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UO business forum to discuss current financial issues
Public invited to Lundquist College of Business event
EUGENE, Ore. -- (Oct. 7, 2008) –The Securities Analysis Center at the University of Oregon has assembled a panel of industry leaders and university faculty members to discuss the turbulence in world financial markets. "Current Events in the U.S. Economy & Financial Markets" is scheduled from 1 to 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11.
During the event, panel members will discuss the credit crisis, the $700 billion congressional rescue bill and the government's recent nationalization of and loans to private firms. Panelists are Ron Sauer, chief executive of Mazama Capital Management in Portland; Bob Jesenik, chief executive of Aequitas Capital Management in Lake Oswego; John Chalmers, head of the UO finance department; and Ben Salm, managing director of the Securities Analysis Center.
“We’re responding to the tremendous news flow these days and the many questions we’ve received,” said Salm. “This is an opportunity for us all to have some dialogue about the history being written now and to provide some perspective.”
Panel members will give a brief presentation on recent events, answer prepared questions and take questions from the audience. The event, which is free and open to the public, is in Lillis Hall, Room 282, 955 E. 13th Ave.
About the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is a world-class teaching and research institution and Oregon's flagship public university. The UO is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of 62 of the leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada. Membership in the AAU is by invitation only. The University of Oregon is one of only two AAU members in the Pacific Northwest.
Contact: Heidi Hiaasen, 541-346-3606, heidih@uoregon.edu