| Sunday, March 8, 2009 |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Long Range Planning Committee |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Legislative Committee |
| 3:30 p.m. |
NAST Executive Committee |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Opening Conference Buffet Reception |
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| Monday, March 9, 2009 |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Conference Breakfast
Hon. Natwar M. Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer, District of
Columbia |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Welcome & Conference Opening
NAST Legislative Agenda
|
| 9:30 a.m. |
The American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009
Overview of key provisions and discussion of the act’s
impact on the work of state treasurers
|
| 10:15 a.m. |
Implementation of the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Jeffrey Liebman, Ph.D., Executive Associate Director
and Chief Economist, Office of
Management and Budget
|
| 10:45 a.m. |
Overview of Global Financial Markets and
Infrastructure Initiatives
T. Timothy Ryan, Jr., President & CEO,
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
|
| 11:10 a.m. |
New Proposals to Regulate Market
Participants
Hal Johnson, Deputy Executive Director, Municipal
Securities Rulemaking Board
|
| 11:40 a.m. |
Trends and Initiatives in Regional Muni
Markets
Michael Decker, Co-CEO Regional Bond Dealers
Association
|
| 12:00 p.m. |
Conference Luncheon
The Japanese Experience - Reflections on Economic Recovery
Hon. Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador of Japan
|
| 1:30 p.m. |
Pensionomics: Measuring the Economic
Impact of State & Local Pension Plans
Beth Almeida, Report Co-Author and Executive Director,
The National Institute on Retirement Security
|
| 2:00 p.m. |
The Public Retiree’s Investment Act,
H.R. 710
Hon. Gary L. Ackerman
(NY), Member, House Financial Services Committee
|
| 2:45 p.m. |
Treasurers’ Roundtable on Pension
Funding Issues |
| 6:30 p.m. |
NAST Foundation Dinner
Hon. Steny H. Hoyer, Majority Leader, U.S.
House of Representatives |
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| Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Conference Breakfast |
| 9:30 a.m. |
The Impact of Stimulus on the States
Hon. Alice M. Rivlin, Senior Fellow, The Brookings
Institution
|
| 10:00 a.m. |
College Savings Plans Legislation and
Related Issues
Hon. Earl Pomeroy (ND), Member,
House Ways and Means Committee
|
| 10:45 a.m. |
Municipal Bond Issues
Hon. Gerry Connolly (VA), Member,
House Budget Committee
|
| 11:15 a.m. |
Update on Legislative Activities
Hon. Lynn Jenkins (KS), Member,
House Financial Services Committee
|
| 12:00 p.m. |
Conference Luncheon |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Jason Furman, Deputy Assistant
to the President for the National Economic Council
|
| 2:00 p.m. |
Afternoon Congressional Office Visits |
| 2:00 p.m. |
NAST Corporate Affiliate Member Meeting
|
| 6:00 p.m. |
Conference Buffet Reception & Debriefing
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| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
| Morning |
Conference Breakfast |
