Fed Events: Conferences Listed Below

National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s Conference

April 13-16, 2011
Washington
Join us for an exciting line-up of keynote speakers, plenaries, workshops and hands-on trainings, in addition to GREAT NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES with the nation’s leaders in government, academia, and community affairs and non-profits.

This year’s conference promises to be one of the best yet and of great value to students and academic professionals! Students receive a special rate of only $40!

Learn how new and emerging policies will impact the nation’s housing market, jobs and small businesses, and consumer rights and protections. Join us for an exciting four-day program, featuring training, networking, and exciting plenary sessions. Here are just a few forums that you’ll find enlightening:

¦ Affordable Housing and the Future of the GSEs
¦ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Update & Regulatory Reform Briefing
¦ CRA Expansion: Statutory & Regulatory Reforms to Increase Access to Credit and Capital for All Americans
¦ The Future of Mortgages: New protections, new restrictions?
To register and view the full conference agenda,
Follow this link: http://bit.ly/2011NCRCconf

Conference on Post-Disaster Recovery

The Area Studies Programs at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, in collaboration with Syracuse Cares, a student-led awareness raising campaign, are hosting a conference on post-disaster recovery to bring into focus the recent disasters that have wreaked havoc in many parts of the world—the southern US, Haiti, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Brazil, and most recently, Australia. The conference is scheduled to be held April 15, 2011 at Syracuse University.
Through this one day conference, we hope to bring together scholars and practitioners of post-disaster recovery to elucidate the commonalities and differences among these events and how we can best plan for and mitigate the effects of these devastating events. We have selected four overarching themes for the conference:
1. 1. Climate change and disasters
2. 2. Role of faith based organizations in post-disaster recovery
3. 3. Media coverage of disasters and disaster recovery
4. 4. Post-disaster recovery and humanitarian assistance, both governmental and non-governmental
We invite faculty and graduate student to submit abstracts that speak to one or more of these themes. Abstracts should be submitted by March 11, 2011 as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) by email to Emera Bridger Wilson at elbridge@maxwell.syr.edu. Please include your name and affiliation. The abstract should not exceed 250 words. Each selected participant will be asked to give a 20 minute presentation on the day of the conference.

For further information, please contact:

Emera Bridger Wilson, Outreach Coordinator, South Asia Center, Moynihan Institute: elbridge@maxwell.syr.edu

Cosponsored by: Moynihan European Research Centers, South Asia Center, Middle East Studies Program, East Asia Program, Korean Peninsula Affairs Program, Program on Latin America and the Carribean, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, International Relations Student Association (IRSA), Association for Public Diplomacy Scholars (APDS)