Invite your best customers to Wisconsin’s premier economic update and learn what 2009 will mean for the state, regional and national economies. 11:30 a.m.   Registration and networking (refreshments available) Noon Lunch 12:30 p.m. Welcome - Introductory Remarks Jeff Mayers WisPolitics.com, WisBusiness.com Special Presentation by Governor Doyle Outlook for the Current Economy Dr. Charles L. Evans President and CEO Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Federal Open Market Comittee Member 2 p.m. Adjournment Questions Please contact WBA’s Patty Rogers at 608/441-1209 or via e-mail. Speaker As the ninth president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Charles Evans serves on the Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve System’s most important monetary policymaking body. Before becoming president, Evans was director of research and a senior vice president at the Chicago Fed. In that capacity he oversaw the Bank’s research in monetary policy, banking and financial markets, and regional economics. In addition to his work at the Chicago Fed, he has taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. Prior to joining the Chicago Fed in 1991, he was an assistant professor of economics at the University of South Carolina. Evans received a B.A. in economics from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in economics from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh.