Alumni of classes from 1965 to 2015 were among expert speakers at this year’s Marshall Forum at the Booth School in Chicago discussing issues impacting the future of transatlantic cooperation, peace, and security.

The Association of Marshall Scholars (AMS) together with the Booth Business School at University of Chicago hosted public officials, business leaders, economists and finance policy experts for a two-day Forum on strategic and economic issues, June 17-18, 2024.  

The Marshall Forum considers strategic and economic issues impacting the future of transatlantic cooperation, peace, and security. The 2024 Marshall Forum focused on the role of global markets, monetary policy, and innovation.

Media coverage of the forum

AMS President Scott Grinsell (2004) was joined by Booth Faculty Eric Budish (2002) and Jen Nou (2002) who opened the Forum with a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Marshall Scholarship.  Delegates were welcomed to Chicago by UK Deputy Consulate General for Chicago John Murphy who thanked all the alumni who gave their time to support the reading and selection committees. Speaking at the event Murphy said:

“Through the Marshall Scholarship, the UK government has sought to ensure that we continue to celebrate and spread our shared values of freedom and democracy. Even 70 years on from the first Marshall scholars making journeys to the UK, still recovering from war, the legacy they spread of transatlantic cooperation and solidarity lives and grows as they return to the US and to forge new bonds built on that cooperation.”

The opening event concluded with the presentation of the Marshall Medal to Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in recognition of her trailblazing work as a distinguished civil servant.

The second day of the Forum continued with in-depth discussions across  global markets, monetary policy, and innovation.

Agenda

SESSION 01 | THE NEW CHICAGO ECONOMICS

• Eric Budish (Marshall Scholar 2002) Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

• Amir Sufi Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

• Luigi Zingales Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

SESSION 02 | THE INNOVATION ECONOMY AND THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL BUSINESS

• Bill Janeway CBE (Marshall Scholar 1965) Partner Emeritus, Warburg Pincus and Honorary Professor of Economics, Cambridge University

• Louise Keely (Marshall Scholar 1993) Partner, Bain & Co.

• Rahul Rekhi (Marshall Scholar 2013) Counselor International Affairs, U.S. Treasury (Moderator)

SESSION 03 | US FISCAL POLICY: TAKING THE LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE

• James Poterba (Marshall Scholar 1979) Professor, MIT

SESSION 04 | REVITALIZING AMERICA’S COMMUNITIES

• Prabal Chakrabarti (Marshall Scholar 1998) Executive Vice-President, Regional and Community Outreach Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

• Michael George (Marshall Scholar 2015) Treasury Department, White House (former), Gates Foundation (former)

• David Leonhardt Senior Writer and Columnist, The New York Times (Moderator)

SESSION 05 | ECONOMIC AND MONETARY POLICY

• Austan Goolsbee President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

• Peter Orszag (Marshall Scholar 1991) CEO, Lazard

• Katie Fallon (Marshall Scholar 1998) EVP Corporate Affairs, Fidelity Investments (Moderator)

SESSION 06 | HEALTHCARE INNOVATION

• Alex Oshmyansky (Marshall Scholar 2005) Co-founder, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company

• Meena Seshamani (Marshall Scholar 1999) Director, Center for Medicare

• Rachel Glennerster Associate Professor, University of Chicago Social Sciences

• John Hewko (Marshall Scholar 1979) CEO, Rotary International

• Anup Malani Professor, University of Chicago (Moderator)

SESSION 07 | AI IMPACTS ON REGULATION, SPEECH, HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW

• Andy Schapiro (Marshall Scholar 1985) Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

• Aziz Huq Professor, University of Chicago Law School

• David Strauss (Marshall Scholar 1973) Professor, University of Chicago Law School

• Jen Nou (Marshall Scholar 2002) Professor, University of Chicago Law School (Moderator)

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ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION OF MARSHALL SCHOLARS

The Association of Marshall Scholars works to strengthen US-UK ties, the Marshall community and the Marshall Scholarship. Historically, the transatlantic alliance has served as a lynchpin for liberal democracy, prosperity, and global peace. A valuable thread of this relationship has been the Marshall Scholarship, an educational program strengthening international exchange and advancement of knowledge  in nearly every field of human endeavor. www.marshallscholars.org