GIC’s Houston Economic Summit

Houston, Texas | October 14, 2026

Join us this October for our first program in Texas, held in partnership with the Houston Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

 

Agenda

8:30AM | Registration and Coffee

9:15AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Representative from Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • Holly Wade, Executive Director of NFIB Research Center and GIC Board Chair

9:30AM | Session I: Energy Transition and Power Generation 

  • Erik Milito, President, National Ocean Industries Association
  • Irina Shaorshadze, Ph.D. Economist and FICC Strategist, and GIC Board Member
  • James Slutz, Managing Director, The National Petroleum Council
  • Moderator: Garrett Golding, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

10:30AM | Break

10:45AM | Session II: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence

  • Dave Altig, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  • Marilu Hastings, Founder of Meridian House
  • Moderator: Mark Wynne, Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

11:30AM |  Break

11:45AM | Session III: New Global Trade Policy Implications 

  • Enrique Martínez García, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • Sam Rines, Macro Strategist, WisdomTree
  • Moderator: Pia Orrenius Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

12:30PM | Lunch

1:30PM | Keynote

  • Ambassador David Satterfield, Director, Baker Institute for Public Policy
  • Moderator: TBC

2:15PM | Conclusion

  • Holly Wade, Executive Director of NFIB Research Center and GIC Board Chair

 

Event Details

Conference Venue:
Houston Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
1801 Allen Pkwy, Houston, TX 77019

Recommended Hotels

Close to the Conference Venue:
The Thompson by Hyatt(opens in new tab)

Downtown/Near Private Speakers’ Dinner:
JW Marriott(opens in new tab)

C. Baldwin  by Hilton(opens in new tab)

The Whitehall(opens in new tab)

Museum District:
Hotel Zaza(opens in new tab)

Houston Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas  1801 Allen Pkwy, Houston, TX 77019

$50.00

GIC's Houston Economic Summit

Speakers

Ambassador David M. Satterfield

Ambassador David M. Satterfield has over four decades of diplomatic service and policy and management leadership experience in the United…

David E. Altig, Ph.D.

David E. Altig is executive vice president and chief economic adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He serves on…

Garrett Golding

Garrett Golding is an assistant vice president for energy programs at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. In this role,…

Enrique Martínez García

Enrique Martínez García, a native of Novelda (Spain), is an assistant vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas….

Marilu Hastings

Marilu Hastings is the founder of Meridian House, a strategic advisory platform focused on infrastructure governance, regional development, and institutional…

Erik Milito

Erik Milito is the president of the National Ocean Industries Association, representing the interests of the offshore oil and gas…

Pia Orrenius, Ph.D.

Pia Orrenius is a labor economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, working on regional economic growth and demographic…

Samuel Rines

Samuel Rines is a Macro Strategist at WisdomTree, where he extends the firm’s custom model portfolio management capabilities. Before joining…

Irina Shaorshadze, Ph.D.

Irina Shaorshadze is an Economist and Investment Strategist whose research integrates global macroeconomics, financial markets, geopolitics, and public policy. Most…

Jim Slutz

Jim Slutz is the Managing Director of the National Petroleum Council (NPC), an independent federal advisory committee to the United…

Holly Wade

Holly Wade is the executive director of the NFIB Research Center, where she conducts original research and studies public policy…

Mark A. Wynne

Mark A. Wynne is a vice president and associate director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Since…

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