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8:00 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. Welcome
Howard Dicus
Web and Broadcast Editor
Pacific Business News

Introduction
Evan Dobelle
President
University of Hawaii

Opening Remarks
U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka

8:55 a.m. 'Economic and Financial Education In Hawaii: Assessing the Present, Finding the Future'
Sumner La Croix, Phd.
Chair
UHM Department of Economics

Response
Pearl Imada Iboshi
Policy Manager
Office of the Governor

10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:15 a.m. National Panel

Robert Duvall
President and CEO
National Council on Economic Education

Dara Duguay
Executive Director
Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy

Susan Sclafani
Counselor to the U.S. Secretary of Education
U.S. Department of Education

Kristin Smith
Director, Office of Financial Education
U.S. Department of the Treasury

Joy Hoffmann
Vice President, Public Information & Community Affairs
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

11:30 a.m. Case Studies

Financial Fitness for Life
Pamela Whalley
President/Executive Director
Washington Council on Economic Education

Financial Education in the Military
Juanita McKeown
Financial Readiness Program Manager
Army Community Service

Training Teachers Online
Cynthia Foreman
Economics Instructor
Maui Community College

12:30 p.m. LUNCH
1:30 p.m. Roundtable Sessions

Thinking Outside the Classroom
Increasing Economic & Financial Literacy Using Non-Traditional Methods
Leaders:
Al Duarte, InCharge Institute of America, Inc.
John Knox, John M. Knox & Associates, Inc.

Reaching Underserved Populations
Exploring the Challenges Associated with Educating Underserved Communities
Leaders:
Joy Hoffmann, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Kelly K. Walsh, Bank of Hawaii

The Outreach Challenge
Raising the Level of Awareness of the Importance of Economic & Financial Literacy
Leaders:
Pamela Whalley, Washington Council on Economic Education
Kristine K. Castagnaro, Hawaii Council on Economic Education

Curriculum Development
Teaching Economics & Personal Finance under the No Child Left Behind Act.
Leaders:
Susan Sclafani, U.S. Department of Education
Gail Tamaribuchi, Center for Economic Education

3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:20 p.m. Roundtable Session Summaries
4:15 p.m. Wrap up

John B. Kelley
Vice President, Investor Relations, Alexander & Baldwin

4:30 p.m.

Pau