28th Annual Washington Economic Policy Conference
“From Crisis Management to Long-Term Renewal”

 

March 25-27, 2012
Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel
Arlington, VA

Updated: 3/23/12

Sunday, March 25

5:00-6:30 PM Welcome Reception

Entertainment provided by NABE Jazz Musicians

Hosted by AUBER

6:30-8:00 PM Small Group Dinners

(area restaurants)

8:00-9:00 PM Get Connected Networking Reception

Bailey's Irish Pub & Grille
2010 Crystal Dr # A
Arlington, VA 22202

Monday, March 26

8:00-8:45 AM

Welcome Remarks

Gene Huang, NABE President, and Vice President and Chief Economist, FedEx Corporation

A View from the Federal Reserve

Lynn Reaser, former NABE President, and Chief Economist, Point Loma Nazarene University, presiding
Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

8:45-9:30 AM Fiscal Policy Choices

Douglas Hamilton, Director - Research, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, introduction
Douglas Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office

9:30-10:30 AM Long-Term Fiscal Policy Alternatives

Lynn Reaser, former NABE President, Chief Economist, Point Loma Nazarene University, moderator
Alan Blinder, Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Lawrence Lindsey, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Lindsey Group

10:30-11:00 AM Networking Break

11:00 AM -12:00 PM Eurozone Crisis and Implications for the Global Economy

Stuart Mackintosh, Executive Director, Group of Thirty, moderator
David Marsh, Co-Chairman, Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum; Chairman, SCCO International
Holger Schmieding, Chief Economist, Joh. Berenberg Gossler & Co.

12:00-1:30 PM Luncheon

Gene Huang, NABE President, and Vice President and Chief Economist, FedEx Corporation, presiding

NABE Foundation Awards Presentation
Ellen Hughes Cromwick, former NABE President, and Chief Economist, Ford Motor Company

Sen. Mark Warner, U.S. Senator (D-Virginia)

1:40-2:50 PM Concurrent Sessions I

A. Global Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act

Joel Oswald, Principal, Williams and Jensen, PLLC, moderator
Doug Elliott, Fellow, Brookings Institution
Bill Murden, Director, Office of International Banking and Securities Markets Policy, Department of Treasury
Phillip Swagel, Professor in International Economic Policy, University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
José Viñals, Financial Counsellor and Director - Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

B. Impact of an Iranian Blockade on Oil Markets and the Economy

Kevin Swift, Chief Economist, American Chemistry Council, moderator
Jeff Schott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Chris Varvares, Senior Managing Director and Co-Founder, Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC
Philip Verleger, President, PKVerleger, LLC

C. Fiscal, Monetary & Trade Policy: What Canada did Right in Wake of the Great Recession

Craig Alexander, Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial, moderator
Peter G. Hall, VP, Export Development Canada and President, Canadian Association of Business Economists
Chris Ragan, Professor, McGill University - Montreal
Annette Ryan, Chief Economist and Director General, Industry Canada

3:00-4:15 PM Concurrent Sessions II

A. Fiscal State of the States

James Kleckley, East Carolina University, AUBER President Elect, moderator
Steven G. Cochrane, Managing Director, Moody's Analytics
Scott Pattison, Executive Director, The National Association of State Budget Officers

Presented by AUBER

B. Regulations for Business: A Burden or Blessing?

Brink Lindsey, Senior Scholar in Research and Policy, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, moderator
Susan Dudley, Director, Regulatory Studies Center, George Washington University
Adam Finkel, Senior Fellow and Executive Director, Penn Program on Regulations
Chad Moutray, Chief Economist, National Association of Manufacturers

C. Implementing Health Reform as the Supreme Court of the United States Deliberates Constitutionality

Paul Hughes-Cromwick, Senior Health Economist, Altarum Institute, moderator
Sherry Glied, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Sara Rosenbaum, JD, Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor, George Washington University

4:15-4:45 PM Networking Break

4:45-5:45 PM Monetary Policy in the Context of High Sovereign Debt

Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, Chief Economist, Ford Motor Company, moderator
David Miles, Monetary Policy Committee Member, Bank of England
Jens Ulbrich, Head of Economics Department, Deutsche Bundesbank

6:30-8:00 PM Offsite Reception at the Canadian Embassy

Embassy of Canada
501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

8:00-9:15 AM CEA Breakfast

Jay Bryson, NABE Director, and Managing Director and Global Economist,
Wells Fargo, presiding
Alan Krueger, Chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisers

9:30-10:30 AM Concurrent Sessions III

A. Perspectives on the Pension Predicament

Sara Johnson, Senior Research Director - Global Economics, IHS Global Insight, presiding
Janet Harrah, Northern Kentucky University, AUBER President, moderator
Josh Barro, Walter B. Wriston Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
David Draine, Senior Associate - Research, Pew Center on the States

Presented by AUBER

B. Austrian Economics 101

Adolfo Laurenti, Deputy Chief Economist, Mesirow Financial, moderator
Peter J. Boettke, Professor, George Mason University
Christopher Coyne, Professor George Mason University

C. Single-family Finance: Assessing the Federal Policy Response

Frank Nothaft, VP and Chief Economist, Freddie Mac, moderator
Patrick Lawler, Chief Economist Associate Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency
Laurie Maggiano, Director of Policy, Homeownership Preservation Office, US Treasury
Susan Wachter, Professor, Wharton School of Business, Univerisity of Pennsylvania

10:30 AM -11:00 AM Networking Break

11:00 AM -12:00 PM Long-Term Unemployment Crisis: Outlook and Policy Implications

Rich Brown, Chief Economist, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, moderator
Peter Diamond, Institute Professor, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jesse Rothstein, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley

12:00-1:30 PM Luncheon

Christine Romans, CNN Money, moderator
Gene Huang, VP and Chief Economist, FedEx Corporation, presiding
Frederick W. Smith, President, Chairman, and CEO, FedEx Corporation

1:45-2:45 PM Political Outlook Panel

Lisa Emsbo-Mattingly, Director of Research, Fidelity Investments, moderator
Charlie Cook, Editor and Publisher, The Cook Political Report
Greg Valliere, Chief Political Strategist, Potomac Research Group

2:45 Adjournment