41st Annual Monetary & Trade Conference and Global Citizen Award Ceremony
Date: Monday, December 11, 2023
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
$75.00 – $1,000.00
Registration is available now for the 41st Annual Monetary & Trade Conference and Global Citizen Award Ceremony!
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41st Annual Monetary & Trade Conference and Global Citizen Award Ceremony
We invite you to join GIC on Monday, December 11, 2023 for the dedication of our Global Citizen Award to longstanding GIC Board Member, Michael Drury.
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.
Immediately following the award ceremony, GIC will host the 41st Annual Monetary & Trade Conference. This year’s event will explore demographics and the world economy.
Attendees of this conference can receive continuing education credit from the Certified Financial Planner Board for credit hours. Please email Sandra Levant at [email protected] for more details.
Agenda
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM – Conference Registration/Coffee
9:45AM – 10:00AM – Welcome and Award Presentation
- Bill Kennedy, CEO, RiskBridge
- Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean
Introduction of Annual Monetary and Trade Conference
- George Tsetsekos, Francis Professor of Finance, LeBow College of Business
10:00AM – 10:45AM – Demographics of Small & Large Businesses
- Holly Wade, Executive Director of NFIB Research Center
- Dana Peterson, Chief Economist of The Conference Board
- Moderator: Michael McKee, International Economics and Policy Correspondent for Bloomberg Television and Radio
10:45AM – 11:00AM – Break
11:00 – 11:45AM – Global Demographics
- Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean
- Leland Miller, CEO, China Beige Book
- Moderator: Don Rissmiller, Chief Economist, Strategas
11:45AM – 12:30PM – Sectoral Demographics: Education, Wealth Management, and Generational Issues
- Joe Davis, Chief Economist, Vanguard
- Moderator: George Tsetsekos, Francis Professor of Finance, LeBow College of Business
12:30PM – Conclusion
- George Tsetsekos, Francis Professor of Finance, LeBow College of Business
12:30PM – 1:30PM – Lunch
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Speakers
Joseph H. Davis, Ph.D.
Global Chief Economist and Global Head of the Investment Strategy GroupJoseph H. Davis, Ph.D., is Vanguard’s global chief economist and global head of the Investment Strategy Group. He leads teams that are responsible for Vanguard’s research and thought leadership agendas as well as the development and oversight of the firm’s investment methodologies and models. His areas of expertise are economics, asset allocation, portfolio management, and investment strategies.
Michael Drury
Chief Economist, McVean Trading & InvestmentsMichael Drury is the chief economist for McVean Trading & Investments, LLC. He joined the firm in 1992, after serving for five years as senior economist with Allen Sinai at Shearson Lehman Brothers and its successor firms. Michael began his career in New York in 1982 as senior economist at A. Gary Shilling and Company. He received his B.S. in economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and did his graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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.
Michael McKee
International Economics and Politics Correspondent, Bloomberg Radio/TVMichael McKee is the International Economics and Policy Correspondent for Bloomberg TV and Radio, covering market and political developments, economic trends and central banks in the United States and around the globe.
Leland R. Miller
Chief Executive Officer, China Beige Book InternationalLeland is the co-founder and CEO of China Beige Book, the world’s leading data analytics and economic-forecasting firm focused on China, as well as operator of the largest proprietary data-collection network ever developed to track a closed economy.
Dana Peterson
Chief Economist & Center Leader of Economy, Strategy & Finance at The Conference BoardDana Peterson is the Chief Economist & Center Leader of Economy, Strategy & Finance at The Conference Board. Peterson joins The Conference Board from Citi, where for many years she served as a North America Economist and later as a Global Economist. Her wealth of experience extends to the public sector, having also worked at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C.
Donald Rissmiller
Founding Partner and Chief Economist of StrategasMr. Rissmiller is a founding Partner of Strategas and has directed the Firm's macroeconomic research efforts since 2006. He oversees Strategas' thematic research as well as high-frequency econometric forecasting.
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.
Holly Wade
Executive Director of the NFIB Research CenterHolly Wade is the executive director of the NFIB Research Center, where she conducts original research and studies public policy effects on small businesses. She produces NFIB’s monthly Small Business Economic Trends survey and surveys on topics related to small business operations.