AGENDA:
WELCOME REMARKS
Gregory D. Hess, IES Abroad

PANEL I: INFLATION, DISINFLATION, AND THE FED’S CHALLENGE
Moderator: Deborah Lucas, MIT
Mickey D. Levy, Berenberg Capital Markets: “Inflation and the Fed’s Challenge”
Jeffrey Lacker, former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and
Charles Plosser, former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: “To maintain Resolve the Fed Should Reference Successful Policy Rules”

OPEN DISCUSSION:
THE COST OF KEEPING AT IT: WHAT (IF ANYTHING) SHOULD GIVE THE FED PAUSE?

PANEL II: HOW SHOULD THE FED ADDRESS ITS CURRENT CHALLENGE AND RISKS?
Moderator: Athanasios Orphanides, MIT
John Taylor, Professor of Economics, Stanford University and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Donald Kohn, Brookings Institution and former Vice Chair at the Federal Reserve

LUNCHEON ADDRESS: HISTORY OF CENTRAL BANKS
Introducer: Andrew Levin, Dartmouth College
Michael Bordo, Rutgers University and Senior Visiting Scholar the Hoover Institution