The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it will host its first CFPB Research Conference. The event will be May 7-8 at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C.
The conference will focus on high-quality consumer finance research, with academic and government researchers presenting their research papers, the CFPB said in a news release.
According to the conference website, “The goal of conference is to connect the core community of researchers and policymakers with the best research being conducted across the wide range of disciplines and approaches that can inform the topic of consumer finance. We hope that the conference is attended by a diverse audience from academia, government agencies, nonprofit agencies, and industry.”
On May 7 there will be an Academic Research Council meeting starting at 9 a.m. before the conference.
The Research Conference will begin at 1:15 p.m. May 7 with a panel titled “Shocks and Consumer Well-Being,” moderated by Charles Romeo, a senior economist at the CFPB’s Office of Research. A second panel, titled “Consumer Learning and Behavior Change,” starts at 3:30 p.m. with the CFPB’s Melissa Knoll moderating. Knoll is a research psychologist at the CFPB’s Office of Research.
On May 8, the first panel, titled “Consumer Background, Knowledge and Expectations on Financial Outcomes,” will begin at 9 a.m. and will be moderated by CFPB economist Lori Parcel.
The fourth panel begins at 11 a.m. and is titled, “Information and Consumer Decision-Making.” Erik Durbin, a CFPB senior economist, will be the moderator.
A working lunch follows, with Harvard’s John Campbell speaking. The final panel begins at 3 p.m. and is titled “Supply of Credit on Consumer Decision-Making.” Darryl Getter of the Congressional Research Service will be the moderator.
The event is open to the public but appears to be filled. A notice on the conference website asks interested parties to contact the event planner directly.