Recent and Upcoming

December 4-5, 2008
Call for Papers: Conference on Housing and Mortgage Markets

December 3, 2008
Employing the Region’s Assets: Baby Boomers Meeting New England’s Skilled Workforce Needs
The New England Public Policy Center’s 4th annual conference

October 16, 2008
2008 Regional & Community Bankers Conference
This conference provided insight into the Federal Reserve’s perspective on current industry issues affecting regional and community banks in New England. 

Past

Year: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001

2008

August 12, 2008
Foreclosure Prevention Workshop at Gillette Stadium

June 30-July 2, 2008
Teacher Workshop on Globalization and International Economics

June 9-11, 2008
Understanding Inflation and the Implications for Monetary Policy: A Phillips Curve Retrospective
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's 53rd economic conference

May 16, 2008
Investing in Community Development and Other Emerging Domestic Markets
Institutional investors and investment management professionals engaged in nuts and bolts discussions about how to identify appropriate community development investments, evaluate risk, undergo the process of due diligence, engage other trustees in discussion, and build a portfolio incrementally. This workshop was sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the School of Community Economic Development at Southern New Hampshire University, and AltruShare Securities.

May 14-15, 2008
New Challenges for Operational Risk Measurement and Management
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors hosted a conference on AMA implementation in May 2008. The conference provided a forum for discussion of critical issues related to the upcoming implementation of the Basel II Accord in the area of Operational Risk. Discussion topics include regulatory initiatives (e.g., results from the 2008 US Range of Practice Exercise), quantification issues, the relationship between risk measurement and risk management, home/host, scenario analysis challenges, and many others.

January 14, 2008; February 2, 2008; February 11, 2008; May 6, 2008
Virtual Economics for K-12 Teachers Professional Development Workshops
An interactive introduction to the Virtual Economics 3.0 CD, which contains 1200+ valuable lesson plans. Find out about the March 31 Economics Challenge for Massachusetts high school students and Entrepreneurship learning opportunities for elementary and middle school students.

March 25, 2008
National Consumer Protection Week Conference
What Every Consumer Should Know in 2008

2007

December 5, 2007
FedExchange
FedExchange featured Reserve Bank experts in payments, community affairs, economics, and payments law who provided insights into trends impacting New England and the nation. The goal was to provide a broad spectrum of information to help financial institutions make business decisions during this period of rapid change in the payments system.

December 5, 2007
Financing Municipalities in New England: Revisiting the State-Local Relationship
The New England Public Policy Center's 3rd annual conference will investigate the fiscal relationship between New England's state and municipal governments and discuss potential strategies to finance municipalities. Specifically, speakers will examine the design of municipal aid formulas and address the potential impact of adopting local option sales taxes.

December 3, 2007
Working Together to Build Wealth in Lower-Income Communities
A Forum on Strategies for financial institutions, community-based organizations and public programs to expand access to financial services, financial education and asset development. Held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on December 3, 2007.

Co-sponsored by: the Boston Alliance for Economic Inclusion, Boston EITC Coalition, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Institute on Assets and Social Policy, Brandeis University, Massachusetts Association for Community Action, Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations, Massachusetts Bankers Association, Massachusetts Community & Banking Council, Massachusetts Credit Union League, Massachusetts Fair Lending Coordinating Committee, and the Midas Collaborative.

November 19, 2007
Economic Summit for High School Teachers of Economics and Personal Finance
The 2007 Economics Summit was on Monday, November 19th at St. Paul's School in Concord, NH. This event was open to secondary high school teachers across New England who teach economics or personal finance.

October 25, 2007
2007 Regional & Community Bankers Conference
Presentation topics included an economic outlook, changes in real estate lending, an update on identity theft, and funding trends.

September 27- 28, 2007
Implications of Behavioral Economics for Economic Policy

June 27-29, 2007
Teacher Workshops: Globalization
The Boston Fed, in collaboration with the New York, Chicago, and Dallas Reserve Banks, provided a professional development workshop for teachers on the topics of globalization and international economics.

June 18-20, 2007
Labor Supply in the New Century
This conference mapped out what we know—and explore what we don’t—about the U.S. labor force of the future. Papers and presentations are now available.

May 21, 2007
2007 EPRG Contactless Forum
This EPRG forum brought together invited industry experts, academics, and Federal Reserve System payments professionals to explore the realm of contactless smart cards.

March 27, 2007
National Consumer Protection Week Conference
Topics included fraud prevention, dealing with difficult consumers and businesses, and consumer scams.

2006

December 6, 2006
Regional Roundtable: Public Pension Funds and Targeted Investing
This conference was sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Massachusetts State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, and the Pension Funds & Urban Revitalization Initiative of the Labor & Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. New England pension fund leaders and other stakeholders from across the region came together to discuss whether investing in the emerging domestic markets can work in smaller cities in New England.

December 5, 2006
Covering the Uninsured: Costs, Benefits, and Policy Alternatives for New England
The conference convened a select group of key stakeholders including policymakers, insurers, hospital administrators, employers, public health advocates, and health policy researchers from across all six New England states and the nation.

November 7, 2006
Latest Economic Forum
The latest economic forum was held in Springfield, Massachusetts and featured a discussion on the economic conditions in Massachusetts and the outlook for the domestic economy.

October 25-27, 2006
The Future of Life-Cycle Saving & Investing
This conference brought together academic researchers, practitioners, and public-sector policymakers to discuss the current state of this science and to explore its implications for households, businesses, and government. The objective was to stimulate the adoption of best practices in the development of both new financial products and future public policies.

October 11, 2006
2006 Regional & Community Bankers Conference Presentations
Topics covered real estate, demographics, and the economy; New England banking and funding trends; the direction of banking services; and supervisory updates.

July 25-27, 2006
Consumer Behavior and Payment Choice
Second Annual Research Conference
Building on the Bank’s inaugural effort to understand the demand or consumer side of the retail payments market,  this two-day conference brought together academic and private sector researchers, and payments system participants to further explore consumer payment issues such as data developments and analysis, emerging payment technologies, public policies, and other topics. 

July 5-7, 2006
Globalization and International Economics Workshop
FRB Boston, in collaboration with the Dallas and New York Reserve Banks provided a professional development workshop on site for teachers on the topic of globalization and international economics.

June 14-16, 2006
Global Imbalances - As Giants Evolve
The Boston Fed's 51st economic conference brought together economists, business leaders, and policymakers from around the world to explore the fundamental structural changes underlying today’s large global imbalances.

May 22, 2006
Housing and the Economy in Greater Boston: Trends, Impacts, and Potential Responses
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s New England Public Policy Center and The Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government present this morning discussion.

March 29, 2006
National Consumer Protection Week Conference
The program focuses on the influence of marketing on financial decisions, the influence of marketing on children, alternative vs. conventional mortgages, and ensuring informed decisions.

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2005

December 15, 2005
Trends In Small Business Financing: Best Theory and Practice
A half-day conference on critical issues related to small business financing in Massachusetts.

December 2, 2005
Fueling the Future: Energy Policy in New England
The New England Public Policy Center convened this symposium to identify the key energy policy issues facing New England and to foster a dialogue among legislators, analysts, and other interested parties about the potential policies that could help address them.

November 3-4, 2005
Achieving Sustainability, Scale, and Impact in Community Development Finance: SRI and Community Investing
This conference explored opportunities for socially responsible investment in community development. Proceedings are available.

October 27-28, 2005
Consumer Behavior and Payment Choice: How and Why Do Consumers Choose Their Payment Methods?
This conference will bring together economic researchers and payments system participants to explore what we know and don’t know about how consumers choose among payment methods and about the implications of their decisions for saving, consumption, and portfolio allocation.

June 15-17, 2005
Wanting It All: The Challenge of Reforming the U.S. Health Care System
The Boston Fed's 50th economic conference brought together economists, health practitioners, and policymakers to explore the best ways to measure, finance, and distribute the benefits of modern health care.

June 7, 2005
2005 Regional & Community Bankers Conference
Topics included emerging payments, banking trends in New England, the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), anti-money laundering (AML), and Check 21.

May 18-20, 2005
Implementing an AMA for Operational Risk

April 26, 2005
15th Annual National Consumer Protection Week Conference
Topics included Check 21 vs. electronic check conversion, stored value cards, and phishing and fraud.

April 7-8, 2005
Promises & Pitfalls: As Consumer Finances Multiply, Who Is Being Served and at What Cost?
A conference presented current research on trends and innovations in consumer financial markets, with particular emphasis on low- and moderate-income consumers and on underserved populations. Held in Washington, DC.

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2004

June 14-16, 2005
The Macroeconomics of Fiscal Policy
This conference assessed our understanding of the effects and effectiveness of fiscal policy, drawing on postwar policy experience and recent economic research.

May 18, 2004
The Third Annual Regional & Community Bankers Conference

March 3, 2004
Reaching the Top: Challenges and Opportunities for Women Leaders
This conference reviews how highly educated, high-achieving women are faring in today’s workplace. Are they continuing to make progress? What is keeping women out of the top echelons of management? What can organizations do to attract and develop high-achieving women? Is there a role for public policy intervention? Articles based on this conference were published in the Quarter 1, 2005 issue of Regional Review.

February 24, 2004
National Consumer Protection Week 2004 Conference

January 15, 2004
Rhode Island Financial Literacy Conference
Financial literacy can help low income families avoid high cost predatory business practices, prepare for emergencies, and save for major assets including housing, education, a car, or starting a business. Many organizations in Rhode Island and elsewhere are expanding programs and trying new approaches.

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2003

June 27, 2003
Breakfast Seminar: Structuring New Market Tax Credit Deals in New England
The goal of the seminar is to highlight how New Market Tax Credit deals can be structured, and the role of the key parties that will be involved in the deals. Panelists will also discuss the tax and legal implications of structuring New Market Tax Credit deals

June 8-10, 2003
How Humans Behave: Implications for Economics and Economic Policy
This conference brought together economists, behavioral scientists, and economic policymakers in the hope of applying insights from psychology and other behavioral disciplines to improve our understanding of how people make decisions as individuals and, ultimately, in a macroeconomic setting.

June 5, 2003
The Second Annual Regional & Community Bankers Conference

March 20-21; June 19-20; September 18-19, 2003
Microenterprise Tools & Techniques 2003
A two-day training seminar for microenterprise lenders and techical asisstance providers.

March 2003
Getting Credit for Business
A forum on strategies to increase access to credit for small businesses.

February 2003
National Consumer Protection Week 2003 Conference
Topics include The Debit vs Credit Controversy, Check Truncation: New Check Processing Systems, and Innovative & Future Payment Systems.

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2002

Building Partnerships through Financial Education Conference (November 2002)
Financial education practitioners and bankers will discuss their collaborative efforts in financial education and describe how their programs have benefitted people in their communities.

Strengthening Partnerships for Inner-City Entrepreneurship: A Forum for Community-Based Organizations and Funders (October 2002)
This conference offers community-based business assistance providers and their funders an opportunity to share experiences and perspectives on the best ways to promote business creation and growth in low-income urban areas.

Banking on the Community- Untapped Markets: Embracing Potential for Economic Opportunities (October 2002)

Education in the 21st Century: Meeting the Challenges of a Changing World (June 2002)
Experts from a variety of perspectives analyzed current institutional and financial arrangements in the area of education, with the goal of identifying the nature of the shortcomings and appropriate ameliorative actions.

Regional & Community Bankers Conference (June 2002)

New Markets Tax Credit Program Conference (May 2002)
A conference about the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program, which has the potential to be an important tool for spurring economic development in low-income communities.

The Impact of Economic Slowdowns on Financial Institutions and Their Regulators (April 2002)
A symposium jointly sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Journal of Financial Intermediation

2001

Capital Allocation for Operational Risk Conference (November 2001)
The conference provided a comprehensive understanding of current and evolving best practices in identifying, measuring, and modeling operational risk and in managing and mitigating this risk through capital allocation, insurance, and other existing and potential risk management tools.

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