40th Annual Monetary & Trade Conference and Global Citizen Award Ceremony
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2022
$125.00 – $1,000.00
Registration is available now for the 40th Annual Monetary & Trade Conference and Global Citizen Award Ceremony! We invite you to contribute your congratulations to our Award Honoree by purchasing space in our tribute booklet.
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40th Annual Monetary & Trade Conference and Global Citizen Award Ceremony
Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, various efforts have aimed at developing a comprehensive climate policy based on relevant data, disclosures, and approaches. Despite the efforts of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group, the climate policy agenda still appears fuzzy, and the consequences of climate events on countries, businesses, and financial portfolios remain distressing.
This conference intends to shed some light on outstanding climate-related issues and the economic and societal consequences of climate-related initiatives. In addition to economic matters, the conference speakers will highlight corporate and financial market developments relating to ESG and green finance and explore viable sustainability proposals going forward.
We invite you to join GIC on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 to celebrate 40 years of our Annual Monetary & Trade Conference! This year’s event will explore climate-related issues and include the dedication of our Global Citizen Award to GIC Board Member and continued Chair of the AMT, George Tsetsekos, Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus Drexel’s LeBow College of Business. Joining us as a keynote speaker is Patrick Harker, the President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
About the Global Citizen Award: This award is given to individuals who have provided substantial support to GIC and its mission. Recipients of this award have been strong advocates of GIC’s efforts to encourage the development of worldwide communities through increased knowledge, understanding and partnership.
Attendees of this conference can receive continuing education credit from the Certified Financial Planner Board for 3 credit hours. Please email Colleen Murphy at [email protected] for more details.
Click here to view the program handout and tribute book from this event.
Agenda
8:00 – 8:30 AM | Registration & Coffee
8:30 – 8:35 AM | Welcoming Remarks
- Vibhas Madan, Ph.D., Dean and R. John Chapel Jr. Dean’s Chair and Professor of Economics, LeBow College of Business at Drexel University and GIC Board Member
8:35 – 8:45 AM | Presentation of the Global Citizen Award
- William Kennedy, GIC Board Chair and CEO, RiskBridge Advisors, LLC
8:45 – 8:55 AM | Remarks and Intro to 40th Annual Monetary & Trade Conference
- George Tsetsekos, Ph.D., Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus at LeBow College of Business at Drexel University and GIC Board Member
8:55 – 9:00 AM | Introduction of Morning Keynote
- Vibhas Madan, Ph.D., Dean and R. John Chapel Jr. Dean’s Chair and Professor of Economics, LeBow College of Business at Drexel University and GIC Board Member
9:00 – 9:50 AM | Keynote with Audience Q&A
- Patrick Harker, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- Moderator: George Tsetsekos, Ph.D., Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus at LeBow College of Business at Drexel University and GIC Board Member
9:50 – 10:00 AM | Break
10:00 – 11:00 AM | Session I: The Climate Change Debate
- Jordan Howell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sustainable Business, Rowan University
- Stuart Mackintosh, Ph.D., Executive Director, Group of Thirty
- Sean Heberling, President, Marion Street Capital and GIC Board Member
- Moderator: George Tsetsekos, Ph.D., Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus at LeBow College of Business at Drexel University and GIC Board Member
11:00 AM – 12:10 PM | Session II: Climate Change and Capital Markets
- Mark Hays, Director of Sustainable & Impact Investing, Managing Director, Glenmede
- Michael Cosack, Principal, ImpactWise
- Gabriel Thoumi, Chief Executive Officer, Responsible Alpha
- Klaus Oppermann, Ph.D., Senior Economist, The World Bank
- Moderator: George Tsetsekos, Ph.D., Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus at LeBow College of Business at Drexel University and GIC Board Member
12:10 – 12:25 PM | Break
12:25 – 1:25 PM | Session III: Climate Change and the Economy
- John Newton, Chief Economist at U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
- Mark Zandi, Ph.D., Chief Economist, Moody’s Analytics
- Moderator: George Tsetsekos, Ph.D., Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus at LeBow College of Business at Drexel University and GIC Board Member
1:25 – 1:30 PM | Concluding Remarks
- George Tsetsekos, Ph.D., Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus at LeBow College of Business at Drexel University and GIC Board Member
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Lunch
Tribute Options
We invite you to support GIC by placing a congratulatory message or company ad in our tribute booklet by Tuesday, November 8. Please find the details on message pricing below:
Congratulatory Messages/Tribute Book:
- Full-Page Message: $1000
- Half-Page Message: $500
- Quarter-Page Message: $250
Event Location
LeBow College of Business at Drexel University
Gerri C. LeBow Hall, 3220 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Speakers
Patrick T. Harker, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaPatrick T. Harker took office on July 1, 2015, as the 11th president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. In this role, Dr. Harker participates on the Federal Open Market Committee, which formulates the nation’s monetary policy.
George Tsetsekos, Ph.D.
Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus Drexel’s LeBow College of BusinessDr. George Tsetsekos, serves as the Francis professor of Finance and Director of the Risk Management Center at the LeBow College of Business. He served as Dean of LeBow (2002-2012) and under his transformative leadership the college achieved national rankings and quality milestones in research and teaching.
Michael Cosack
Principal, ImpactWiseMichael Cosack has spent most of his professional career advising the trustees on the investment and fiduciary responsibilities regarding their institutional funds. As an entrepreneur, he has built several organizations, including one of the largest independent investment consulting firms in the Greater Philadelphia region, stewarding over $3.5 billion of combined assets. The firm was eventually purchased by a national independent financial advisory firm.
Mark Hays
Director of Sustainable & Impact Investing, GlenmedeMark Hays is Director of Sustainable & Impact Investing. In this role, he provides strategic leadership of Glenmede’s sustainable and impact investing efforts. Mark and his team are responsible for the development of new investment capabilities, the creation and delivery of innovative thought leadership, and the deepening of relationships with clients and industry partners.
Sean Heberling, CFA
President, Marion Street CapitalMr. Sean Heberling, CFA is President of Marion Street Capital, a boutique investment firm. He is a Director at the CFA Society of Philadelphia, a member Society of the CFA Institute, the preeminent organization for Finance professionals.
Jordan Howell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sustainable Business, Rowan UniversityI am currently Associate Professor of Sustainable Business at Rowan University. I also co-Direct the Rowan Center for Responsible Leadership housed in the Rohrer College of Business. I am proud to have developed and help supervise (with colleagues in the College of Business and School of Earth & Environment) a joint degree program offering students the opportunity to complete a BA in Environmental & Sustainability Studies alongside a Masters’ in Business Administration, because businesses are perhaps the most powerful tools we have to bring about sustainability goals.
William Kennedy
GIC Board Chair and CEO, RiskBridge Advisors, LLCWilliam Kennedy is the co-founder, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of RiskBridge Advisors, an independent, full-service investment office serving insurers, endowments and foundations, and individual investors. He is responsible for RiskBridge’s business and investment activities and has over 30 years of capital market research and investment experience.
Stuart P.M. Mackintosh
Executive Director, Group of ThirtyStuart P.M. Mackintosh is the Executive Director of the Group of Thirty, an international financial think tank comprised senior figures from central banking, the financial sector, and academia. His research focus centers on macroeconomic and systemic risks, global governance issues, and the international political economy.
Vibhas Madan, Ph.D.
Dean, LeBow College of Business at Drexel UniversityVibhas Madan, PhD, professor of economics, was appointed dean of Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business in December 2020 after serving as interim dean since November 2019. He joined the Dean’s Office in July 2018 as senior associate dean for academic programs. Prior to that, he served as the head of the Economics Department and then as the founding director of the School of Economics, which was launched as a new school within the College in 2013.
John Newton, Ph.D.
Chief Economist at U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & ForestryDr. Newton is the former Chief Economist for American Farm Bureau Federation, the largest organization of independent farmers in the United States. In this role, Dr. Newton was responsible for the management of Farm Bureau’s economics department and coordinates and conducts analyses used for the development and advocacy of Farm Bureau policy on Capitol Hill.
Klaus Oppermann
Senior Economist, World Bank Climate Change GroupKlaus Oppermann is a senior economist with the World Bank Climate Change Group. He is an expert on international climate finance and carbon markets with more than 20 years of working experience.
Gabriel Thoumi, CFA, FRM
CEO, Responsible AlphaGabriel Thoumi, CFA, FRM, Certified Ecologist, is CEO, Responsible Alpha, a global consultancy which enables institutions on their transition to a low-carbon, sustainable, and equitable future. He is a former investment research manager and commercial banker with over 15 years' experience as an award-winning research manager (2014, 2015, 2020, and 2021).
Mark Zandi
Chief Economist, Moody's AnalyticsMark M. Zandi is chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, where he directs economic research. Moody’s Analytics, a subsidiary of Moody’s Corp., is a leading provider of economic research, data and analytical tools. Dr. Zandi is a cofounder of Economy.com, which Moody’s purchased in 2005.
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