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BEC Events

Join engaging discussions on economics, finance, and public policy.

BEC offers a robust series of well-known speakers selected from the academic, private, and public sectors. Topics covered differ by month and subject matter, with a consistent emphasis on relevance to today's leaders. The Club's membership year runs from August through July and the luncheon season runs from September through May. Continue scrolling for upcoming events.

Examples of our very memorable past events and speakers include the following: 

Corporate Leaders

"Omicron and the Future of mRNA Tech"

Stéphane Bancel, CEO, Moderna, Inc. 

"Last Leg on the Road to Normal"

Dr. David Kelly, Chief Global Strategist, J.P. Morgan Asset Management


Federal Reserve Leaders

"The Economy's Performance and Outlook, and Implications for Policy"

Susan M. Collins, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Moderator: Juhi Dhawan, Senior Managing Director, Wellington Management Company, LLP 

"A Conversation with Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari" 

Neel Kashkari, President Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis               

Moderator: Roger Lowenstein, Award Winning Author & Journalist


Macroeconomists 

"We've Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care"

Dr. Amy Finkelstein, John & Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

"Money: Dispelling the Myths and   Misunderstandings"

Dr. Paul Sheard, Author, The Power of Money, and former Vice Chairman, S&P Global


Registration is open to BEC members and their invited guests, when applicable.


BEC members can sign up for events by logging in to their member portal using the provided link. 

Members are encouraged to add a guest to their registration for individual meetings, if available. If you have any questions or experience any issues logging in, please contact the BEC office at Admin@BECBoston.org.     

Upcoming Events

  • Scott Clemons, CFA®: "From Growth to Uncertainty: Economic Perspectives for 2025"

    • 8 Jan 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Paul Connolly Center 4th Fl
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    Scott Clemons, CFA®

    Partner & Chief Investment Strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman

    Happy New Year?

    2024 was a year of robust economic growth and extraordinary market performance.  As we turn the calendar, however, there are storm clouds gathering on the horizon.  Join us for a conversation about the economic and investment landscape in 2025, and the risks and opportunities facing investors and businesses.

    Biography

    As a Partner and the Chief Investment Strategist, Scott Clemons is one of the firm’s primary writers and speakers on topics related to the economy, financial markets, and investing. He began his career at the firm in international equities, where he was an analyst and portfolio manager of European and Asian equities, working out of the firm’s New York and London offices. Scott broadened his responsibilities into domestic equity management and research as well, and then managed the New York office of the firm’s Private Wealth Management business.

    Scott is a frequent contributor to print and broadcast media, appearing frequently in the pages of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, as well as on CNBC and Bloomberg TV. Outside of his professional interests, Scott is a trustee of the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, Rare Book School at the University of Virginia, and the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the oldest foundation in the United States dedicated to basic scientific research.

    Scott received an A.B. in classics magna cum laude from Princeton University. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the CFA Institute.

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  • Professor Bengt Holmström: “The Future of Financial Intermediation”

    • 22 Jan 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Paul Connolly Center 4th Fl
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    Professor Bengt Holmström

    Nobel Prize Winner for Economics in 2016 and Paul A. Samuelson Professor (Emeritus) at MIT

    Financial intermediation has evolved over several centuries, adapting itself

    to the needs of commerce and consumers demands and responding to

    technological developments. Today, the pace of change is accelerating in

    the wake of a massive digital transformation. Electronic payment systems,

    digital currencies, programmable money, smart contracts, instant credit

    based on machine learning, tokenization of assets – the list goes on. Trying

    to assess where we are headed and what the opportunities and risks are,

    involves a lot of uncertainty. In the first instance, this talk is about

    understanding the past – the logic of our old systems – including the recent

    crises they went through. Drawing on this, Professor Holmström will interpret recent developments and make some guesses about future developments.


    Please click HERE for Professor Holmström's BIO

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  • Ed McLaughlin, President & Chief Technology Officer, Mastercard

    • 12 Feb 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Paul Connolly Center 4th Fl
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    Ed McLaughlin

    President & Chief Technology Officer at Mastercard

     

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  • The Boston Economic Club Luncheon

    • 26 Feb 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Paul Connolly Center 4th Fl
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    The Boston Economic Club Luncheon


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  • James Poterba, Mitsui Professor of Economics, MIT

    • 12 Mar 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Paul Connolly Center 4th Fl
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    James Poterba

    Mitsui Professor of Economics at MIT

     

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  • Professor Claudia Goldin, Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Nobel Memorial Prize Winner in Economic Sciences

    • 26 Mar 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Paul Connolly Center 4th Fl
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    Professor Claudia Goldin

    Henry Lee Professor of Economics

    Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences

    Harvard University


    Recipient of the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel


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  • Professor Andrei Shleifer, John L. Loeb Professor of Economics at Harvard University

    • 9 Apr 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Paul Connolly Center 4th Fl
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    Professor Andrei Shleifer

    John L. Loeb Professor of Economics at Harvard University

     

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  • The Boston Economic Club Luncheon

    • 30 Apr 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Paul Connolly Center 4th Fl
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    The Boston Economic Club Luncheon


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  • The Boston Economic Club Luncheon

    • 7 May 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Paul Connolly Center 4th Fl
    Register

    The Boston Economic Club Luncheon


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  • The Boston Economic Club Annual Dinner Meeting

    • 21 May 2025
    • 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Harborview Dining Room, 31st Floor

    The Boston Economic Club Annual Dinner Meeting


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Past events

4 Dec 2024 Professor John Coates: The Problem of Twelve: When a Few Financial Institutions Control Everything
21 Nov 2024 Jared A. Ellias: 'The Credit Markets Go Dark'
6 Nov 2024 Fireside Chat with Jon McNeill, former President at Tesla and COO of Lyft & Moderated by Boston Consulting Group
1 Nov 2024 Virtual Event Only: David Paleologos, Director, Suffolk University Political Research Center (SUPRC)
30 Oct 2024 Debby Kuenstner: Crafting an Edge: Strategic Approaches to Endowment Investing
16 Oct 2024 Dr. Peter Fox-Penner: 'Building Tomorrow's Energy Grid'
1 Oct 2024 Howard Marks, CFA: 'Navigating the Sea Change'
19 Sep 2024 Larry H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University
31 Jul 2024 *************** START OF 2024 / END OF 2023 SEASON ***************
15 May 2024 The Boston Economic Club Annual Dinner Meeting - May 15, 2024
1 May 2024 Larry Wolfe & Lynn G. Larsen: "Presenting the Boston Symphony to the World - Touring the BSO"
17 Apr 2024 Dr. David Kelly: "Last Leg on the Road to Normal"
3 Apr 2024 Spencer Glendon: "Location, Duration, and Delusion: How and why economic models of climate change fail, and what to do about it."
20 Mar 2024 Dr. Doug Elmendorf: "Our Fiscal Future”
6 Mar 2024 Dr. Deborah Lucas, MIT: “The Rise of Credit Policy”
21 Feb 2024 Mr. Andrew Eschtruth: "Meeting the U.S. Retirement Challenge"
7 Feb 2024 Susan M. Collins, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
24 Jan 2024 Ivan Arreguin-Toft, Ph.D.: "Need to Know: Cybersecurity Past, Present, and Future"
10 Jan 2024 Susan Farist Butler, RN, MSN, PhD.: "Building Climate Stability: A Call to Action"
6 Dec 2023 Dr. Amy Finkelstein: "We've Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care"

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