UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
Financial Services Symposium 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
Innovative Growth of Financial Services
Sponsor
Symposium Organizers
- Governor’s Insurance Council
- Department of Business Regulation, State of Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation
- College of Business Administration, University of Rhode Island
Symposium Sponsors
- Major Sponsors
- Corporate Sponors
- Organization Sponsors
- Individual Sponsors
Contact Information
Shaw K. Chen, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean
Director, Sandra Ann Morsilli Pacific-Basin Capital Markets Research Center
College of Business Administration
University of Rhode Island
7 Lippitt Road, Kingston, RI 02881
Telephone: +1 (401) 874-4339
Facsimile: +1 (401) 874-4312
chenshaw@uri.edu
Program
7:45 a.m. Registration: Coffee, etc. 8:30 a.m. Opening Ceremony/Welcome Mark Higgins, Dean, Business Administration, URI Robert Carothers, President, University of Rhode Island The Honorable Donald L. Carcieri, RI Governor
8:45 a.m. Keynote Speaker Charlie Brenner, Founder, Fidelity Center for Applied Technology; SVP, Fidelity Investments “Technology, Innovation and the Impact on Financial Services Industry”
9:30 a.m. Business CEO Roundtable Discussion: “Shaping the Future by Looking at the Trends” Facilitator: Mark Higgins, Dean, College of Business Administration, URI CEO Panelists: William Hatfield, Market President, Bank of America Gary Furtado, President & CEO, Navigant Credit Union Robert DiMuccio, President & CEO, AMICA
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Industry Community Leaders Roundtable Discussion: “Crafting a Climate for Financial Services Industry Success” Facilitator: Christopher (Kip) L. Bergstrom, Executive Director, Rhode Island Policy Council Panelists: Laurie White, President, Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce Saul Kaplan, Executive Director, Rhode Island Economic Development Corp Dan Egan, CEO, Credit Union Association of Rhode Island A. Michael Marques, Director, Rhode Island Dept. Business Regulation
12:15 noon Luncheon Speaker David Sampson, President and CEO, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America; Former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Commerce Department. “The Role of the Insurance Industry in the Nation's Economic Fabric”