2018 Program
Woodrow Wilson School | September 5-8, 2018
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Understanding the Language of Finance
| Wednesday, September 5th, Room 399, Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building | |
| 5:30–5:45 pm | Dinner (pizza and salad) |
| 5:45–9:00 pm | Accounting for Policy Makers, Donal Byard, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College |
Framework for Understanding Financial Markets
| Thursday, September 6th, Bowl A17, Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building | |
| 8:30–9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am–12:00 pm | Treasury Markets, Charles Jones, Columbia Business School |
| 12:00 –1:00 pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:00–5:00 pm | Credit Markets (continued), Charles Jones, Columbia Business School |
| Friday, September 7th, Bowl A17, Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building | |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am–12:00 noon | Mortgages & Derivatives, Michael Johannes, Columbia Business School |
| 12:00–1:00 pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:00–3:00 pm | Mortgages & Derivatives (continued), Michael Johannes, Columbia Business School |
| 3:00–3:15 pm | Coffee break |
| 3:15–5:15pm | Financial Crisis, Atif Mian, John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance and Director, JRCPPF, Princeton University |
Industry Expert Presentations
| Saturday, September 8th, Bowl A17, Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building | |
| 8:30–9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00–10:00 am | Municipal Bond Markets, RJ Gallo, Senior Portfolio Manager, Senior Vice President, Head of Municipal Bond Investment Group, Federated Investors, Inc. |
| 10:00–10:45 am | Private Equity, David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group |
| 10:45–11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00–11:45 am | Two to Tango: Private Equity’s Partnership Model, Noah Gottdiener, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Duff & Phelps |
| 11:45 am–12:30 am | Impact Investment: Leveraging Policy and Investment to Achieve Sustainable Development, Philip D. Bennett, First Vice President (ret.), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| 12:30–1:30 pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:30–2:15 pm | Global Economic Prospects, Ashoka Mody, Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor, Princeton University |
| 2:15–3:00 pm | Cryptocurrencies and Financial Market Implications, Amber Baldet, Founder & CEO, Clovyr |
| 3:00–3:15 pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:15–4:15pm | Panel Discussion: Financial Regulation Aaron Klein, Brookings Institute Duncan Jepson, Liberty Global Kathryn Judge, Professor, Columbia Law School |
| 4:15 pm | Wrap-up |