
PROGRAM
8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m.
Vice President of Public Affairs
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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8:05 a.m. – 8:07 a.m.
Head of Global Financial Education
Visa
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8:07 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Head of Community Accounts
Visa
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Session One // 8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Access to financial education resources vary greatly globally. Governments and NGOs experience unique challenges in providing equal access as well as quality tools and programming to all ages, genders and income levels. The discussion will offer panelists the opportunity to analyze best practices and forward-looking policy regarding the issue of expanding equal access globally.
Personal Finance Journalist
Maya on Money
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Deputy Minister of Finance and Public Credit
Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico
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Executive Vice Chairman
Capital Markets Board of Turkey
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Deputy Chairman
Council of the National Bank of Ukraine
Honorary President
Kyiv School of Economics
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Session Two // Program Showcase // 9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
The centerpiece of the Federal Reserve Bank's financial education public awareness campaign is its Money Smart Week program, created in 2002. This discussion features an in depth look at a highly successful national program. Each year, Money Smart Week hosts a competition and honors a student for their personal finance essay. This portion of the program will include the announcement of the 2017 Money Smart Week winner.
Session Three // 9:20 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Though some countries are successfully reaching women in efforts to close the gender gap, many women continue to fall behind in financial literacy. The discussion will offer panelists the opportunity to analyze why women display lower levels of financial education than men, and what can be done to empower their financial futures.
Personal Finance Author and Speaker
Co-creator and former host of CNBC's "On the Money"
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Executive Director
National Credit Union Foundation
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Visiting Scholar
Stanford University Media X Program
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Founder and Executive Director
Rise Up
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Chief Executive Officer and Entrepreneurship Educator
Start on Purpose
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Strategic Coordinator
Nationwide Financial Literacy Project run by the World Bank and the Ministry of Finance of Russia
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Session Four // Program Showcase // 10:05 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Professor Q is a theater performance that Visa developed and launched in 2010. The program takes a popular form of entertainment and turns it into a chance to teach young people financial education concepts. The theater offers an innovative, creative method for introducing personal finance tools to children. Professor Q has been performed more than 100 times to audiences in Latin America, engaging both public and private sectors.
Session Five // 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Technology is poised to disrupt education as we know it. Cloud computing, wireless broadband, mobile devices and applications, and new teaching methods hold the promise to create educational experiences that are flexible, customizable and more relevant to the realities of students within and outside of the formal classroom. Learning will become more immersive and accessible. In this session, we join a diverse panel of experts at the forefront of education as they explore how new innovations and partnerships can move financial literacy into mainstream education.
Visiting Scholar
Stanford University Media X Program
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Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Moneythink
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Former Commissioner
Federal Communications Commission
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Head of New Products
Capital One Consumer Bank
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Conducttr
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Chief Executive Officer and Founder
GetSet Learning
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Session Six // 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Innovative resources and tools are changing the landscape of how individuals of all ages are receiving personal finance education. Panelists will discuss the need for delivering engaging teaching resources that are accessible and will help improve the financial health of the global citizenship.
Founder
Next Gen Personal Finance
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President and Chief Executive Officer
National Foundation for Credit Counseling
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Chief Executive Officer
Alliant
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11th Congressional District of Illinois
United States House of Representatives
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Vice President of Savings Assurance
USAA Federal Savings Bank
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Vice President of Regulatory Policy
National Banking and Securities Commission of Mexico
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12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.