2010 NABE Professional Development Seminar
Preliminary Program
Updated: April 6 , 2010
Monday, April 12
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Monday Skills Session - Optional
A) Economic Statistics from the US Govt and Industry Sources (1:00 - 2:00 pm)
Maurine Haver, Haver Analytics
B) Seasonal Adjustment: Uses and Approaches (2:15 - 3:30 pm)Ataman Ozyildirim, The Conference Board
Networking Break (3:30 - 4:00 pm)
C) Construction and Use of Indexes (4:00 - 5:00 pm)Duncan Meldrum, IHS Global Insight
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Reception
Tuesday, April 13
8:00 - 8:10 am
Welcome Remarks
Lynn Reaser, NABE President
8:15 - 9:30 am
Concurrent Sessions I
Track A: Measuring Employment
Maurine Haver, Haver Analytics, moderator
Pat Getz, US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tom Nardone, US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dana Saporta, Stone & McCarthy
Track B: Retail Sales: Census and Private Measures
Rich Wobbekind, University of Colorado, moderator
Fay Dorsett, U.S. Census Bureau
Scott Krugman, National Retail Federation
Mike Niemira, International Council of Shopping Centers
9:30 - 9:50 am
Networking Break
9:50 - 11:15 am
Concurrent Sessions II
Track A: Measuring Inflation
Maurine Haver, Haver Analytics, moderator
Michael Horrigan, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Duncan Meldrum, IHS Global Insight
Track B: Fed Beige Books
Jack Kleinhenz, Kleinhenz and Associates, moderator
Michael Chriszt, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Keith Phillips, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Charles Steindel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
11:30 - 12:45 pm
Luncheon: The Importance of Quality Data in Policymaking
Rebecca Blank, Undersecretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, Department of Commerce
1:00 - 2:10 pm
Concurrent Sessions III
Track A: GDP and National Accounts
Robert Parker, Consultant, moderator
Andy Schmidt, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Ben Herzon, Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC
Track B: American Community Survey
Ken Simonson, Associated General Contractors of America, moderator
Susan Schechter, US Census Bureau
Randall Eberts, Upjohn Institute
2:20 - 3:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions IV
Track A: International Statistics
Stuart Mackintosh, The Group of Thirty, moderator
Jeff Lowe, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Adolfo Laurenti, Mesirow Financial
Track B: Fed Balance Sheet
Rosemary Marcuss, Internal Revenue Service, moderator
Seth Carpenter, Federal Reserve Board
John Silvia, Wells Fargo
3:30 - 3:50 pm
Networking Break
3:50 - 5:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions V
Track A: Flow of Funds
Charles Steindel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, moderator
Susan McIntosh, Federal Reserve Board
Tim McGee, U.S. Trust
Track B: Corporate Profits
Lynn Reaser, Point Loma Nazarene University, moderator
Howard Krakower, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Dick Rippe, ISI Group, Inc.
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Reception
6:15 - 8:00 PM
Small Group Dinners
8:00 – 10:00 PM
Get Connected Happy Hour
Location: Bailey’s Pub & Grill, 2010 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA.
Wednesday, April 14
7:00 - 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 9:10 am
Concurrent Session VI
Track A: Housing Prices
Richard DeKaser, Woodley Park Research, moderator
Andrew Leventis, Federal Housing Finance Agency
Jim Kennedy, Division of Research and Statistics, Federal Reserve Board
Track B: Other Employment Indicators
Chad Moutray, U.S. Small Business Administration, moderator
Scott Gibbons, Department of Labor
Sherry Konigsberg, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Charlotte Oslund, Bureau of Labor Statistics
9:10 - 9:30 am
Networking Break
9:30 - 10:45 am
Concurrent Sessions VII
Track A: Housing and Construction
Ken Simonson, Associated General Contractors of America, moderator
Angela Delano, US Census Bureau
Robert Fry, DuPont
Track B: Economic Census and Regional and Industry Forecasting
Jack Kleinhenz, Kleinhenz and Associates, moderator
Bob Marske, US Census Bureau
Jeff Werling, Inforum, University of Maryland
11:00 - 12:00 pm
Closing General Session: Using Statistics to Make Sense of the Economic Puzzle
Joel Prakken, Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC