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Financial Services Symposium 2009

Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI

Sponsor

Sponsors, Faculty, and Students

Please register as "Pay at the Door" and note your status in the COMMENTS box.

Keynote Speaker

Martin Gruenberg, Vice Chairman of FDIC and President of the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI)

Event Time: 8:00am-2:00pm

Sponsor

Hosted by: URI College of Business Administration, Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and Senator Reed's Office

Complimentary registrations, (lunch included) for all CBA faculty and students. You must register.

Sponsor

Symposium Organizers

• Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce
• Office of US Senator Jack Reed
• Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation
• College of Business Administration, University of Rhode Island

Symposium Major Sponsors

Sponsor

• Fidelity Investments
• MetLife Auto & Home
• Amica Mutual Insurance Company
• RI Economic Development Corporation
• Sovereign Bank

Contact Information

Sponsor

Shaw K. Chen, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean
Director, 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

Sponsor

Theme: Fueling the Financial Services Engine

Event Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Location: Rhode Island Convention Center, One Sabin Street, Providence, RI 02903-1814

Proposed Program

7:45 a.m. Registration: Coffee, etc.
8:00 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

8:30 a.m. Morning Speaker – Stephen Gresham, SVP Fidelity Investments, Taubman Center for Public Policy, Brown University

9:15 a.m. Roundtable Discussion # 1:
"Restructuring the Financial Industry for Consumer-centric Growth"
Moderator: Laurie White, Providence Chamber of Commerce
3-4 Panelists:
Each panelist to speak for 5 minutes on their own corporate innovations and then respond to questions.

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Roundtable Discussion # 2:
"The Right Regulation Framework to Create Financial Services Industry Success"
Moderator: Mark Higgins, URI College of Business Administration
3-4 Panelists:
Each panelist to speak for 5 minutes on their own corporate innovations and then respond to questions.

12:30 p.m. Luncheon Speaker --- Martin Gruenberg, Vice Chairman FDIC

Senator Reed to introduce