WHAT:
Georgetown University Law Center and Americans for Financial Reform present a symposium on bank regulation: Opening Wall Street’s Black Box, Pathways to Improved Financial Transparency.Gary Gensler, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will deliver the keynote address.
WHEN:
Friday, October 11, 2013
WHERE:
Georgetown University Law Center
Gewirz Student Center, 12th Floor
120 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
SCHEDULE:
10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Introductory remarks from event sponsors
10:10 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Panel – Rethinking the Disclosure Paradigm
Amias Gerety, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Financial Stability Oversight Council, U.S. Department of Treasury
Henry Hu, Allan Shivers Chair in the Law of Banking and Finance, University of Texas School of Law
Albert “Pete” Kyle, Charles E. Smith Professor of Finance, University of Maryland
Adam Levitin, Professor, Georgetown Law
Marcus Stanley, Policy Director, Americans for Financial Reform (Moderator)
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Keynote Address
Gary Gensler, Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Panel – Progress Since 2008: Financial Transparency Post-Crisis
Jesse Eisinger, Reporter, ProPublica
David Frenk, Research Director, Better Markets
Zach Gast, Head of Financial Sector Research, Center for Financial Research and Analysis
Antoine Martin, Vice President, New York Federal Reserve Bank
Lisa Donner, Executive Director, Americans for Financial Reform (Moderator)
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Panel – Transparency and Accountability
Brad Miller, Of Counsel, Grais & Ellsworth
Cathy O’Neil, Occupy Wall Street’s Alternative Banking Group and Senior Data Scientist, Johnson Research Labs
Gene Phillips, Director, PF2 Securities Evaluation
Greg Smith, Former Goldman Sachs Executive Director and Author of Why I Left Goldman Sachs
Chris Brummer, Professor, Georgetown Law (Moderator)