Day 1: Demystifying Public Finance

9:00am-9:15am - Welcoming Remarks

           Nathan Sivers-Boyce, Associate Professor and Chair of Economics, Willamette University

9:30am-11:30am - 1A: Money, Banking, and Everything in Between

           Eric Tymoigne, Associate Professor of Economics, Lewis & Clark College

           Yeva Nersisyan, Associate Professor of Economics, Franklin and Marshall College

           Nathan Tankus, Research Director, Modern Money Network

12:00pm-2:00pm - 1B: What Should a Financial System Do?

           Keynote: L. Randall Wray, Teppola Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Economics, Willamette University

           Discussant: Stephanie Kelton, Professor of Economics & Public Policy, Stony Brook University

2:30pm-4:30pm - 1C: Public Banks and the Public Fisc: How Can They Work Together?

           Yan Liang, Kremer Chair Professor of Economics, Willamette University

           Josefina Li, Assistant Professor of Economics, Bemidji State University

           Susan Harman, Board Member, Public Bank East Bay

           Julian LaRosa, Executive Director, Equity Economics Lab

5:00pm-8:00pm - Dinner & Social

Day 2: The Past, Present, and Future of Public Money

9:00am-10:20am - 2A: Public Banking in the United States: Historical Lessons for Today

           Keynote: Christine Desan, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

           Discussant: Nathan Tankus, Research Director, Modern Money Network

10:30am-12:00pm - 2B: Public Finance and the Digital Future

           John Kiff, Research Director, Sovereign Digital Association (SODA)

           John Haskell, Senior Lecturer in Law, Manchester University

           Andrés Arauz, Former Minister of Knowledge & Human Talent, Ecuador

           Sonja Davidovic, Advisor, Bank of International Settlements’ Innovation Hub

12:15pm-1:30pm - 2C: Monetary Privacy, Monetary Control: Unresolved Tensions in Public Financial Governance and Regulation

           Keynote: Raúl Carrillo, Associate Research Scholar, Yale Law School

           Discussant: Sharia Mayfield, Lecturer in Law, Willamette University

1:45pm-3:15pm - 2D: Public Banking and the Oregon State Constitution

           Introduction: Brian Gallini, Dean of Willamette University College of Law

           Josh Hall, Ph.D., J.D. Candidate (‘24), Willamette University

           Julia Ricciardi, J.D. Candidate (‘24), Willamette University

           Ken Johnson, J.D. Candidate (‘24), Willamette University

           Discussant: Hon. Jack Landau, Former Associate Justice, Oregon Supreme Court

3:30pm-5:00pm - 2E: Public Banking for Whom? Taking Stakeholder-Centric Design Seriously

           Tom Sgouros, Fellow, The Policy Lab, Brown University

           Geeta Minocha, Founder & Director, Ohio Public Banking Coalition

           Kelie McWilliams, Director, Rural Engagement Project

           Shawn Sebastian, Rural Initiative Senior Fellow, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

5:30pm-8:00pm - Dinner & Social

Day 3: Now What? Oregon and the Movement for a Public Bank

9:15am-10:45am - 3A: Learning Through Doing: The Pedagogy and Praxis of Public Monetary and Banking Reform

           Rohan Grey, Assistant Professor of Law, Willamette University

           Cate McAnulty, Board Member, Public Banking Institute

           Benjamin Wilson, Associate Professor of Political Economy, State University of New York at Corland

           Hannah Judson, Executive Director, Modern Money Network

11:00am-12:30pm - 3B: Organizing, Organizations, and Advocacy: Centering Community in Movement-Building Efforts

           David Jette, Legislative Director, California Public Banking Alliance

           Sylvia Chi, Legislative Director, California Public Banking Alliance

           Noah Kemohah, J.D. Student (‘23), University of Tulsa

           James Hicken, President & C.E.O., Legacy Bank, CA

1:00pm-3:00pm - 3C: From Here to an Oregon State Bank

           Rep. Mark Gamba, Oregon State Legislative Assembly Representative, District 41

           Sen. Jeff Golden, Oregon State Senator, District 3

           Other Speakers TBA

3:15pm-5:15pm - 3D: Network-Mapping, Coalition-Building, and Problem Solving: Town Hall with the Oregon Public Banking Alliance

           Madeline Merritt, Co-Chair, Oregon Public Banking Alliance

           Nathan Brauer-Rieke, Steering Committee, Oregon Public Banking Alliance

           Kelie McWilliams, Director, Rural Engagement Project

5:15pm-5:30pm - Concluding Remarks

           Rohan Grey, Assistant Professor of Law, Willamette University

5:30pm-8:00pm - Dinner & Social