|
Wednesday, 26 September 2007 at the Arts & Sciences
Auditorium |
|
7:30pm
|
Movie:
“Maxed Out”, directed by James Scurlock (in
conjunction with UW Campus Activities Center) |
|
|
| |
Speakers:
Director, James Scurlock, and Norma Garcia,
Consumers Union, will participate in discussion
after the movie |
|
|
| |
Movie Synopsis:
Maxed Out takes viewers on a journey deep
inside the American style of debt, where things seem
fine as long as the minimum monthly payment arrives
on time. With coverage that spans from small
American towns all the way to the White House, the
film shows how the modern financial industry really
works, explains the true definition of "preferred
customer" and tells us why the poor are getting
poorer while the rich keep getting richer.
Hilarious, shocking and incisive, Maxed Out
paints a picture of a national nightmare which is
all too real for most of us.
www.maxedoutmovie.com
Free
and open to the public |
| |
|
|
Thursday, 27 September 2007 at the Wyoming Union |
|
8:00 |
Registration - Coffee & Juice |
|
|
|
8:45 |
Welcome & announcements with University of Wyoming
President Thomas
Buchanan and Planning Committee CoChairs
Virginia Vincenti
& Dee Pridgen |
| |
|
|
9:00 |
Keynote Speech by
Jeanne Hogarth,
Federal Reserve Board Consumer Education Director,
“Current Trends in Consumer Finance”
[Audio] |
| |
|
|
10:00 |
Break - Exhibits & Refreshments |
| |
|
|
10:15-11:10 |
Concurrent
Breakout I |
| |
Track
1: Credit Cards & Credit Scores |
| |
|
Jeanne Hogarth
– Federal Reserve Board – The Mysterious Monthly
Statement: Discover the Secrets Hidden in Your
Credit Card Bill (and what the Fed is trying to do
about them!) [Solicitation
- prime - sample]
[Solicitation
- subprime - sample]
[Sample
statement] [Slide
Presentation] |
| |
Track 2: Bankruptcy & Debt Collection |
| |
|
Elaine Welle
– UW Law Professor –
Costly Cash: Payday Loans,
Car-title Loans and Check Cashing Services: What are
the costs, risks and repercussions? [Audio] |
| |
Track 3: Investment & Retirement |
| |
|
Thomas Cowan
– Securities Division Director, Wyoming Secretary of
State’s Office –
Campaign for Wise and Safe
Investing [Audio] |
| |
Track 4: Privacy & ID Theft |
| |
|
Tim Summers
– Associate State Director for Advocacy AARP Wyoming
– Security Freeze Legislation & what it means to you
[Audio] |
| |
|
|
|
11:15-12:10 |
Concurrent Breakout II |
| |
Track 1: Credit Cards & Credit Scores |
| |
|
Cole Ehmke
–
UW Agricultural & Applied Econ Extension Educator –
Credit Cards on Campus: Managing Student Debt
[Audio] |
| |
Track 2: Bankruptcy & Debt Collection |
| |
|
Michele Hankins,
US Trustee; G.
Paul Hunter, Attorney;
John Patton, Attorney;
Elaine Welle,
Professor of Law – Maxed Out: Is Bankruptcy Still an
Option? How Bankruptcy Reform Has Impacted Debtors
and Creditors [Audio] |
| |
Track 3: Investment & Retirement |
| |
|
Mary Anne Heyman,
Financial Planner –
What You Need to Know about Long
Term Care Insurance [Married
couple example] [Single
individual example] [Audio] |
| |
Track 4: Privacy & ID Theft |
| |
|
Jan Zavislan,
Colorado Assistant Attorney General –
ID Theft
Prevention [Audio] |
| |
|
|
|
12:15 |
Lunch & Exhibits |
| |
|
Keynote Speaker
Nancy Smith, Vice President, Investment
Services, AARP Financial [Audio] |
| |
|
|
|
1:15-2:10 |
Concurrent Breakout III |
| |
Track 1: Credit Cards & Credit Scores |
| |
|
Norma Garcia,
Attorney, Consumers Union –
Credit Card Quicksand: Examining Common Practices
and Legislative Proposals for Reform [Audio] |
| |
Track 2: Bankruptcy & Debt Collection |
| |
|
Anthony Gold
and Jennifer
Hanft, Laramie attorneys –
The Debt Man
Cometh: Collecting Debts and Dealing with Debt
Collectors [Handout] |
| |
Track 3: Investment & Retirement |
| |
|
Nancy Smith,
AARP Financial – Investing for the Future [Audio] |
| |
Track 4: Privacy & ID Theft |
| |
|
Dee Pridgen
– UW Law Professor –
Navigating the Maze: the
consumer’s right to access & correct credit reports |
| |
|
|
|
2:15-3:00 |
Keynote Speaker |
| |
|
James Scurlock
– The Director’s
Chair: Comments on his Documentary “Maxed Out”
[Audio] |
| |
|
|
|
3:00-3:15 |
Break - Exhibits and Dessert & Drinks |
| |
|
|
|
3:15-4:30 |
Panel discussion of Wyoming & Colorado legislators &
policy makers [Audio] |
| |
|
|
4:30-5:30 |
Closing Comments |
