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Todd Behr, associate professor of economics and finance, Pats Neelakantan, Ph.D., chair and professor of economics and finance, Christopher Warburton, Ph.D., instructor of economics and finance and Constantinos Christofides, professor emeritus of economics attended the 32nd Annual Economic Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. March 6-8, 2016. The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) Economic Policy Conference is the premier national event addressing issues at the nexus of economics, business, and policy. This year’s theme, “Policy Challenges in an Interconnected World,” explored the challenges faced by political and business leaders as they guide their countries and companies through an increasingly complex maze of global challenges. The event was attended by hundreds of corporate economists, business leaders, and top policymakers.

The conference started with a keynote address by Sri Mulyani Indrawati, managing director and COO, World Bank. Some of the eminent speakers included Keith Hall, director of the Congressional Budget Office; Peter Orszag, former director of the United States Office of Management and Budget; David Lipton, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund; Penny Pritzker, secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce; and the luncheon speaker, Stanley Fischer, vice chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, who was awarded the prestigious Paul A. Volcker Lifetime Achievement Award. The conference also included an offsite reception hosted at the residence of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the U.S, honorable Henne Schuwer.