Why Attend the Assets Learning Conference? We’re Offering 60 Concurrent Sessions!
By Sean Luechtefeld on 08/11/2010 @ 02:54 PM
One of the best reasons for attending the Assets Learning Conference is that there is something for everyone – literally! Whether your interests are in matched savings for people with disabilities or learning about federal funding opportunities that advance EITC, there are a series of sessions that will suit your needs. Below are just a few of the programs we’ve introduced in the last week – stay tuned for more as we continue to roll out exciting panels and sessions.
- Public Funding for Asset Building. This engaging session will feature Christianne Lind at Finance Project, LeElaine Comer at CFED and CFED Innovator-in-Residence Dennis Campa from the City of San Antonio. The panelists will speak on sources of funding, both at the federal and state levels, for key asset policy priorities, including IDAs, microenterprise and EITC.
- Local, State and Federal Policies to Address Predatory Consumer Lending. This session will discuss policies at the local, state and federal levels that address predatory consumer lending—including payday loans, rent-to-own arrangements, predatory auto loans and refund anticipation loans. The session will include an overview of relevant provisions of the recently-enacted federal financial reform bill, examples of state policy advocacy efforts nationwide, and the City of New York’s comprehensive approach to curbing high-cost consumer loans.
- Behavioral Economics 101, 201. These sessions are designed to position you at the cutting-edge of behavioral economics research. Behavioral Economics 101: Decision Making in the Context of Poverty will feature Crystal Hall, Assistant Professor in the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Affairs and will be a shortened version of her course on behavioral economics with special emphasis on economic decision making in the context of poverty. Behavioral Economics 201: Applying the Research to Asset-Building Initiatives will examine how behavioral sciences should be applied to asset-building programs. The session, including Linda Paulson of Foundation Communities and Meagan Kiesel of the Campaign for Working Families, will look back at the lessons learned over the past year from CFED Innovator-in-Residence Mindy Hernandez’s virtual residency.
- State & Local: Working with your Coalition to set a Policy Agenda. Knowing what you want is the first step to successful policy advocacy. This session, with panelists Ida Rademacher of CFED and Janet Byrd of NFP, will address the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of setting a coalition policy agenda. It will present a range of resources to help you think through what issues could be included in a comprehensive asset-building and asset-protection agenda, as well as a concrete example of how one coalition set and got buy-in for their agenda.
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