Central Banking Series: St. Louis

AGENDA

7:30 – 8 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast

8 – 8:15 a.m. | Welcome

• Kevin L. Kliesen, Business Economist and Research Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading & Investments and Chairman of GIC

8:15 – 9:30 a.m. | Session I: New Directions in Monetary Policy

• James Bullard, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Larry Meyer, Senior Managing Director, Macroeconomic Advisers
• Moderator: Kevin L. Kliesen, Business Economist and Research Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

9:30 – 9:45 a.m. | Break

9:45 – 11 a.m. | Session II: Views from the St. Louis Banking and Financial Sector

• Paul Christopher, Head Global Market Strategist, Wells Fargo Investment Institute, Wells Fargo & Company
• Larry Otto, St. Louis Market President, US Bank St. Louis
• Moderator: Julie Stackhouse, Senior Vice President and Managing Officer of Banking Supervision, Credit, Community Development and Learning Innovation, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

11 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Session III: Challenges Facing Higher Education Today and in the Future

• Cheryl B. Schrader, Chancellor, Missouri University of Science and Technology
• Moderator: Mary Suiter, Assistant Vice President and Economic Education Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

12 – 1:15 p.m. | Lunch

1:15 – 2:45 p.m. | Session IV: Innovation and Entrepreneurship: The Keys to Faster Growth Locally and Nationally?

• Leslie Smith, President, EPIcenter Memphis
• Ginger Imster, Executive Director of Arch Grants, St. Louis
• Terry Brewer, President, Brewer Science
• Moderator: Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading & Investments and Chairman of GIC

2:45 – 3 p.m. | Break

3 – 4:30 p.m. | Session V: How Are Key St. Louis Industries Innovating to Adapt to a Changing Economic Environment?

• Blair Fortner, Chief Economist, Monsanto
• Kevin Krosley, Chief of Staff, Sigma-Aldrich
• Ward Klein, Chairman of the Board, Edgewell
• Moderator: Cletus Coughlin, Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

4:30 – 4:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks

• Cletus Coughlin, Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

4:45 – 5:30 p.m. | Closing Reception:  Inside the Economy Museum

Please note that while there is no fee associated with this event, individual registration via our website is mandatory for attendance in compliance with the Law Enforcement regulations of the Federal Reserve Bank.

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IMCA has accepted this program for 5.50 hours of CE credit towards the CIMA^®, CIMC^® and CPWA^® certifications. If you hold the CIMA^®, CIMC^® or CPWA^® certification(s), you may report this CE program online by logging into your My IMCA account at www.imca.org/user. Detailed reporting instructions can be found at http://www.imca.org/pages/onlinereporting. When reporting online, leave the provider name field blank and fill in the program ID# and date attended fields only. This program’s ID # is 15GIC007.

Central Banking Series: St. Louis has also been approved for  3 CTFA credits.  CTFA credits should be distributed as follows: 3 INV. This statement should not be viewed as an endorsement of this program or its sponsor. ICB Members must report these credits at www.icbmembers.org.