Promoting Economic Democracy
in Oregon
Through Public Banking
Free | Public | Hybrid
3-Day Symposium
March 23rd-25th, 2023
Willamette University
Salem, Oregon
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Organizers

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Program
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Day 1: Demystifying Public Finance
Location: Alumni Lounge, Putnam University Center, Willamette University (Map)
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
Location: Room 201, Willamette University College of Law (Map)
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
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
Location: Kilkenny Lecture Hall, Mudd Building, Atkinson Graduate School of Management (Map)
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