Events
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By Zoom until further notice |
NEXT MEETING
27 Sept IN PERSON at Bird Key Yacht Club --Dr. Steve Miller, Associate Professor at the Muma College of Business at USF and Director of the Baldwin Risk Partners School of Risk Management and Insurance. Prof Miller will be talking about risk management and insurance. You must register by 5 p.m. on this Thursday the 21st. Go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sarasota-economics-club-tickets-417257978847?aff=oddtdtcreator and click the "Check Out for $30.00" button. Fill in your information and choose the payment method and check the "Accept Terms and Conditions" box and then finish paying and you are done. You will need to pay $30 per person when you register. Meeting Timeline --plan to arrive between 8:00 and 8:15am in time to check in for the meeting, pick a seat and chat. --you must be IN YOUR SEAT at 8:30am so servers can bring in the breakfast plates. --plates will be cleared about 8:50 --9am the speaker will begin --10am event ends. Steven Miller is an associate professor of finance at USF's Muma College of Business in Sarasota-Manatee. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a consultant for Aon and Marsh, helping corporate risk managers leverage data and systems to meet risk management objectives. While consulting, Steve was based in Chicago, New York and London and has extensive international experience. Miller joined USF in 2019 to serve as leader of the Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) program. In 2017, The American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA), the world’s premier academic risk and insurance organization, invited Miller to speak at their annual conference on strategies to build successful RMI programs. In 2019, he was recognized by ARIA as the winner of the Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award. His academic research includes published articles in a variety of academic journals, including the Journal of Risk and Insurance, the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of Corporate Finance, the Journal of Insurance Regulation and the Journal of Insurance Issues. Miller earned a PhD from the University of Georgia and bachelor's degrees in risk management and insurance and finance, investment and banking from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. UPCOMING MEETINGS 10 Oct ZOOM--Joey Sui, an human rights activist from Hong Kong on what has been happening in Hong Kong and China 24 Oct IN PERSON--Jeffrey Limbocker, CFO, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System 7 Nov ZOOM--TBD 21 Nov IN PERSON--Dr. Gerald Zaltman, Harvard Business School, on marketing and metaphors 12 Dec IN PERSON--Dr. Phil Kotler on China's 'Common Prosperity' initiative ------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no charge to attend EC Zoom meetings, and the in-person breakfast meetings will cost $30. More information will be forthcoming in EC emails. Anyone who is interested may join the EC email list. To join, simply contact the Coordinator, Chuck Albers (Columbia MBA, 1967) at chuckalbers@aol.com The Sarasota Economics Club will be meeting in person every 4th Tuesday of the month, except December. Here are the details you will want and need in order to participate: 1. In person meetings will usually not be broadcast on Zoom, so you will need to attend in person to hear the speaker. 2. Meetings will be in the Chart Room (turn left after entering the Club) at the Bird Key Yacht Club (BKYC), 301 Bird Key Drive. 3. Cost will be $30 per person. Pay in cash when you arrive at the event. Prior to the event I will send an invitation including a link you will need to click and register for the event. It will be simple, but YOU MUST REGISTER in advance by the deadline because we have to give BKYC the headcount for breakfast. Meals will be an assortment of hot and cold drinks, pastries and bread, eggs, bacon, potatoes and fruit. 4. Timing of each meeting --plan to arrive between 8:00 and 8:15am in time to pay for the meeting, pick a seat and chat. --you must be IN YOUR SEAT at 8:30am so servers can bring in the breakfast plates. --plates will be cleared about 8:50 --9am the speaker will begin --10am event ends. Important Reminders: 1)The Economics Club has always been an oasis of civility and respectful discussion. Please keep that tradition alive and be respectful of all participants. 2) Please wear a name badge or name tag (applicable once we resume in person meetings). |
