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Beyond the Meltdown: Regulatory Reform of the Financial Sector - Washington, DC

Date: January 9, 2009

Time: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

National Press Club
529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045
202-662-7500

Registration for this event is now closed. Thank you for your interest.

Demos, Essential Information, and the Consumer Education Foundation Invite You To:

BEYOND THE MELTDOWN
Regulatory Reform of the Financial Sector

Friday, January 9th, 8 am - 4 pm
Holeman Lounge
National Press Club
Washington, DC

The new presidential administration will take office against the backdrop of a deepening recession that has devastated the economic stability of our country. This crisis poses a dual challenge of epic proportion: first, the ongoing task of restoring confidence, stability and liquidity to the markets and the broader economy; second, the work of forging a new and robust regulatory framework for Wall Street and the financial system.

Please join us for a series of panels about the future of the financial sector with some of America's leading experts.

To register, contact Jinny Khanduja at 212.389.1399 or jkhanduja@demos.org, or click here.

For the full agenda, click here.

Lunch will be provided. The event will feature an interview with John C. Bogle, Founder of the Vanguard Group and President of Vanguard's Bogle Financial Markets Research Center.

Confirmed Panelists:

Robert Auerbach, University of Texas, former House Financial Services staff
Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Michael Barr, University of Michigan Law School
Jane D'Arista, Financial Markets Center
Tamara Draut, Demos
Bert Foer, American Antitrust Institute
Steve Kroll, American University
Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect
Miles Rapoport, Demos
Harvey Rosenfield, Consumer Education Foundation
Ellen Seidman, New America Foundation
Damon Silvers, Associate General Counsel AFL-CIO
Rob Weissman, Essential Information

This forum is part of the annual Charles R. Halpern Seminar on New Visions for America, named after the founder and first Board Chair of Demos. Halpern served as President of the Nathan Cummings Foundation from its founding in 1989 until 1999. In that role, he saw the need for a new institution based on the values of expanded democracy and economic fairness, which would advance new ideas, engage people of differing views, and work to change public policy at the national and state level. Since its founding in 2000, Demos has been working to fulfill this vision.

Watch Video of the Interview with Jon Bogle:

 

For More Video from the Conference, click here.

With: Tamara Draut | Jose Garcia | Caleb Gibson | James Lardner | Robert Kuttner

Tags: Financial Reform | Business & Industry | Market Economy | Wall Street | Lending Industry

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