Funding the New Economy...for the Next Generation

Conference Schedule • Sunday June 2

12:00 – 1:00 pm REGISTRATION • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Angelico Hall

1:00 – 1:05 pm WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

Ellen H. Brown, J.D., President, Public Banking Institute Julianne Maurseth, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Green MBA Program, Dominican University

1:05 – 1:55 pm KEYNOTE: We The People

David Cobb, National Spokesperson, Move to Amend

1:55 – 2:30 pm The History of Money, Public Banking and More

Bill Still, Writer, US Presidential Candidate in Libertarian Party 2012 Primaries

2:30 – 2:50 pm COFFEE BREAK • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Angelico Hall Patio

2:50 – 3:20 pm Public Banks Funding the New Economy Around the World

Kurt Von Mettenheim, Faculty Member, Getulia Vargas Foundation

3:20 – 4:00 pm The Gaia Plan

Richard C. Cook, Teacher of Meditation and Spirituality

4:00 – 4:20 pm Debt Jubilee

Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor of Tikkun

4:20 – 4:40 pm CASE STUDY: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Retrofit – How NOT to Finance Infrastructure

Scott Paul, President, Alliance for American Manufacturing

4:40 – 5:00 pm Putting It All Together – Bottom Up Economics

Rob Kall, Founder and Publisher, OpEdNews.com

5:00 – 7:00 pm DINNER • • • • • • • • • • • • Dominican University Cafeteria/Bistro

7:00 – 9:15 pm Funding the New Economy Conversation

Matt Taibbi, Journalist, Rolling Stone Magazine Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Poet and Member of Icelandic Parliament Ellen H. Brown, J.D., President, Public Banking Institute Gar Alperovitz, Professor of Political Economy, University of Maryland

Public Banking 2013

P R E S E N T E D B Y T H E P U B L I C B A N K I N G I N S T I T U T E & T H E G R E E N M B A P R O G R A M O F D O M I N I C A N U N I V E R S I T Y

The Public Banking Institute, along with its co-host the Dominican University’s Green MBA Program, is hosting Public Banking 2013: Funding the New Economy. This year’s conference is being held at Dominican University, in San Rafael, California, June 2-4, 2013, in response to the growing awareness that our monetary and banking systems should be run for and by the people and in the public interest, and that public banking is a better and viable alternative to Wall Street.

What is Public Banking?Public Banking is banking operated in the public interest via institutions owned by the people through their governments. Public banks can exist at all levels, local, state, and national. While privately-owned banks operate in the interest of their shareholders, publicly-owned banks operate in the interest of the public by law. Administered as a public utility and run by public servants, publicly-owned banks return their bank prof-its to public coffers to fund public services and reinvest locally. When a government borrows from its own publicly-owned bank, the interest returns to the public, reducing costs and government debt, rather than prof-iting the TBTF Wall Street Banks.

What is the New Economy?The New Economy is increasingly environmentally and socially responsible, is based on rethinking the growth paradigm that guides conventional poli-cies and on re-establishing the distinction between public infrastructure and private ownership, and is fundamentally democratic and local.

The conference will focus on the history of public banking, public banks around the world, postal banking, proposals on starting a public bank, and the promise of public banking, including its ability to fund education, affordable housing, health care, renewable energy and sustainable food systems.

Conference presenters and attendees include state policymakers, legislators, banking professionals, economists, educators, independent business per-sons, community organizers, and others interested in these critical and timely issues.

Please join us as we chart a course toward funding the new economy and achieving a sustainable and shared prosperity.

Welcome to Public Banking 2013: Funding the New Economy

It is our pleasure to welcome you to the second annual Public Banking in America conference. Last year we met at the Quaker Friends Center in Philadelphia, birthplace of the Constitution and of the best of the early

public banking models, popularized by Benjamin Franklin, the Father of Paper Money. This year we’re on the opposite coast, settled by pioneers who pushed West against all odds. We hope to revive their pioneering spir-it and capacity for self-sufficiency. Both are needed to establish a new economy funded by public banking, one that will return the power to create and distribute credit to the local communities sorely in need of it today.

In this conference, guided by a roster of outstanding speakers, we will explore the possibilities for creating a sustainable model of banking, one that feeds local economies rather than feeding off them. We look forward to three days of stimulating discussion and networking with a diverse group of attendees!

Ellen H. BrownPublic Banking Institute President and Founder

About the Conference

Conference Schedule • Monday June 3

Funding the New Economy...for the Next Generation

8:00 – 9:00 am COFFEE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Angelico Hall Patio

9:00 – 9:10 am WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

Ellen H. Brown, J.D., President, Public Banking Institute

9:10 – 10:00 am KEYNOTE: Public Banking and the New Economy

Gar Alperovitz, Professor of Political Economy, University of Maryland

10:00 – 10:30 am COFFEE BREAK • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Angelico Hall Patio

10:30 – 11:15 am The Upside Down Fed: Reforming the Federal Reserve for the 21st Century

Tim Canova, Professor, Law and Public Finance, NOVA Southeastern University

11:15 – 11:45 am Our Unknown History: Art in the New Deal Post Offices and the Story It Tells

Gray Brechin, Historical Geographer & Author, University of California, Berkeley

11:45 – 12:30 pm Cambriant Model: Are You Banking with Turkeys? A Dynamic Analog Simulation Model of Debt Induced Instability

John Hulls, Affiliate at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

12:30 – 1:30 pm LUNCH: Birds of a Feather Tables • • • • • • • • • • Cafeteria

1:30 – 1:40 pm Extreme Corruption, the Cause of Extreme Poverty

Victoria Grant, Student & Public Speaker

1:40 – 2:20 pm The Icelandic Model: A Peaceful Revolution

Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Poet, Member of Icelandic Parliament

2:20 – 3:00 pm Public Banking: The Public Bank Solution

Ellen H. Brown, J.D., President, Public Banking Institute

3:00 – 3:30 pm COFFEE BREAK • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Angelico Hall Patio

3:30 – 4:00 pm Public-Private Partnerships: Highway to Ruin

Darwin Bond Graham, Sociologist & Journalist

4:00 – 4:20 pm CASE STUDY: “Energiewende,” Germany’s Energy Transformation

Steve Seuser, Co-Director, DC Public Banking Center

4:20 – 4:40 pm CASE STUDY: Hurricane Sandy, Disaster Recovery, and the Bank of North Dakota

Jim Costanzo, MA, MFA, Worker & Organizer, Strike Debt

4:40 – 5:00 pm CASE STUDY: Banking in the Ivory Tower: Wall Street Profits vs Public Capital at the University of California

Charlie Eaton, Financial Secretary, UC Student-Workers Union

5:20 – 6:00 pm PANEL: The Promise of Public Banks

Pam Hartwell, Deputy Director, Public Banking Institute Laura Wells, Green Party Kristyn Wong-Tam, Toronto City Councillor, City of Toronto Dan Hamburg , Chair, Mendocino County Board of Supervisors John Avalos , Supervisor, San Francisco City and County Herb Meiberger, CFA

6:00 – 7:00 pm CONFERENCE RECEPTION (on lawn adjacent to Angelico Hall)

7:00 – 9:00 pm TPP Forum – The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement Declares War On Sustainability, Labor, Sovereignty, and Public Banking

David Brodwin, Founder, American Sustainable Business Council Georgia Kelly, Executive Director, Praxis Peace Institute Kevin Zeese, J.D., Co-Director, It’s Our Economy Margaret Flowers, MD, Co-Director, It’s Our Economy Arthur Stamoulis, ED, Citizens Trade Campaign

Conference Schedule • Monday June 3

Public Banking 2013

P R E S E N T E D B Y T H E P U B L I C B A N K I N G I N S T I T U T E & T H E G R E E N M B A P R O G R A M O F D O M I N I C A N U N I V E R S I T Y

Funding the New Economy...for the Next GenerationPublic Banking 2013

Conference Schedule • Tuesday June 4Conference Schedule • Tuesday June 4

8:00 – 8:30 am COFFEE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Angelico Hall Patio

8:30 – 8:45 am Inspirational Remarks On the Commons

Jim Hogue, Chair, Vermont State/Public Bank Committee

8:45 – 9:25 am KEYNOTE: Public and Private in Banking, Foreclosure-Prevention, and Infrastructure Investment

Robert Hockett, J.D., Professor of Law, Cornell University

9:25 – 10:00 am Basel Financial Sustainability Project

Jamie Brown, MSc

10:00 – 10:30 am Postal Banking in the USA

Jim Sauber, Chief of Staff, National Association of Letter Carriers Ying Lee, , Former Berkeley City Council Member

10:30 – 10:45 am COFFEE BREAK • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Angelico Hall Patio

10:45 – 11:30 am PANEL: Funding Renewable Energy & Sustainable Food Systems

Anjelico Hall Christapher C. Cogswell, M.A., Executive Director, Brighton Foundation, Board Member, Public Banking Institute David Rose, Unified Field Corporation Jess Dervin-Ackerman, Sustainability Professional

10:45 – 12:15 am The Nuts and Bolts of Designing a Public Bank: How to Guzman Hall Craft a Working Proposal

Tom Sgouros, Huffington Post Blogger

10:45 – 11:30 am Why Wall Street Fails to Serve Main Street?

Guzman Classroom #114 Frank Nuessle, Research Director, Public Banking Institute

11:30 – 12:15 am Banking and Health Care Crisis Create Real Opportunities for Anjelico Hall Economic Democracy

Kevin Zeese, J.D., Co-Director, It’s Our Economy Margaret Flowers, MD, Co-Director, It’s Our Economy

12:15 – 1:15 pm LUNCH: Birds of a Feather Tables • • • • • • • • • • Cafeteria

1:15 – 2:00 pm Public Banks, Local Currency, and how a Mobile Payment System Can Change Our Money System

Chong Kee Tan, Founder, Bay-Bucks B2B local currency system Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Director of Planning & Community Development, Global Community Initiatives & City of Montpelier Marc Armstrong, Executive Director, Public Banking Institute Nick Brown, CEO, ClearPurchase, Inc.

2:00 - 2:30 pm Review of Physical View and Logical View of Roadmap: Steps to Establishing a Public Bank

Marc Armstrong, Executive Director, Public Banking Institute Christine Walker, MFA, MA, BFA, Visual Practititioner Harry Ohls, Solutions Consultant, Systems Solutions

2:30 – 3:45 pm Public Banking Coalition Chapter/Affiliate Meetings by Municipality, County, and State

Marc Armstrong, Executive Director, Public Banking Institute Ellen Brown, J.D., President, Public Banking Institute Jack Wagner, Sonoma County Public Banking Chapter Steve Seuser, Co-Director, DC Public Banking Center

6:30 – 9:00 pm DINNER: Coalition Chapters and Affiliates • • • • • • Pizzeria Orgasmica 812 4th St. San Rafael

P R E S E N T E D B Y T H E P U B L I C B A N K I N G I N S T I T U T E & T H E G R E E N M B A P R O G R A M O F D O M I N I C A N U N I V E R S I T Y

Maps & Directions

Directions to Dominican UniversityFrom the North: Take Highway 101 South to the Central San Rafael exit. Turn left on Mission Avenue. Turn left on Grand Avenue and travel approximately one mile to Acacia Avenue.

From the East: Take Interstate 580 to the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. Follow signs to Highway 101 North and take the Central San Rafael exit. Turn right on Second Street. Turn left on Grand Avenue and travel approximately one mile to Acacia Avenue.

From the South: Take Highway 101 North across Golden Gate Bridge to the Central San Rafael exit. Turn right on Second Street. Turn left on Grand Av-enue and travel approximately one mile to Acacia Avenue.

Airport TransportationThe Marin Airporter provides transportation to and from the San Francisco International Airport via the San Rafael bus depot. Hours and rates vary by season. For further information, contact them at www.marinairporter.com or (415) 461-4222.

Sonoma County Airport Express services Oakland International as well as San Francisco International via the San Rafael bus depot. Oakland is often easier and cheaper to fly from depending on your destination. Hours and rates vary by season. For additional information call 800-327-2024 or visit them at www.airportexpressinc.com Taxi service is available to and from the bus terminal.

Marin Door to Door provides shuttle vans to/from Oakland Airport and San Francisco International. Visit www.marindoortodoor.com or contact (415) 457-2717 for more info.

Marin TransitMarin Transit buses provide local service between Dominican University and the rest of Marin County including the regional San Rafael Transit Center. Marin Transit Route 49 (Novato - San Rafael Transit Center) and Route 233 (Santa Venetia – San Rafael Transit Center) each provide hourly service from, 7 a.m.-8 p.m., seven days a week. It stops at the corner of Grand and Acacia Av-enues. Visit Marin Transit to find out more information on these local services.

Golden Gate Transit provides regional service to the San Rafael Transit Cen-ter from points in San Francisco and Sonoma and Marin counties and from the Richmond and El Cerrito BART stations in the East Bay. Visit Golden Gate Transit to find out more information on these regional services.TaxiTaxi service is available at the Transit Center taxi stand on Tamalpais Avenue.

WalkingThe campus is about a mile from the Transit Center. Go east on Third Street, turn left on Grand Avenue and proceed to Acacia.

The conference is being held at at Dominican University, in Angelico Hall, 50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901.

Parking at Dominican UniversityParking is available in the large “Student and General Parking” parking lot in front of the Conlan Center, at the intersection of Grand and Acacia Avenues.

HotelSpecial hotel room rates were set aside at Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, 1010 Northgate Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. (415)479-8800. The hotel is approximately 3.2 miles from Dominican University.

PBI has arranged transportation to/from the Four Points Sheraton and Dominican University according to the following schedule:

Hourly van service leaving Four Points at the top of every hour for Dominican University (Conlan Center), and leaving Conlan Center at 20 minutes after every hour for Four Points. This service runs from:11am - 6pm on Sunday, June 2nd9am - 6pm on Monday, June 3rd9am - 4pm on Tuesday, June 4th

Marin Airporter will be providing bus service according to the following schedule:

Sunday, June 2nd5:05pm – bus leaves Conlan Center for Four Points Sheraton/San Rafael.6:15pm – bus leaves Four Points Sheraton/San Rafael for Conlan Center.9:30pm – bus leaves Conlan Center for Four Points10:00 pm – bus leaves Conlan Center for Four Points

Monday, June 3rd8:00am – bus leaves Four Points for Conlan Center8:35am – bus leaves Four Points for Conlan Center9:15pm – bus leaves Conlan Center for Four Points9:45pm – bus leaves Conlan Center for Four Points

Tuesday, June 4th7:30am – bus leaves Four Points for Conlan Center8:10am – bus leaves Four Points for Conlan Center