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2009 AFSA Annual Meeting
October 24-27, 2009
Maintaining a strong voice in Washington is more important today than ever, with the financial services industry under intense scrutiny from the Obama administration and Congress. By attending AFSA’s 2009 Annual Meeting, you will hear the latest on key issues and have the opportunity to participate in Capitol Hill meetings that AFSA is organizing in conjunction with the conference. The meeting’s location in D.C. means the association will be inviting elected officials and other policymakers to be part of the conference program.
In addition, educational sessions will focus on challenges and operational issues relevant to specific market niches. The AFSA Board of Directors and many of the association's Committees of Professional Interest and Advisory Boards will convene in conjunction with the conference. AFSA will present the 2009 Distinguished Services Award and Lifetime Achievement Award.
Special registration discounts to attend the entire conference are provided to members of AFSA Boards and Committees of Professional Interest – a valuable benefit of membership in the association.
Who Should Attend?
CEOs; senior management from the financial services industry; members of AFSA’s committees of professional interest and advisory boards; federal and state government affairs executives; attorneys; and industry suppliers. Expected attendance: 400
Lawrence H. Summers
Director of the National Economic Council
and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
Lawrence H. Summers is the Director of the National Economic Council and was appointed by President Barack H. Obama on November 24, 2008.
Until January, he was the Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University. He served as the 27th president of Harvard University from July 2001 until June 2006. From 1999 to 2001, he served as the 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury following his earlier service as Deputy and Under Secretary of the Treasury and as Chief Economist of the World Bank. Summers has taught economics at Harvard and MIT. His research contributions were recognized when he received the John Bates Clark Medal, given every two years to the outstanding American economist under the age of 40, and when he was the first social scientist to receive the National Science Foundation’s Alan T. Waterman Award for outstanding scientific achievement. He is a member of the National Academy of Science and has written extensively on economic analysis and policy publishing over 150 articles in professional economic journals
AFSA Keynote Speaker
Charles Krauthammer
Syndicated Columnist
Attend the keynote session with one of the most prominent syndicated columnists and influential commentators Charles Krauthammer. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and named by The Financial Times as the most influential commentator in America, Charles Krauthammer challenges conventional wisdom with practically every word he writes. He has been honored from every part of the political spectrum for his bold, lucid and original writing - from the famously liberal People for the American Way (which presented him their First Amendment Award) to the staunchly conservative Bradley Foundation.
Krauthammer writes a syndicated column for The Washington Post for which he won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. It is published weekly in over 190 newspapers worldwide. He also writes a monthly essay for TIME magazine, is a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard and The New Republic, and is a weekly panelist on Inside Washington and a contributor to FOX News.
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