Program
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Last Updated: March 27, 2023
Tuesday, March 28
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Welcome Reception | South American
Capital Hilton
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Small Group Dinners (registration required; more details in registration confirmation email)
Area Restaurants
Wednesday, March 29
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast | Capital Terrace
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM A View from the World Trade Organization | Presidential Ballroom
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organization
Moderator: Constance Hunter, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Strategy and ESG, AIG
8:45 AM - 9:35 AM Fiscal Policy Perspectives | Presidential Ballroom
Doug Elmendorf, Dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Maya MacGuineas, President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Moderator: Jeff Holland, Vice President, Research, The Peter G. Peterson Foundation
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM Housing Supply and Policy Options | Presidential Ballroom
Edward Pinto, Director-Center on Housing Risk, American Enterprise Institute
Laurie Goodman, Institute Fellow, The Urban Institute
Moderator: Selma Hepp, Chief Economist and Executive, Research and Insights, CoreLogic
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Networking Break | Capital Terrace
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions I
IA. Discrimination in Housing: Past, Present, and Future | South American
Jonathan Rose, Historian, Federal Reserve System
Vanessa Perry, Professor of Marketing, Strategic Management and Public Policy, George Washington University School of Business
Moderator: Jessica Dill, Director and District Transition Coordinator for FRFS Transition, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
IB. Immigration Policy Options | Federal
Fred Treyz, Chief Economist and CEO, REMI
Pia Orrenius, Vice President and Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Anna Maria Mayda, Professor of Economics, Georgetown University
Moderator: Daniel Bachman, Senior Research Leader, Economic Forecasting, Deloitte Services, LP
IC. Geopolitical Tensions in Europe and the Outlook for the Energy Market | Congressional
Elina Ribakova, Visiting Fellow, Bruegel
David Claydon, Partner and Founder, Kaya Partners
Yael Selfin, Chief Economist, KPMG in the UK
Moderator: Ilan Kolet, Institutional Portfolio Manager, Fidelity Investments
12:00 PM - 1:25 PM Luncheon Address: U.S. Macroeconomic & Fiscal Outlook | Presidential Ballroom
Phillip Swagel, Director, Congressional Budget Office
Moderator: Diane Lim, Blogger and Writer, EconomistMom.com; Advisory Board Member, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Concurrent Sessions II
IIA. The Future of Family-Friendly Policies | South American
Isabel Sawhill, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Melissa Boteach, Vice President, Income Security and Child Care/Early Learning, National Women's Law Center
Chelsea Follett, Policy Analyst and Managing Editor of HumanProgress.org, Cato Institute
Sharita Gruberg, Vice President for Economic Justice, National Partnership for Women and Families
Moderator: Melissa Kearney, Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
IIB. Reliability and Affordability Throughout the Energy Transition | Federal
Jeff Plewes, Principal, Charles River Associates
Kevin Book, Co-Founder and Head of Research, ClearView Energy Partners, LLC
Charles Rossmann, Economist, Southern Company
Moderator: Martha Moore, Chief Economist and Managing Director, Economics and Statistics, American Chemistry Council
IIC. Soft, Hard, or No Landing? Outlook for the U.S. Economy and Policy Implications | Congressional
Michael Brown, Principal U.S. Economist, Visa
Dulguun Batbold, Global Economist, Visa
Kathy Bostjancic, Chief Economist, Nationwide
Ryan Sweet, Chief U.S. Economist, Oxford Economics
Moderator: Diane Swonk, CBE, Chief Economist and Managing Director, KPMG LLP
2:30 PM - 2:55 PM Networking Break | Capital Terrace
2:55 PM - 3:45 PM Inflation and Monetary Policy | Presidential Ballroom
Richard Clarida, Former Vice Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Catherine Mann, External Member, Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England
Moderator: Seth Carpenter, Global Chief Economist, Morgan Stanley
3:50 PM - 4:40 PM Regulating Digital Assets and Payment Stablecoins | Presidential Ballroom
Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund
Gordon Liao, Chief Economist, Circle
Nellie Liang, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Moderator: Sanjay Patnaik, Director, Center on Regulation and Markets, The Brookings Institution
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Inflation in the Euro Area and the U.S. - Causes, Persistence, Outlook | Presidential Ballroom
Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Moderator: Dana Peterson, Chief Economist, The Conference Board
6:00-7:30 PM Reception at the French Ambassador's Residence
2221 Kalorama Road, Northwest
8:00 PM GetConnected Happy Hour at the Ellipse Rooftop Bar at the Hyatt Place | Open to All Attendees
1522 K Street, Northwest
Thursday, March 30
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast | Capital Terrace
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM Financial Stability | Presidential Ballroom
Sheila Bair, Former Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Moderator: Julia Coronado, NABE President; President and Founder, MacroPolicy Perspectives LLC
8:45 AM - 9:35 AM The Labor Market is Not Just Human | Presidential Ballroom
William Spriggs, Chief Economist, AFL-CIO
Nela Richardson, Chief Economist, ADP
Diane Swonk, CBE, Chief Economist and Managing Director, KPMG LLP
Moderator: Lydia Boussour, Senior Economist, EY-Parthenon
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM Assessing and Adapting to a New Trade Landscape | Presidential Ballroom
Elaine Buckberg, Chief Economist, General Motors
Eswar Prasad, Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy, Cornell University
Moderator: Mekala Krishnan, Partner, McKinsey Global Institute, McKinsey & Company
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Networking Break | Capital Terrace
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions
IIIA. Antitrust: A Necessary Good or Stifling of Growth and Innovation? | South American
Fiona Scott Morton, Professor of Economics, Yale SOM
Jeffrey Prisbrey, Vice President, Charles River Associates
Aurelien Portuese, Director of The Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Moderator: Benjamin Leyden, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Business Economics, Cornell University
IIIB. Climate Change and Insurance: The Essential Silent Partner | Federal
Thomas Holzheu, Chief Economist Americas, Deputy Head of Group Economic Research and Strategy, Swiss Re Institute
Roger Kranenburg, Vice President, Energy Strategy and Policy, Eversource Energy
Moderator: Nekabari Goka, Principal, Policy Analysis & Development, Exelon
IIIC. Wage Compression: Good for Workers, Bad for Inflation? | Congressional
Nick Bunker, Director, North American Economic Research, Indeed
Annie McGrew, Economics PhD Student, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Moderator: Jeanna Smialek, Federal Reserve and Economics Reporter, The New York Times
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Luncheon: Outlook and Monetary Policy | Presidential Ballroom
Susan Collins, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Moderator: Elaine Buckberg, Chief Economist, General Motors
1:35 PM - 2:35 PM Concurrent Sessions IV
IVA. Small Business Finance in the Pandemic and Aftermath | South American
Chi Mac, Business Research Lead, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Joseph W. Major, Chairman of the Board and CEO, The Victory Bank and Victory Bancorp, Inc.
Moderator: Curtis Dubay, Chief Economist, Economic Policy Division, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
IVB. Regional Inequality and Place-Based Policy | Federal
Jed Kolko, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce
Peter Ganong, Associate Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Moderator: Emily Badger, Domestic Correspondent, The New York Times
IVC. Transportation Infrastructure as a Key to Global Competitiveness | Congressional
Richard Ezike, Program Communication Specialist, Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
Philippe Villard, Vice President, Economic Policy Airports Council International-NA
Luisa Fernandez-Willey, Assistant Vice President, Policy & Economics, Association of American Railroads
Moderator: Matthew Muenster, Chief Economist, Breakthrough
2:35 PM - 2:50 PM Networking Break | Capital Terrace
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM Does the U.S. Need an Industrial Policy to Compete in the New Landscape? | Presidential Ballroom
Kristen Silverberg, President and COO, Business Roundtable; Former U.S. Ambassador to the EU
Mary Lovely, Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Thomas Duesterberg, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Moderator: Juhi Dhawan, Senior Managing Director, Global Macroanalyst, Wellington Management
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM Presentation of the Paul A. Volcker Award | Presidential Ballroom
Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury
Moderator: Julia Coronado, NABE President; President and Founder, MacroPolicy Perspectives LLC