Oklahoma
Paul Reynolds, George Washington University
Dane Stangler, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
C. How Global Aging Will Reshape the Economy and Financial Market
Robert Fry, DuPont, presiding
Richard Jackson, Center for Strategic and International Studies
5:30-6:45 PM RECEPTION Hosted by Wells Fargo at the Wells Fargo Building, Hershner Room
7:00-9:30 PM GETCONNECTED GATHERING
Monday, October 11, 2010
7:45-9:15 AM Breakfast: A View From the Administration
Lisa Emsbo-Mattingly, Fidelity Investments, presiding
Jason Furman, Deputy Director, National Economic Council
9:30-10:15 AM Could the European Debt Crisis or trade tensions between the US and China derail the global recovery?
Timothy Lee, Bloomberg, presiding
John Walker, Chairman, Oxford Economics
10:15-10:45 AM NETWORKING BREAK
10:45-11:15 AM NABE Outlook
Gene Huang, FedEx Corporation, presiding
Rich Wobbekind, NABE Vice President
11:15-11:45 AM 52nd Annual NABE Presidential Address
Rich Wobbekind, NABE Vice President, presiding
Lynn Reaser, NABE President, Point Loma Nazarene University
12:00-1:30 PM LUNCHEON Adam Smith Award Address
Regina Schleiger, Medley Global Advisors, presiding
The Honorable Janet Yellen, Vice Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
1:45-3:00 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS II
A. Auto Outlook 2.0: The Way Forward in 2011?
Melissa Peralta , TTX Company, presiding
Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, Ford Motor Company, moderator
Dan Galves, Deutsche Bank
Scott Krohn, Ford Motor Company
B. Health Leadership in this Era of Change
Paul Hughes-Cromwick, Altarum Institute, moderator
Michael J. Dowling, President & CEO, North Shore - LIJ Health System
Kavita Patel, Director, Health Policy Program, New America Foundation
Joseph R. Swedish, CEO, Trinity Health
C. The Long-Term Economic Outlook in Energy-Producing Nations: Russia, the Middle East and Latin America
James Boyko, ISI Emerging Markets, presiding
Jay Bryson, Global Economist, Wells Fargo, moderator
Rafael Amiel, Managing Director, Latin America, IHS Global Insight
Michael Marrese, Managing Director and Head of Economics and Strategy, JP Morgan Chase
Robert Powell, Senior Economist, Economist Intelligence Unit
3:00-3:30 PM Networking Break
3:30-4:15 PM The Direction of Oil Prices in the Short- and Long-run and the Role of Policy
Chris Varvares, Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC, presiding
Philip Verleger, David Mitchell/EnCana Professor, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
4:30-5:30 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS III
A. Contributed Papers Session
Robert Crow, Editor, Business Economics, moderator
Mark Vitner & Azhar Iqbal, Wells Fargo Securities
“The Deeper the Recession, the Stronger the Recovery: Is it Really That Simple?”
Robert Yerex, Kronos, Inc.
“Consumer Driven Economy at a Crossroads”
B. Manufacturing & The Business Cycle
Adolfo Laurenti, Mesirow Financial, moderator
Greg Autry, University of California, Irvine
Robert Fry, Dupont
David Huether, National Association of Manufacturers
Don Johnson, Caterpillar
C. Future of Oil and the Alternative Energy Space
Martha Moore, Senior Director - Policy Analysis and Economics, American Chemistry Council, moderator
Dan Arvizu, Director and Chief Executive, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sara Banaszak, American Petroleum Institute
5:45-6:15 PM NABE Business Meeting
6:15-7:30 PM RECEPTION Hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City at the Grand Hyatt Pinnacle Club - Capitol Peak Ballroom
7:45 PM SMALL GROUP DINNERS
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
7:00-8:00 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00-8:45 AM PIMCO's Cyclical and Secular Economic Outlook
Diane Swonk, Mesirow Financial, presiding
Tony Crescenzi, Senior Vice President, PIMCO
8:45-9:45 AM NBER Session: Recent Developments in Business Cycle Analysis
Harvey Rosenblum, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, moderator
Robert Gordon, Professor of Economics, Northwestern University
Mark Watson, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
9:45-10:30 AM The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy: Challenges Ahead
Richard Wobbekind, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder, presiding
Thomas Hoenig, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
10:30-11:00 AM NETWORKING BREAK
11:00-12:15 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS IV
A. Future of Agriculture: Contributing to or Constraining Economic Prosperity?
Robert Fry, DuPont, moderator
Scott Brown, Associate Director, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
Steven Elmore, Chief Agricultural Economist, Pioneer
Bill Lapp, President, Advanced Ecomomic Solutions
B. "RE/Con-naissance: Tools for Predicting Real Estate and Construction Trends"
Candice Hynek, Milken Institute, moderator
Dave Crowe, National Association of Homebuilders
Andy Fanter, Economist, Cyclcast-Intercast
Glenn Gavin, Dividend Capital
C. Measuring the Financial Sector
Maurine Haver, Haver Analytics, moderator
John Fernald, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Dennis Fixler, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Charles Steindel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
12:30 -1:45 PM LUNCHEON
Richard Wobbekind, NABE Vice President, presiding
Richard Lamm, Former Governor of Colorado and Co-Director, Institute for Policy Studies, University of Denver
