April 30, 2009

 

The Global Interdependence Center and Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business Present:

The 27th Annual Monetary and Trade Conference

The Financial System, Banks & Economy: After the Storm…Where Are We Now?

7:30AM Registration and Breakfast, Behrakis Grand Hall

8:15AM Welcome
David Kotok, Program Chair, Global Interdependence Center Click here for presentation
George Tsetsekos, Dean, Drexel University's LeBow College of Business

8:30AM Bank Industry Analysis featuring
• Chris Whalen, Managing Director of Institutional Risk Analytics, “The US Banking Industry Post Bailout”
• Nancy A. Bush, CFA, NAB Research, LLC, "Creative Destruction In the Banking Industry: What's Left, And What's Next..." Click here for presentation
Includes 15 minute audience Q&A
Moderated by Martin Heldring, SVP TD Bank, NA & GIC Board

9:25 AM Barry Ritholtz, CEO; Director of Equity Research at Fusion IQ: “Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy
Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy” Includes 10 minute audience Q&A
Introduced by Tom Ambrose, President & CEO, Ambrose Wealth Management

10:00AM Coffee Break

10:20AM Macro Views of Financial Crisis Featuring
• Bob Eisenbeis, Chief Monetary Economist, Cumberland Advisors, “Are Things Really that Bad?” Click here for presentation
• Diane Swonk, Chief Economist, Mesirow Financial, “Searching for a Bottom”
Includes 15 minute audience Q&A. Moderated by Bianna Golodryga, ABC News

11:15AM Keynote Speaker: William Poole, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute and Former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: “Saying Goodbye to Too Big to Fail” Click here for presentation Includes 15 minute audience Q&A Introduced by Albert Brinkman, Senior Vice President, Miami International Holdings, Inc.

12:00PM Conclusion: Dr. William C. Dunkelberg, Chairman, Global Interdependence Center

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