US Public Finance Conference 2019 | Moody's Investors Service | 7 November 2019 | Moody's Investors Service, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10007, USA

What are the credit trends that will influence the 30 year bond you buy today? Over the long run, municipal credit will be shaped by many non-traditional trends and risks which are just now emerging.

These include risks related to climate, cyber security, social risks such as demographics, access to basic services and income inequality; and the treatment of special revenue bonds.

Highlights of the planned agenda include:
• Income inequality and its impact on public finance credit: how does growing income disparity impact how governments provide and finance services, including affordable housing and mass transit?
• Cyber risks in public finance:governments, universities and hospitals increasingly are the targets of cyber attacks. What could go wrong and how could their credit be impacted?
• Credit risks from climate change:how do environmental considerations affect the credit profiles of governments and public enterprises?
• Other topics will include public sector approaches to confronting aging infrastructure, and what rapid technological change means for public finance credit.

2019 Speakers

WELCOME REMARKS:

Michael Rowan
Managing Director, Global Public Project & Infrastructure Finance, Moody’s Investors Service

MODERATORS:

Anne Van Praagh
Managing Director, Global Strategy & Research, Moody’s Investors Service

Marcia Van Wagner
VP-Senior Credit Officer, State Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service

Leonard Jones
Managing Director-Public Finance, US Local Governments, Moody's Investors Service

Matt Butler
Vice President – Senior Analyst, State Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service

Chandra Ghosal
Vice President-Senior Analyst, Public Finance Group, Moody’s Investors Service

Dan Seymour
Vice President – Senior Analyst, Ratings Process & Oversight, Moody’s Investors Service

Greg Lipitz
Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Local Government Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service

PANELISTS:

Linda Gibbs
Principal, Bloomberg Associates

Tom Kozlik
Head of Municipal Strategy and Credit, HilltopSecurities

Vicki Been
Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, City of New York

Baye Larsen
Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, State Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service

Rachael McDonald
Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, US Housing Finance & State Revolving Funds, Moody’s Investors Service

Nick Lehman
Vice President – Senior Analyst, Local Government Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service

Derek Vadala
Chief Executive Officer, Cyber Assessments

Lisa Goldstein
Associate Managing Director, US Public Finance Healthcare Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service

Lesley Ritter
Vice President – Senior Analyst, Cyber Risk, Moody’s Investors Service

Munish Walther-Puri
Director of Cyber Risk, New York City Cyber Command

Michael Wertz
Vice President – Senior Analyst, Local Government Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service

Khalid Husain
Vice President, Environmental Social & Governance Group, Moody’s Investors Service

Lindsay Ross
Macroeconomic Risk Senior Analyst, Four Twenty Seven

Pisei Chea
Assistant Vice President, State Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service

Chris Collins
Assistant Vice President, US Higher Education, Moody’s Investors Service

Frank Mamo
Assistant Vice President, Local Government Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service

Robard Williams
Senior Vice President, Credit Strategy & Research, Moody’s Investors Service

Ted Hampton
Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, State Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service

Jennifer Chang
Vice President – Senior Analyst, Public Project and Infrastructure Finance, Moody’s Investors Service

Naomi Richman
Senior Vice President, Public Finance Group, Moody’s Investors Service

Kurt Krummenacker
Senior Vice President, Public Project and Infrastructure Finance, Moody’s Investors Service

Genevieve Nolan
Vice President – Senior Analyst, State Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service

David Strungis
Assistant Vice President, Ratings Process & Oversight, Moody’s Investors Service