Economic Education Events
Global Economic Forum
June 20, 2016 San Antonio
This annual event at the San Antonio Branch examined a variety of issues from a global perspective in the context of the classroom. The second day of the conference featured a videoconference with speakers from across the Federal Reserve System.
Date and Location
- June 20–21 | 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
San Antonio Branch
402 Dwyer Ave.
San Antonio, TX 78204
Professional Development Credit
- 12 hours
Agenda
| Monday, June 20 | |
8 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome |
9 a.m. |
Microfinance: from Third World to First World |
10 a.m. |
Break |
10:15 a.m. |
Las Colonias in the 21st Century |
11:15 a.m. |
Global Demographic Trends |
12:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. | Fair Trade and Nativa Tressa Castro Owner and Founder Nativa |
| 2:15 p.m. | Break |
| 2:30 p.m. | Debating Trade in an Election Year Alejandro Velez Professor Emeritus St. Mary’s University |
| 3:30 p.m. | Wrap-up |
| 4 p.m. | Adjourn |
| Tuesday, June 21 | |
8 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
8:15 a.m. |
Financial Technology |
9:15 a.m. |
Videoconference Introduction |
9:30 a.m. |
An Inquiry Project Incorporating All of the Social Studies |
10:15 a.m. |
Break |
10:30 a.m. |
Cuba at a Crossroads |
11:15 a.m. |
Federal Reserve Resources on Globalization |
Noon |
Lunch |
| 1 p.m. | The Economics of Integration David Wiczer Economist Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
1:45 a.m. |
Break |
| 2 p.m. | Global Capital Flows Nicholas Sly Senior Economist Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| 3 p.m. | Taking the Content to the Classroom Princeton Williams |
| 4 p.m. | Adjourn |
