The 38th Annual Monetary and Trade Conference: Monetary Policy Interventions in the Covid-era: Implications and Consequences took place virtually on Thursday, November 19, 2020. The presenters were: David Blanchflower, Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, Michael Gapen, Managing Director and Head of US Economics Research at Barclays, Mickey Levy, Ph.D., Chief Economist at Berenberg Capital Markets, Mark Zandi, Chief Economist at Moody’s Analytics, and was moderated by George Tsetsekos, Ph.D., Dean Emeritus and the Francis Professor of Finance at LeBow’s College of Business at Drexel University.
An expert panel from Cumberland Advisors and the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus presented on Tuesday, November 17, on post-election financial markets.
Dr. Bruce Gellin, M.D. M.P.H., President, Global Immunization at the Sabin Vaccine Institute presented at GIC’s Executive Briefing, “The Coronavirus Pandemic: The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End?” on Thursday, November 5, 2020.
Ali A. Houshmand, Ph.D., the President of Rowan University, and Nido R. Qubein, the President of High Point University, spoke at GIC’s Executive Briefing, Covid on Campus, on October 21, 2020.
Patrick T. Harker, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Greg Driscoll, the Senior Vice President of Service Operations and Chief Information Officer of Penn Mutual, and John Donohue, the Vice President of Information Services Enterprise Services, at Penn Medicine, all presented on AI and Machine Learning with moderator Peter A. Gold, Esq., Principal of the TheGoldGroup LLC, at GIC’s Executive Briefing on October 6, 2020.
James Bullard, Ph.D., the President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, presented on the US Economy and Monetary Policy at GIC’s Executive Briefing on Thursday, September 24, 2020.
Bob Bunting, CEO of Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Center (CAC), presented on climate change at GIC’s Executive Briefing on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. Moderated by Kathleen Stephansen, GIC Chair, Senior Economist for Haver Analytics and Trustee of EQAT Trust Funds.
Michael Drury, the Chief Economist at McVean Trading & Investments, and Leland R. Miller, the Chief Executive Officer of China Beige Book International, presented an outlook on China at GIC’s U.S./China Relations: Trump, Trade, and Tensions on Thursday, September 10, 2020.
Stephen Cecchetti, a Rosen Family Chair in International Finance at the Brandeis International Business School, and Paul F. O’Brien, Ph.D., Former Deputy Chief Investment Officer at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, presented on fundamental changes in monetary policies and the future implications for central banks and the global economy during GIC’s Executive Briefing, The New Monetary Policy, on Thursday, July 23, 2020.
Charles Evans, the President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago discussed the economic outlook through a fireside chat as a part of GIC’s Analyzing Pandemic Series on Thursday, July 16, 2020.
John Newton, Ph.D., Chief Economist, American Farm Bureau Federation, presented at the Global Interdependence Center’s COVID-19’s Impact on Agronomics and Food Supply Chains on Thursday, July 9, 2020.
Theresa Madaline, M.D.,Healthcare Epidemiologist of Montefiore Health System, Barry Zingman, M.D., Clinical Director of Infectious Diseases at the Moses Division of Montefiore Health System, and Andrew D. Racine, M.D., Ph.D., System Senior Vice-President and Chief Medical Officer of the Montefiore Health System presented at the Global Interdependence Center’s The Cure and The Disease (part 2) on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.
