Straight Talking Financial All Stars and 3 Fed Presidents: 1 Great Conference
Posted by Mary Caraccioli | Filed under Announcement

One of the nation’s best resources for financial debate and discussion, the non-profit Global Interdependence Center, will be hosting a star studded conference on housing. No neither Lady Gaga nor the Duchess of Cambridge will be there, but some of the most sough after economic and market strategists and policy makers will be on hand and accessible to you. Two current and one former Fed President join some of the most quoted market experts in the country and YOU can be there too. Get the story behind the soundbites. Ask your own questions of some of the sharpest minds in the business at the:
29th Annual Monetary and Trade Conference
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
“Is Housing Ready for a Rebound? QE2, Housing and Foreclosures: Are they Related?”
7:30AM – 8:00AM – Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00AM – 8:15AM – Welcoming Remarks:
- George Tsetsekos, Dean, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University
- David Kotok, CIO, Cumberland Advisors & Vice Chair, GIC
8:15AM – 9:20AM – Session I: Panel Discussion and Audience Q & A
“Fannie/Freddie: Where Have We Been and Where are We Going?”
Josh Rosner of Graham Fisher & Co. Co-Author of Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon
Chris Whalen of Institutional Risk Analytics. Author of Inflated: How Money and Debt Built the American Dream
Michael Lewitt, Author of The Death of Capital: How Creative Policy Can Restore Stability
Moderator: Gretchen Morgensen, Assistant Business and Financial Editor of The New York Times . Co-author of Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon
The speakers above will be available for a book signing during the break.
9:20AM – 9:50AM – Session II: “Outlook for Housing Recovery” Followed by Audience Q&A
David Berson of PMI
Moderator: Barry Nobel, NASDAQ OMX PHLX
9:50AM – 10:25AM –
Special Remarks, Charles Plosser, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Keynote Speaker: Tom Hoenig, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Moderator: Paul McCulley, Chairman, GIC Society of Fellows
10:25AM – 10:45AM – Coffee Break and Book Signing
10:45AM – 11:25AM – Session III: “What Does QE Mean for U.S. Housing?” Followed by Audience Q & A
Maria Pia Olivero, Dept of Economics, LeBow College of Business
Mark Vitner, Managing Director & Senior Economist, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Moderator:John Mauldin, Millennium Wave Investments, 4-time NYT Best Selling Author
11:25AM – 12:10PM – Session IV: “GSEs: What To Do and How to Do It.” Followed by Audience Q & A
William Poole, Former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Moderator: Bill Dunkelberg, GIC Chair
12:10PM – 12:20PM – Summary and closing by Bill Dunkelberg, Chair, GIC
When: May 24, 2011 7:30AM – 12:30PM
Where: Behrakis Grand Hall, Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA
Registration: $50 – Members · $100 – Non-Members and includes a one-year membership
Registration Available Online:
http://www.interdependence.org/Event-05-24-11.php
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