| 1:00 - 4:30 pm |
AUBER Board Meeting |
| 5:00 - 6:30 pm |
Welcome Reception
Sponsor: AUBER |
| 7:00 - 7:45 am |
Registration and Early Morning Coffee |
| 7:45 - 8:25 am |
Economic Policies of the New Administration
- A high-level spokesperson will outline the economic
policies and initiatives of President Bush's second administration.
Keith Hennessey, Deputy Director, National Economic Council
(invited) |
| 8:25 - 9:00 am |
The Policy Agenda: Likely Outcomes
- The possible outcomes of the administration's expected
economic policies and initiatives will be evaluated as
they move through the Congress and the mill of public
opinion.
Thomas D. Gallagher, Senior Managing Director, ISI Group,
Inc. |
| 9:15 - 10:15 am |
How the New Policy Team and Initiatives Affect
Financial Markets - This Wall Street panel will
offer their perspectives on the administration's economic
policies and initiatives.
Kathleen M. Camilli, Independent Economist, Camilli Economics,
moderator
Michael Dicks, Chief Economist for Europe, Lehman Brothers,
London
William C. Dudley, Director of U.S. Economic Research,
Goldman Sachs & Company
Richard H. Clarida, Chief Economic Strategist, The Clinton
Group/Professor of Economics, Columbia University
Sponsor: NABE Financial Roundtable |
| 10:15 - 10:45 am |
Networking Break |
| 10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Concurrent Educational Sessions A |
| Session 1 |
Directions for Tax Reform - This panel
will discuss potential structural changes to the tax landscape
and whether they might be radical or incremental.
C. Eugene Steuerle, Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute,
moderator
Michael J. Graetz, Professor of Law, Yale University
William Gale, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution |
| Session 2 |
Universities and Economic Development:
Technology Creation, Diffusion, and Commercialization
- This session will provide information on the role of
universities in regional economic development by examining
what is currently being done to maximize the value of
universities as catalysts for regional economic growth.
Sandy Baruah, U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development
Administration Chief of Staff
Phillip J. Bond, U.S. Department of Commerce's Under Secretary
of Commerce for Technology (Tentative)
Carol Conway, Deputy Director of Southern Growth
Sponsor: AUBER and the NABE Regional/Utility Roundtable |
| Session 3 |
Issues in Hemispheric Integration
- The panel will provide an update on the current status
of U.S. trade relations within the hemisphere and what
progress is expected in furthering hemispheric trade and
economic integration in the years ahead.
Claude Carrière, Minister (Economics) and Deputy
Head of Mission, Canadian Embassy
Andrés Velasco, Economist, Latin Source/Professor
of International Finance and Development, Harvard University
Regina Vargo, Assistant USTR for the Americas, Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative
Sponsors: Canadian Association for Business Economics
and NABE Manufacturing Roundtable |
| Session 4 |
Poster Session - Sign up
for the poster session to showcase your analyses and research. |
| 12:00 - 1:30 pm |
Luncheon
Canada's Experience with Inflation Targeting -
The head of Canada's central bank will present his views
on the extent to which the Bank of Canada's adoption of
an explicit inflation target boosted the Bank of Canada's
credibility and to what extent it has improved the effectiveness
of monetary policy in Canada.
David Dodge, Governor, Bank of Canada
Sponsor: Canadian Association for Business Economics |
| 1:45 - 3:00 pm |
Concurrent Educational Sessions
B |
| Session 1 |
Fixing Current Account Imbalances:
Who Owns Dollar Policy? - Panelists will assess
the interplay between the large U.S. current account deficit
and the path of the dollar, and how both may be affected
by policies of some of our trading partners to manage
their currencies against the dollar.
Catherine L. Mann, Senior Fellow, Institute for International
Economics
Jim O'Neill, Chief Currency Economist, Goldman Sachs &
Company
Michael Mussa, Senior Fellow, Institute for International
Economics
Sponsor: NABE International Roundtable |
| Session 2 |
Consumer Savings: A Policy Issue?
- The personal savings rate is near zero at a time health
care and other retirement costs are rising as aging baby
boomers reach the point of leaving the labor market. Are
consumers under-saving and will this cause a crisis in
the next decade? What, if anything, should policymakers
do about it today?
Susan Sterne, President, Economic Analysis Associates,
Inc.
Robert G. Shackleton, Principal Analyst, Congressional
Budget Office |
| Session 3 |
Poster Session - Sign up
for the poster session to showcase your analyses and research. |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm |
Networking Break |
| 3:30 - 4:45 pm |
Concurrent Educational Sessions
C |
| Session 1 |
Alternative Approaches to Monetary
Policy Making - The use of incoming economic
and financial indicators in monetary policymaking will
be discussed, along with a review of goals and objectives
of monetary policy.
Kate Barker, Member, Bank of England
Laurence H. Meyer, Former Governor, Federal Reserve System/Macroeconomic
Advisers |
| Session 2 |
Oil, Gas, and Policy Options for
Energy Security - This session will concentrate
on the North American energy markets, their security,
future supply, demand and price, and the impact of alternative
energy policies.
Yorgos Papatheodorou, Chief Economist, Lockwood Greene,
moderator
Donald A. Hanson, Argonne National Laboratory
Allison Nathan, Vice President, Goldman Sachs & Company
Andre Plourde, Professor and Chair, Economics Department,
University of Alberta
Sponsor: Canadian Association for Business Economics,
NABE Regional/Utility Roundtable, and NABE Manufacturing
Roundtable
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| Session 3 |
Social Security Reform -
This session will address the administration's proposals
to reform Social Security, including the cost implications
of private accounts.
David Wessel, Economics Reporter, Wall Street Journal,
moderator
Peter Orszag, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Michael Tanner, Director of Health and Welfare Studies,
The Cato Institute
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| 5:00 - 5:45 |
Concurrent Policy Briefings |
| Session 1 |
Energy Policy Under the Current
Administration - Hear a top administration official
discuss the twin goals of energy security and environmental
compatibility that loom large in the present environment
of supply vulnerability and high oil prices.
Spencer Abraham, Secretary, Department of Energy (invited) |
| Session 2 |
Health Care Policy: The Way Forward
- A look at federal health care policy reforms that address
the three pillars of cost, access, and quality. How will
we implement the policy reforms and address the funding
challenges?
Harvey Rosen, Member, Council of Economic Advisers
Sponsor: NABE Heath Economics Roundtable |
| Session 3 |
Issues in Corporate Governance
- Policies are evolving to improve corporate governance
through a variety of measures. This speaker will discuss
his views on improving corporate governance.
William McDonough, Chairman, Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board |
| 6:00 - 7:30 pm |
Reception
The Embassy of Canada
Please join us for refreshments at this architecturally
acclaimed embassy located on Pennsylvania Avenue across
from the National Gallery of Art.
Sponsor: Canadian Association for Business Economics |
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