Bernanke will speak at Chicago Fed conference

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver the keynote address to open the 47th annual conference on bank structure and competition, hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on May 5-6 at the InterContinental Hotel, 505 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago.

The conference, which will feature numerous industry leaders, scholars and other regulatory authorities, will include the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Reform and Consumer Protection Act, BASEL III, systemic risk, securitization, household finance and much more.

For a complete agenda of the event and more information, visit www.chicagofed.org/webpages/events/2011/bank_structure_conference.cfm