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SIEPR Economic Summit 2015

Event Details:

Friday, March 13, 2015
7:30am - 5:45pm PDT

Location

Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
McCaw Hall
326 Galvez St
»ÆÉ«µçÓ°, CA 94305
United States

SIEPR Economic Summit featuring Ben Bernanke and Ursula Burns.

Schedule

Friday, March 13, 2015

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    Registration and Breakfast

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    Opening Session: Preventative Medicine: The Way Ahead

    George Shultz, SIEPR Honorary Chairman
    Elizabeth Holmes, Founder and CEO, Theranos

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    Welcome Remarks

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    Session I: Perspectives from Engineering: What Ails Europe?

    Hans-Werner Sinn, Professor of Economics and Public Finance, University of Munich; President of the Ifo Institute; Director of the University of Munich’s Center for Economic Studies; Director of CESifo 

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    Break

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    Session II: Two Views of the Global Economy

    Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University; Mark and Sheila Wolfson Distinguished Visiting Scholar

    John Lipsky, Senior Fellow, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; SIEPR Advisory Board Member

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    Lunch

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    Lunch Remarks: John Taylor interviews Arminio Fraga on The State of the World and the Brazilian Economy

    Arminio Fraga, Founding Partner, Gávea Investimentos; Former Chairman of the Board, BM&F Bovespa, Brazil's securities, commodities and derivatives exchange; Former President, Central Bank of Brazil

    John B. Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics; George P. Shultz Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Former Director, SIEPR

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    Session III: The Challenges of Innovating in a Large Company Environment

    Urusula Burns, Charman and CEO, Xerox
    Steve Mollenkopf, CEO, Qualcomm

    Moderator:  

    Susan L. Bostrom, SIEPR Advisory Board Member

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    Break

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    Session IV: San Francisco Giants’ Economic Impact on the Bay Area

    Steven Kohlhagen, SIEPR Advisory Board Member interviews

    Laurence Baer, President & CEO, San Francisco Giants 

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    Break

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    Session V: Critical Issue Sessions and Their Locations: Oil

    Panelist(s):

    Tom Stephenson, Partner, Sequoia Capital; SIEPR Advisory Board member  

    Douglas Michael Laxton, Economist, IMF  

    Frank Wolak, Holbrook Working Professor of Commodity Price Studies, Department of Economics, »ÆÉ«µçÓ°; SIEPR Senior Fellow

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    Session V: Critical Issue Sessions and Their Locations: ISIL, Iran, and the Taliban: Assessing the Threats to American Security

    Moderator:  

    Panelist(s):

    Brad Kapnick, Partner, Katten & Temple, LLP; SIEPR Advisory Board member  

    Martha Crenshaw, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science  

    Karl Eikenberry, Consulting Professor, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; and William J. Perry Fellow in International Security, Center for International Studies  

    Scott Sagan, The Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science; The Peter and Mimi Haas Fellow in Undergraduate Education; Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation

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