Tuesday, May 19
12:45 – 2:05 pm
Stephen Juneau
Director, Senior Research Analyst
Fork in the Road: US Economic and Policy Outlook
The US economy has been remarkably resilient in recent years. With new risks on the horizon, Stephen Juneau, Senior US economist at BofA securities, will discuss the economic and policy outlook. He’ll address whether the economy is headed for a slowdown, what the Fed will do next, and the impact AI is having on the economy both in the short-and-long-term.
Stephen Juneau is a Director and Senior US economist. His research focuses on inflation, fiscal policy and the real economy. In 2014, he was awarded the Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award by the National Association of Business Economists for his and his coauthors’ work on the quit rate. He was previously an economist at the NYC Office of Management and Budget. Juneau holds a Master’s degree in economics from New York University.
Wednesday, May 20
11:55 am – 1:15 pm
Greg Schwem
Business Humorist, Corporate Emcee, and Syndicated Humor Columnist
Dubbed “Your boss’s favorite comedian” by HuffPost, dozens of associations and corporations, from Microsoft to McDonald’s, turn to Greg for laughs as one of the top business humorists in the business. An award-winning columnist for the Chicago Tribune syndicate, he is also the author of three Amazon.com best-sellers, including his most recent, Turning Gut Punches into Punch Lines: A Comedian’s Journey Through Cancer, Divorce and Other Hilarious Stuff.