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2008 Southern Conference on Teacher Retirement
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
April 19-22, 2008
 
Conference Agenda
         
  SATURDAY, April 19
 
  1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.   Registration
 
 
  6:30 P.M - 9:00 P.M.   Top of the Town Welcoming Party
    Reception w/ heavy hors d'oeuvres
 
 
      Dinner on your own, if you need it  
 
  SUNDAY, April 20
  8:30 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.   SCTR Directors' Meeting
 
 
  9:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.   Brunch  
 
  10:00 A.M. - 10:20 A.M.   Welcome, Oklahoma Style  
 
  10:20 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.   Will Rogers, aka Gene McFall  
 
  Afternoon on your own      
    Tickets and transportation available to:
      Oklahoma City Art Museum  
      Oklahoma City National Memorial  
      US Olympic Canoe & Kayak Trials  
 
  6:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.   Reception at hotel  
 
  7:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.   Annual SCTR Banquet and Entertainment  
 
  MONDAY, April 21
  7:30 A.M. - 8:15 A.M.   Breakfast  
 
  8:15 A.M. - 8:30 A.M.   Welcome to Oklahoma  
 
  8:30 A.M. - 9:15 A.M.   Lowell Catlett, PH.D.
Professor at New Mexico State University and nationally known futurist
 
 
  9:15 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.   "The Pessimist, The Optimist, and the Realist: An Outlook for 2008"
William Priest, CEO of Epoch Holding Corp.
 
 
  10:00 A.M. - 10:15 A.M.   Break  
 
  10:15 A.M. - 10:50 A.M.   "Current Issues Facing Real Estate Investors"
Peter Palandjian, President & CEO, Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation
 
 
  10:50 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.   "Housing Market/Subprime Crisis"
Jennifer Bridwell, Senior Vice President, PIMCO
 
 
  11:30 A.M. - 11:40 A.M.   Door Prizes  
 
  12:00 P.M.   Buses depart for Lunch at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame  
  12:00 P.M.   Bus departs for Golf Tournament  
 
  6:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.   Reception at hotel  
 
  Evening   Dinner on your own  
 
  9:00 P.M. - 12:00 A.M.   Hospitality Suite - Billiards Room - 2nd Floor
Join Jim Webb and Joyce Niggley, RMK Timberland Group
for desserts and fellowship
 
 
  TUESDAY, April 22
  7:30 A.M. - 8:15 A.M.   Breakfast  
 
  8:30 A.M. - 9:15 A.M.   "The US Economic Outlook"
Geoffrey S. Somes, Economist, State Street Global Advisors
 
 
  9:15 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.   Infrastructure: What's All the Buzz?
Ben Heap, Senior Investment Executive, UBS Global Asset Management
 
 
  10:00 A.M. - 10:20 A.M.   Break  
 
  10:20 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.   "Investing in Climate Change"
Mark Fulton, Deutsche Asset Management
 
 
  11:00 A.M. - 11:40 A.M.   "Making Money at Managing Money (or Dough, Re, Me!)"
Ted Aronson
 
 
  11:40 A.M. - 11:45 A.M.   Door Prizes  
 
  12:00 P.M.   Lunch at Oklahoma History Center  
 
  2:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.   Bowling Tournament  
 
  6:30 P.M.   Party at Toby Keith's I Love this Bar and Grill  
 
  9:00 P.M. - 12:00 A.M.   Hospitality Suite - Billiards Room - 2nd Floor
Join Jim Webb and Joyce Niggley, RMK Timberland Group
for desserts and fellowship
 
 
  WEDNESDAY, April 23
  7:30 A.M. - 8:15 A.M.   Breakfast  
 
  8:30 A.M. - 9:15 A.M.   "The Movement towards Defined Contribution Plans: An Analysis of reasons, Issues, and outcomes",
William Fornia, Aon
Jonathan Barry Forman, University of Oklahoma College of Law
 
 
  9:15 A.M. - 9:45 A.M.   Financial Economics - The Growing Debate
Tom Cavanaugh, Cavanaugh Macdonald Consulting, LLC
 
 
  9:45 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.   Break  
 
  10:00 A.M. - 10:40 A.M.   Divesture - Case Study of Three States,
Meredith Williams, Colorado
Jeffrey Ezell, Georgia
Ronnie Jung, Texas
 
 
  10:45 A.M. - 11:15 A.M.   Federal Update  
 
  11:15 A.M. - 11:20 A.M.   Door Prizes
Conference End
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