The Big Picture - Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Technology, and Digital Media

Note: Students and profs that want to sign up can register at half price, please cntact conference producer Marion Manneker for more info.

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The Big Picture Conference – Capitalism After Crisis & Recession

New York Athletic Club, New York,

June 3, 2009

Registration, Coffee/Breakfast & Networking
8:00 am – 9:00 am

Barry Ritholtz: Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:00 am – 9:15 am

Nassim Taleb: Capitalism 2.0: Building a Robust Economic System
9:15 am – 9:45 am followed by Q&A

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) Preventing Systemic Risk: What Must Congress Do to Prevent Another Meltdown
10:15 am-10:45 am followed by Q&A

Discussing Systemic Risk: Rep. Grayson, Nassim Taleb, Paul Kedrosky
11:00 pm-12:00 pm

Noon: Lunch Break

Crisis & Collapse: How Did the Media Do? Did they miss the story until it was too late? ? What Are We Missing now?
1:00 pm -2:00 pm

Panel Discussion: (Moderator: Barry Ritholtz)

Jesse Eisinger, Portfolio, WSJ

Randall Forsyth, Barron’s

Daniel Gross, Newsweek, Slate

Tom Keene, Bloomberg

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Open Q&A from the floor

Doug Kass: How we got into the mess and will we get out?
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm followed by Q&A

Barry Ritholtz: Closing Remarks: Bailout Nation
3:30 pm – 4:00pm