CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Wednesday, December 8
8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
9–11:30 a.m. (with coffee break at 10:15)
Sociological and Social Work Consequences of the Consumer Lending Revolution
Presenters:
Robert Manning, author of Credit Card Nation at
Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology
Michael Sheradden, developer of the Individual
Development Account and Professor George Warren Brown School of
Social Work, Washington University
George Ritzer, author of Expressing America and
the McDonaldization of Society and Professor of Sociology at University
of Maryland
Teresa Sullivan, co author of The Fragile Middle
Class and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the
University of Texas System.
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
Presenters:
The Consumer Lending Revolution and High Cost Consumer Credit
Christopher Peterson, Assistant Professor of Law, University
of Florida, Levin College of Law
Wants - Your Score? Educating College Students About Credit Card Debt
Elizabeth Schiltz, Associate Professor
of Law, St. Thomas Law School
A Report to the Nation on Consumers in the Marketplace
George Gaberlavage, Associate Director, AARP Public Policy Institute,
Consumer Team
1:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Economic Consequences of the Consumer Lending Revolution
Presenters:
Richard Brown, Chief Economist at the FDIC
Kathleen E. Keest, Senior Policy Counsel, Center
for Responsible Lending
William Emmons, Senior Staff Economist at the
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
3:15 p.m. – 3:30
p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Bankruptcy Debtor Education in Light of the Consumer Lending Revolution
Presenters:
Karen Gross, author of Failure and Forgiveness and Professor at New York Law School
Peter Alexander, Dean Southern Illinois University School of Law
6 p.m.
Dinner and Keynote Address
Keynote Speaker:
Robert D. Manning, Banking Deregulation and the Global Expansion of the U.S. Consumer Credit System
Thursday, December 9
9 a.m.
Consumer Advocacy around Credit Issues
Presenters:
Sarah Ludwig, Neighborhood Economic Development
Advocacy Project (NEDAP)
Diane Thompson, Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation
Valerie McWilliams, Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation
Deanne Loonin, Representative of the National
Consumer Law Center
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:45
Strengthening the Ties Among Social Scientists and Consumer Advocates
Noon
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