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Sunday, October 6
Skills Session: Building a Business as an Economic Consultant
Crystal Ballroom
Christine Chmura, CEO, Chief Economist, and Founder, Chmura Economics & Analytics
Julia Coronado, Founder and President, MacroPolicy Perspectives, LLC
David R. Kotok, Chairman of the Board & Chief Investment Officer, Cumberland Advisors
Moderator: Nela Richardson, Investment Strategist, Edward Jones
Presentation of Adam Smith Award
Crystal Ballroom
Arthur B. Laffer, Founder and Chairman, Laffer Associates
Moderator: David Altig, Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Luncheon: Developments and Trends in U.S. Labor Supply
Held in Honor of Professor Alan B. Krueger
Silverton Ballroom
Erica Groshen, Visiting Senior Scholar, Cornell University; former BLS Commissioner
Jonathan Gruber, Ford Professor of Economics, MIT
Michael Horrigan, CBE, President, W.E. Upjohn Institute
Moderator: Diane Swonk, CBE, Chief Economist, Grant Thornton
Presiding: Manuel Balmaseda, CBE, Chief Economist, CEMEX
The U.S.-China Trade Relationship at a Crossroads
Presented by NBER in honor of former NBER President Martin Feldstein
Crystal Ballroom
Lee G. Branstetter, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University; Research Associate, NBER
Gordon Hanson, Director, Center for Global Transformation, UC San Diego; Research Associate, NBER
Moderator: Jim Poterba, Mitsui Professor of Economics, MIT; President, NBER
Negative Interest Rates: How and Why to Eliminate Any Lower Bound on Rates
Crystal Ballroom
Miles Spencer Kimball, Eugene D. Eaton Jr. Chair in Economics and Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
Moderator: Megan Greene, Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Price Stability: A Main Street Perspective
Crystal Ballroom
Esther L. George, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Moderator: Sara Johnson, CBE, Executive Director, Global Economics, IHS Markit
Monday, October 7
Modern Monetary Theory: Exploring the Pros and Cons
Crystal Ballroom
Julia Coronado, Founder and President, MacroPolicy Perspectives, LLC
Catherine L. Mann, Global Chief Economist, Citi
Laurence Meyer, President, Monetary Policy Analytics Inc.
Moderator: George A. Kahn, CBE, Vice President and Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Global Outlook
Crystal Ballroom
Gregory Daco, Chief U.S. Economist, Oxford Economics
Roger Josefsson, Chief Economist, Macrobond
Nela Richardson, Investment Strategist, Edward Jones
Moderator: Richard L. Wobbekind, CBE, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado
Global Demographics
Crystal Ballroom
Amlan Roy, Head of Global Macro Policy Research and Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors
Ellen Zentner, Chief U.S. Economist and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Moderator: Mark Palim, Deputy Chief Economist and Vice President, Fannie Mae
Policies to Combat the Next Macroeconomic Downturn or Crisis
Crystal Ballroom
Edward Lazear, The Davies Family Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Christina Romer, Class of 1957-Garff B. Williams Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley
Moderator: Lynn Reaser, CBE, Chief Economist, Point Loma Nazarene University
Luncheon: Outlook for 5G Technology
Silverton Ballroom
Morgan Kurk, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, CommScope
Moderator: Jay Bryson, Managing Director and Acting Chief Economist, Wells Fargo4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
Use of Machine Learning and AI in Companies
Crystal Ballroom
Michael Cavaretta, Manager of Advanced Manufacturing and IIOT Analytics, Ford Motor Company
Elizabeth Conzo-Kershner, Analytics Leader, John Deere
Michael Januszyk, Senior Research Scientist, NuMedii, Inc
Moderator: Nela Richardson, Investment Strategist, Edward Jones
The Two Faces of Populism: Economics or Politics?
Crystal Ballroom
Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California at Berkeley
Moderator: Stuart Mackintosh, CBE, Executive Director, Group of Thirty
Tuesday, October 8
Chinese Economy, Debt, and Spillover Effects
Crystal Ballroom
Lisa Emsbo-Mattingly, CBE, Director of Research - Global Asset Allocation, Fidelity Investments
Daniel Rosen, Co-Founder and China Practice Leader, Rhodium Group
Moderator: Juhi Dhawan, Senior Managing Director, Global Macroanalyst, Wellington Management
CEO Chat
Crystal Ballroom
Hikmet Ersek, CEO, The Western Union Company
Moderator: Constance Hunter, CBE, NABE President; Chief Economist, KPMG
Consumer Expectations: Micro Foundations and Macro Impact
Crystal Ballroom
Richard Curtin, Research Associate Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
Moderator: Jack Kleinhenz, CBE, Chief Economist, National Retail Federation
Luncheon: A View from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Silverton Ballroom
Jerome Powell, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Moderator: Lisa Emsbo-Mattingly, CBE, Director of Research, Global Asset Allocation, Fidelity Investments
Materials
(listed in alpha order by speaker last name)
Sunday, October 6