Trade and the Future of Industry: An outlook on agriculture, manufacturing and tariffs

Join GIC for our first-ever event in Chicago, IL this September. We are partnering with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to bring together top industry professionals to discuss an outlook on agriculture, manufacturing and tariffs. This day-long conference on September 12, 2018 will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Please email cmurphy@interdependence.org for more information on how attendees of the Trade and the Future of Industry: An outlook on agriculture, manufacturing and tariffs can receive credit from the following CE organizations:

• CFP Board (6 CE credit hours)
• AFCPE Post Certification (6 credits)

Agenda

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Registration/Coffee

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | Opening Remarks

• Don Rissmiller, Chief Economist, Strategas Research Partners

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Session I – Macroeconomic outlook: Are risks symmetric?            

• Catherine Mann, Global Chief Economist, CitiGroup
• Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading & Investments
• Philip I. Levy, Senior Fellow on the Global Economy, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
• Moderator: Sangeetha Ramaswamy, Global Economist, Citadel Global Equities

12:00 – 1:15 p.m. |  Lunch

1:15 – 2:30 p.m. | Session II: Agriculture

• David Oppedahl, Senior Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• Kathy Baylis, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois
• David Lehman, Managing Director of Commodity Research and Product Development, CME Group
• Moderator: Don Rissmiller, Chief Economist, Strategas Research Partners

2:30 – 3:45 p.m. | Session III:  Manufacturing

• William Strauss, Senior Economist and Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• Kevin Kliesen, Business Economist and Research Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Zach Mottl, Chief Alignment Officer, Atlas Tool Works and Chair of Government Relations Committee, Technology & Manufacturing Association
• Moderator: Steve Sexauer, CIO, San Diego County Employee Retirement Association 

3:45 – 4:00 p.m. | Concluding Remarks

• Don Rissmiller, Chief Economist, Strategas Research Partners