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• Mickey Levy, Hoover Institution and SOMC
• Brief reflections: Matthew Plosser, Citadel

9:00 am - 10:15 am
Session 1: SYSTEMATIC APPROACHES TO MACROECONOMIC POLICY

• Chair: Greg Hess, IES Abroad and SOMC
• Peter Ireland, Boston College and SOMC, “Charles Plosser: Contributions to Monetary Theory and Policy”
• Robert King, Boston University, and Michael Dotsey, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, “Charles I. Plosser Empirics, Theory, Policy, Advocacy”
• Athanasios Orphanides, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and SOMC, “Systematic Policy and Forward Guidance”

• Chair: Michael Bordo, Rutgers University, Hoover Institution, and SOMC, “The Role of the Federal Reserve Banks in FOMC Deliberations”
• Thomas Hoenig, Mercatus Center at George Mason University; Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City; Former Vice Chair, FDIC, [Chart]
• Rob Kaplan, Goldman Sachs; Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Gary Stern, Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

• Chair: Mickey Levy, Hoover Institution and SOMC
• Jim Bullard, Mitch Daniels School of Business at Purdue University; Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; and SOMC, “Professor Plosser and Monetary Policy Rules”
• Jeffrey Lacker, Mercatus Center at George Mason University; Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond; and SOMC, “The Federal Reserve's Mandate and Monetary Policy Framework: Current Issues and Plosser’s Legacy”

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Session 4: CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

• Chair: Deborah Lucas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and SOMC
• Kathryn Judge, Columbia Law School, “The Making of the Modern Federal Reserve - The Unsung Role of the Twelve Reserve Banks”
• Andrew Levin, Dartmouth College and SOMC, “Aligning the Federal Reserve with the U.S. Constitution”
• Randal Quarles, Cynosure Group; Former Vice Chair for Supervision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System