Lectures / Activities June, 2008 Featured Speaker, "IN DEBT WE TRUST: Subprime Lending Crisis, Double Financial Bubble, and U.S. Consumer-Led Recession," CUNA America's Credit Union Conference & Expo, New York City, N.Y., June 30, 2008. Featured Speaker, "In Debt We Trust: From Monopoly to Mall Madness in the Credit Card Nation," Credit Union Executive Staff Annual Convention, Cancun, Mexico, June 24, 2008. Featured Speaker, "In Debt We Trust: From Monopoly to Mall Madness in the Credit Card Nation," CUNA Mutual Group Discovery Conference, Hollywood, FL, June 20, 2008. Keynote Address, "IN DEBT WE TRUST and the Consumer-Led Recession: Pla$tic Money, Soaring Household Debt, and the Costs of Financial Illiteracy," State of Tennessee Financial Educators Workshop, sponsored by Atlanta Federal Reserve, State of Tennessee, and Jump$tart Coalition, Gaitlinburg, TN, June 5, 2008. May, 2008 Featured Address, "IN DEBT WE TRUST? Banking Deregulation, Bankruptcy Reform, and the Consumer-Led Recession," 2008 Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, Bankruptcy Session, Chattanooga, TN, May 9, 2008. April, 2008 Fischer Institute Memorial Symposium, "In Debt We Trust: The Crisis of Debt in America," Nichols College, Dudley, MA, April 21, 2008. View article. Keynote Address, "U.S. Banking Deregulation and the Consumer-Led Recession: The Rise of the 'Near Bankrupt' and The Imperative of Responsible Debt Relief," annual Credit and Collections News conference, Palm Desert, CA, April 3, 2008. March, 2008 Keynote Address, "Banking Deregulation, Plastic Money, and Higher Education: The Political Economy of Consumer Debt," Graduate Student Research Conference, SUNY-Binghamton, New York, March 18, 2008. Featured Address, "In Debt We Trust? U.S. Banking Deregulation, Soaring Household Debt, and the Impending Consumer-Led Recession," International conference on "Credit and Debt in Present Day Capitalism," University of Manchester, England, March 14, 2008. October, 2007 October 17th -- 35th Anniversary Gala of Money Magazine, New York City, NY October 9th -- Press Conference, briefing on the "College Student Credit Card Protection Act," sponsored by U.S. Senator Herb Kohl and U.S. Congresswoman, Louise Slaughter, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. October 5th -- "Wal-Mart: Financial Services Deregulation and the Challenge to Community-Based Banking" and "Responsible Debt Relief:" A Consumer-Creditor Alternative to Chapter 7 Bankruptcy," Filene Research Council meeting, Boston, MA October 4th -- Keynote Address for 2007 Annual Conference on Financial Education, Dallas, Texas plus book signing and reception. Also, screening of movie IN DEBT WE TRUST. October 3rd -- Panel discussion and screening of movie IN DEBT WE TRUST. Dr. Manning announces the launch of "Responsible Debt Relief" program, including his proprietary consumer debt capacity underwriting algorithm, Dallas, Texas plus book signing and reception. October 1st -- NYPIRG and RIT's Center for Consumer Financial Services present a colloquium on online fraud and tips to avoid identity theft. September, 2007 September 27th -- Dr. Robert D Manning and Judge John Ninfo, "The Perils of Plastic: Financial Empowerment and Avoiding the Debt Trap," School Without Walls, announcing the RIT's new BS degree program in Consumer Financial Services and partnership with the national CARE financial education program. September 24th -- Keynote multimedia presentation, "IN DEBT WE TRUST? Banking Deregulation, Soaring Consumer Debt, and Future Impact of the 'Double Financial' Bubble," with Q&A, and book and DVD signing, Visions Federal Credit Union regional meeting, Endicott, NY. September 21st -- Keynote Speaker, "After the Double Financial Bubble: Making Banks Financially Responsible for the Social Consequences of their Lending Policies," Credit Card Summit sponsored by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), New York City, New York. September 10th -- Panel Discussion and Screening of IN DEBT WE TRUST: America Before the Bubble Bursts featuring Dr. Manning and sponsored by DC Councilwoman Mary Che and the Center for Responsible Lending, Washington, DC. Program designed to promote DC anti-payday lending bill. May, 2007 May 21, 2007 -- "IN DEBT WE TRUST?: Banking Deregulation and the Collapse of the Double (Financial) Bubble," 2007 Personal Finance Seminar for Professionals, Columbia, Maryland May 11, 2007 -- Keynote Address, "IN DEBT WE TRUST: Banking Deregulation, Bankruptcy Reform, and Soaring Consumer Debt," 2007 American Association of Debt Management Organizations, Washington, DC. April, 2007 April 25, 2007 -- "IN DEBT WE TRUST: America Before the Bubble Bursts," post-screening presentation, State University of New York--Oswego, Oswego, New York. April 24, 2007 -- "IN DEBT WE TRUST: America Before the Bubble Bursts," post-screening presentation, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. April 20, 2007 -- "IN DEBT WE TRUST: America Before the Bubble Bursts," post-screening presentation at Philadelphia Downtown Marriott, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 16, 2007 -- "IN DEBT WE TRUST: From Monopoly to Mall Madness in the Credit Card Nation," Finger Lakes Forum, Lake Geneva Country Club April 16, 2007 -- "Banking Deregulation and the Unkept Promise of Consumer Benefits," testimony before New York State Legislature's hearing, "Practices of the Credit Card Industry," Albany, New York. April 14, 2007 -- 3rd Annual Leadership Advancement Conference: Connectology, "Stay out of Debt/ Debt Management," Rochester, New York April 11, 2007 -- "IN DEBT WE TRUST: America Before the Bubble Bursts," post-screening presentation, Fine Arts Theatre, Beverly Hills, California April 4, 2007 -- "IN DEBT WE TRUST: America Before the Bubble Bursts," post-screening presentation, Quad Cinema, New York City, New York March, 2007 March 30, 2007 -- National Theatrical Premier of IN DEBT WE TRUST: America Before the Bubble Bursts," press conference, THE LITTLE THEATER, Rochester, New York March 10, 2007 -- "IN DEBT WE TRUST: Banking Deregulation, Bankruptcy Reform, and Soaring Consumer Debt" at the Ohio Bench/Bar Retreat, Cleveland, Ohio February, 2007 February 9, 2007 -- "After the Financial Services Revolution: IN DEBT WE TRUST?" Cleveland City Club Lecture, Cleveland Ohio. Listen Online! February 8, 2007 "After the Financial Services Revolution: Banking Deregulation, Bankruptcy Reform, and the Consumer Debt Crisis," 12th annual Frank J. Battisti Memorial Lecture, Case Western Reserve School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio. View the lecture online! January, 2007 January 28, 2007 -- Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, "Examining the Billing, Marketing, and Disclosure Practices of the Credit Card Industry, and Their Impact on Consumers." January 22, 2007 -- "From Monopoly to Mall Madness: IN DEBT WE TRUST In the Credit Card Nation," Chatterbox Club, Rochester, New York October, 2006 "Assessing Needs and Providing Financial Services to Disadvantaged Populations," at the "Financial Services for Low Income and Migrant Populations: Needs, Challenges and Potential Solutions" conference, at the E. Philip Saunders College of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, October 27, 2006. "IN DEBT WE TRUST: Credit Cards on Campus" conference, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, October 3, 2006 August, 2006 "Reality Bytes: Credit Cards on Campus," Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, August 29, 2006 June, 2006 "The Next Chapter in Consumer Bankruptcy Reform: Challenging Realities and Innovative Alternatives," 98th annual Utah Bankers' Association convention in Sun Valley, Idaho, June 25-28, 2006. May, 2006 Keynote Address, "The Rise of Easy Credit and the Marketing of Yuppie Food Stamps: Americans' Changing Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Spending, Saving, and Gambling Activities in the CREDIT CARD NATION," Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, Orlando, Florida, May 11, 2006 October 2005 "Paper or Plastic?: Credit Cards on Campus", University Address, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 2005. September 2005 "Living With Debt", Opening Address for District of Columbia Sociological Society, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., September 2005. May, 2005 "NAFTA and the Washington Consensus: Political Motivations and Economic Realities of Contemporary Globalization", Plenary session, symposium on "NAFTA and the China Factor", Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Business, Rochester, N.Y., May 2005. "Gen 'n Debt: Exploring Generational and Societal Forces", Keynote Address, "The Debt Generation" symposium, Baruch College, New York City, New York, May, 2005. April, 2005 "After Federal Bankruptcy Reform: Assessing the Options for Consumers", annual conference of National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, San Diego, California, April 2005. December, 2004 "Banking Deregulation and the Global Expansion of the U.S. Consumer Credit System", Keynote Address, conference on Consequences of the Consumer Lending Revolution, University of Washington, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, December 2004. "Banking Deregulation and the Consumer Lending Revolution: What Happened to Consumer Rights?", conference on Consequences of the Consumer Lending Revolution, University of Washington, St. Louis, Missouri, December 2004. July 2004 "Can the American Consumer Sustain the Current US Recovery?", sponsored by the Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C., July 2004. May 2004 "Consumer Debt and the Deregulation of U.S. Financial Services", Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C., May 2004. January 2004 "The Political Economy of Consumer Credit and Debt", Economic Sociology Seminar Series, London School of Economics, January 2004. "The Power of Pla$tic: Banking Deregulation and the Rise of the Credit Card Nation", sponsored by Birkbeck College and Economic and Social Research Council, ãCultures of Consumptionä public lecture series, Royal Society of London, United Kingdom, January 2004. "The Global Expansion of Consumer Credit and Debt", International Workshop on "Consumer Culture and Its Discontents", sponsored by Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and Japanese Center for Global Partnership (CGP), Tokyo, Japan, January 2004. December 2003 "The State of the American Consumer," sponsored by The Cambridge Consumer Credit Index and New York Association for Business Economics, New York City, December 2003. "Credit Cards on Campus: Reality Bytes," Keynote Address, Annual Connecticut Association of Professional Financial Aid Administrators, Mystic, Connecticut, December 2003. August 2003 "What We Know and Don’t Know About Credit/Debt," Access to Consumer Credit conference, sponsored by Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, Md, August 2003. "Credit Cards on Campus: A Growing Collegiate Crisis or Benign Societal Trend?," Special Session on Social Consequences of Consumer Debt, annual meeting of American Sociological Association (ASA), Atlanta, Georgia, August 2003. May 2003 "The Magic of Plastic: Banking Deregulation and the Politics of Predatory Lending," Symposium on "Market Failures and Predatory Lending," sponsored by National Consumer Law Center and the Woodstock Institute, Chicago, Illinois, May 17th 2003. April 2003 "Credit Card Nation: The Cultural Revolution in Post-Industrial America," University Lecture, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, May 9th 2003. "Credit Card Nation: What's Debt Got To Do With It?," Department of Sociology, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, April 14th 2003. "The Global Expansion of Consumer Credit and Debt: The Political Economy of Credit Card World," international conference on "Consumer Culture and Its Discontents," Newberg, New York, April 11th 2003. March 2003 "Magic Plastic: What's Debt Got To Do With It?" Distinguished College Lecture, Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York, March 2003. "Surviving The Pitfalls of Credit," with Chief Bankruptcy Judge John Ninfo, sponsored by the Vice-President of Student Affairs, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, March, 2003. "New Trends in Post-Industrial Inequality: What's Debt Got To Do With It?," Center for the Study of Inequality, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, March 2003. January 2003 "Post-Industrial Inequality: The Role of Consumer Debt in Contemporary American Society," Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, January 2003. 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