{"id":65869,"date":"2007-10-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uris-college-of-business-administration-to-hold-financial-services-symposium-nov-6\/"},"modified":"2007-10-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-11T00:00:00","slug":"uris-college-of-business-administration-to-hold-financial-services-symposium-nov-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2007\/10\/uris-college-of-business-administration-to-hold-financial-services-symposium-nov-6\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Business Administration to hold Financial Services Symposium Nov. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 11, 2007 – The 溏心vlog免费B站 will host its annual Financial Services Symposium on Nov. 6 at the Rhode Island Convention Center. Gov. Donald Carcieri and 溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers will offer opening remarks at the symposium.<\/p>\n


\nThe symposium\u2019s theme is \u201cInnovative Growth of Financial Services.\u201d 溏心vlog免费B站 Business Dean Mark Higgins will serve as the master of ceremonies. The Program will begin at 8 a.m. and run until 1:30 p.m. with lunch included. Panels will cover issues relating to mutual funds, retirement planning and life insurance, as well as industry and academic collaboration.<\/p>\n


\nAt 8:45 a.m. Charlie Brenner, founder of the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology: SVP Fidelity Investments, will discuss \u201cTechnology, Innovation and the Impact on the Financial Services Industry.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAt 9:30 a.m. a Business CEO Roundtable Discussion will focus on \u201cShaping the Future by Looking at the Trends.\u201d Among the panelist speaking will be: William Hatfield, market president of Bank of America; Edward A. Hjerpe III, president of Webster Bank; Gary Furtado president and chief executive officer of Navigant Credit Union; and Robert DiMuccio president and chief executive officer of AMICA.<\/p>\n


\nThen at 11 a.m. the Industry Leaders Roundtable discussion, \u201cCrafting a Climate for Financial Services Industry Success,\u201d will be held. The panelists will be Laurie White, president of Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce; Saul Kaplan, executive director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp.; Dan Egan, chief executive officer of Credit Union Association of Rhode Island; and A. Michael Marques the director of the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation.<\/p>\n


\nAt lunch, keynote speaker David Sampson, the president and CEO for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and former deputy security of the U.S. Commerce Department, will discuss \u201cThe Role of the Insurance Industry in the Nation\u2019s Economic Fabric.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tShaw Chen, chair of the Symposium and associate dean of the College, said the state\u2019s financial services leaders again asked the College to organize this year\u2019s program.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cStudents will be exposed to government regulators and decision-makers and they will also learn different perspectives about the industry,\u201d Chen said. \u201cWe expect about 200 participants.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nMajor sponsors are Fidelity Investments, MetLife Auto & Home, and Amica Mutual Insurance Co. Also collaborating on the program are the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp., Governors\u2019 Insurance Council, Rhode Island Independent Insurance Agents Association and other state trade associations.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe registration fee prior to Nov. 6 is $99, which includes lunch and refreshments. Registration the day of the conference is $120. Those wishing to register in advance should send a check made payable to the 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation-FS Symposium, and mail to the 溏心vlog免费B站 Financial Services Symposium 2007, College of Business Administration, 溏心vlog免费B站, 7 Lippit Road, Kingston R.I., 02881-0802. Students wishing to attend will have to register but the fee will be waived. Individuals may also register online with their credit cards by going to http:\/\/wwwcba.uri.edu\/home\/alumni\/fss\/. For additional information, please call Dean Chen at 401-874-4339.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 11, 2007 – The 溏心vlog免费B站 will host its annual Financial Services Symposium on Nov. 6 at the Rhode Island Convention Center. Gov. Donald Carcieri and 溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers will offer opening remarks at the symposium. The symposium\u2019s theme is \u201cInnovative Growth of Financial Services.\u201d 溏心vlog免费B站 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}