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Rural Finance Seminar: Challenges and Opportunities in the U.S. and China
FDIC-Dallas Regional Office
May 22-23, 2008
Thursday, May 22
| 8:30 – 8:45 | Welcoming remarks: FDIC Chairman Bair
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| 8:45 – 11:00 | Session One: Experiences and Challenges in Rural Finance in China
Ministry of Finance (PPT Help) – Han Bin
China Banking Regulatory Commission (PPT Help) – Jialong Zhou
China Insurance Regulatory Commission (Word Help) – Xinhong Fan
Agricultural Bank of China (Word Help) – Qingyu Zhou
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 383K (PPT Help) – Xiaoshan Du
Research Paper (Word Help)
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| 11:00 – 11:30 | Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery: A Banker’s Perspective
Alden McDonald, President and CEO, Liberty Bank and Trust, New Orleans, LA
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| 11:30 – 12:45 | Session Two: Experiences and Challenges in Rural Finance in the U.S.
Overview of the U.S. Rural Financial System 4.2M (PPT Help) – Steve Hatz, Senior Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager, Bank of the West, Omaha, Nebraska
Agricultural Policy in the U.S. 655K (PPT Help) – Dr. Daryll Ray, Director, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee
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| 12:45 – 1:30 | Lunch
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| 1:30 – 2:45 | Session Three: Sino –U.S. Dialogue on the Value of Deposit Insurance to Community Banks and Rural Banks
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 872K (PPT Help) – Alan Bush & Christine Blair
People's Bank of China: Financial Stability Bureau (PPT Help) – Yan Haibo
China Banking Regulatory Commission 2.9M (PPT Help) – Jiang Zeshen
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| 2:45 – 5:15 | Session Four, Part I: Risk Management – What Works, What Doesn't, and Why?
Bank Credit Operations (Word Help) – Blake Howsden, Senior VP, Nebraska State Bank, Oshkosh, Nebraska
Corporate Governance 595K (PDF Help) – Dale Torpey, President and CEO, Federation Bank, Washington, Iowa
Rural Credit Market Risk Management – Financial Market Department, PBC 371K (PPT Help) – Zijuan Cao
Credit Operations, Corporate Governance, and State Guaranteed and Direct Loan Products in China: Agricultural Development Bank of China (Word Help) – Meisheng Liu
Jidong Luo – Guangdong Rural Credit Union
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Friday, May 23
| 8:15 – 10:00 | Session Four, Part II: Risk Management – What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why?
Rural Lending Insurance 2.3M (PPT Help) – Rick Gibson, President, Agro National
Commodity Price Risk Management (PPT Help) – Mark Gold, Top Third Agricultural Marketing
Hurricane and Disaster Insurance 4.7M (PPT Help) – Joseph B. Cole, Managing Director, RenRe Investment Managers, Ltd
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery: FDIC Panel – Anthony Lowe, Alan Bush, Eloy Villafranca
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery Presentation Part I 127K (PPT Help)
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery Presentation Part II 1.2M (PPT Help)
Rural Lending Insurance and Disaster Insurance in China: China Insurance Regulatory Commission (Word Help) – Xinhong Fan
Agricultural Products Price Risk Management in China (PPT Help) – Pei Guo
Presentation in Chinese (PPT Help)
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| 10:00 – 10:45 | Session Five: Financial Education and Financial Literacy in the U.S. and China
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (PPT Help) – Eloy Villafranca
Research Department, PBC (PPT Help) – Jian – Hua Zhang
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| 10:30 – 10:45 | Break
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| 10:45 – 12:15 | Session Six: Rules of the Road for Partnering in Chinese Institutions; Possibilities for Partnering
China Banking Regulatory Commission 253K (PPT Help) – Jialong Zhou
Presentation in Chinese (PPT Help)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 282K (PPT Help) – Nicole Gontarek, Rodney Ray
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| 12:15 – 1:00 | The Role of Finance in Rural Development
Dr. Mark Drabenstott, Director, Center for Regional Competitiveness, Rural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri – Columbia
Presentation Part 1 26.9M (PPT Help)
Presentation Part 2 35.8M (PPT Help)
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