2003 AGENDA

Sunday, June 15, 2003
Radisson Hotel Metrodome, Minneapolis, Ballroom D

5:30 p.m. - Reception
Self-introductions and cocktails outside the dinner room.

6:00 p.m. - Welcome and plan for the conference
Speakers: Kathleen Hansen, director of the Minnesota Journalism Center, and Arthur Rolnick, director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

6:15 p.m. - Dinner

7:00 p.m. - Opening Address - Gary Stern, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, “Should We Be Worrying About Deflation?”

8:00 p.m. - Questions and Answers

Monday, June 16, 2003
U of MN, SJMC Conference Center, Murphy Hall

8:30 a.m. - Continental breakfast

9:00 a.m. - noon - Principles of Economic Thinking
Speaker: Russ Cooper, Boston University

Noon - Lunch - Keynote Address
Speaker: Anne Krueger, first deputy managing director, International Monetary Fund

1:30 - 4:00 p.m. - Writing About the Economy
Speaker: John Berry, business columnist, The Washington Post.

4:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Break

5:00 p.m. - Pick up at Radisson Hotel Metrodome for trip to Federal Reserve Bank
(NOTE: Due to high security at Fed, all participants must take motorcoach provided to Fed)

5:30 - 6:00 - Role of Federal Reserve Bank and tour of facility

6:00 - 7:30 p.m. - Cocktails and dinner

7:30 p.m. - Informal discussions among participants

8:00 p.m. - Return to hotel

Tuesday, June 17, 2003
U of MN, SJMC Conference Center, Murphy Hall

8:30 a.m. - Continental breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Answering questions about the case study- "Health Care and Health Insurance"
Speakers: John Berry, business columnist, The Washington Post; Mike Meyers, Star Tribune; Arthur Rolnick, director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; Chris Worthington, St. Paul Pioneer Press.

10:30 - noon - Participants write their story proposals

Noon - Lunch

1:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Story proposal critiques

5:00 - 5:30 p.m. - Summary and adjournment