2016 NATIONAL FINALS ITINERARY (NYC)

SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2016

10:00am-2:00pm / OPTIONAL (On Your Own)
Tour of the Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005 www.moaf.org
2:00pm-4:30pm / Hotel check-in and team registration
Millennium Hilton hotel, Board Room, 4th floor
2:00pm-4:30pm / Team Photos and interviews
Millennium Hilton hotel, Chelsea meeting room, 4th floor
4:30pm / Meet in the hotel lobby for CEE escorted departure to the Charging Bull
4:30pm-4:45pm / Travel to Charging Bull by foot
4:45pm-5:00pm / Team Photo by Charging Bull
5:00pm-5:30pm / Travel to Midtown
5:30pm-5:45pm / Group photo in Times Square with National Economics ChallengeSM t-shirt
5:45pm-6:00pm / Travel to Restaurant
6:00pm / Welcome dinner and team gift exchange
Daniela Trattoria, 728 8th Ave, New York, NY
8:00pm / Free time in the Times Square area and return to the hotel on your own, or a CEE escorted departure at the conclusion of dinner

SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016

8:00am / Breakfast on your own (use Per Diem)
9:00am / Last-minute registration
9:10am / Welcome and introductions
Millennium Hilton hotel, NoHo-SoHo-Tribeca meeting rooms, 4th Floor
9:30am-12:00pm / National Economics ChallengeSM Finals Qualifying Rounds I-III
Millennium Hilton hotel, NoHo-SoHo-Tribeca meeting rooms, 4th Floor
(Students, CEE Staff, and Judges only)
Round I – Microeconomics
20 minutes, followed by a break
Round II – Macroeconomics
20 minutes, followed by a break
Round III – International Economics and Current Events
20 minutes, followed by a break
9:30am-12:00pm / Teacher Interviews
Millennium Hilton hotel, Presidential Suite, 55th floor
12:00pm-1:00pm
12:00pm-1:30pm / Student and Teacher Lunch
Millennium Hilton hotel, Presidential Suite, 55th floor
Team interviews (continued)
Millennium Hilton hotel, Presidential Suite-Foyer, 55th floor
12:00pm-1:00pm / Judge Lunch
Millennium Hilton hotel, Chelsea meeting room, 4th floor

SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016, CONTINUED

1:00-5:00pm / National Economics ChallengeSM Finals Qualifying
Round IV – Critical Thinking Round
Adam Smith Critical Thinking Round
Judges:
·  Michael Bernstein, Head of Investor Relations, Axar Capital Management
·  Russell Glass, Managing Partner, RDG Capital Fund Management LP.
·  Colonel Dick Rankin, Iolani Schoool, Honolulu, Hawaii
Planning: team preparation – 40 min.,
Millennium Hilton hotel, SoHo Meeting Room, 4th floor
Presentation: presentation 12 min, Q&A 5-10 min, judges confer 15 min.
Millennium Hilton hotel, Board Room, 4th floor
David Ricardo Critical Thinking Round
Judges:
·  LaVaughn M. Henry, Vice President and Sr. Regional Officer, Cincinnati Branch at Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
·  Glenn Levine, Associate Director in the Capital Markets Research Group of Moody’s Analytics
·  Jane Lopus, Professor of Economics, California State University, East Bay
Planning: team preparation – 40 min.
Millennium Hilton hotel, NoHo Meeting Room, 4th floor
Presentation: presentation 12 min, Q&A 5-10 min, judges confer 15 min.
Millennium Hilton hotel, Tribeca Meeting Room, 4th floor

TEAM PLANNING

TIME / Adam Smith Division
SoHo Meeting Room, 4th floor / David Ricardo Division
NoHo Meeting Room, 4th floor
1:00-1:45pm / Bellaire High School, Bellaire, TX / Carmel High School, Carmel, IN
1:45-2:30pm / Carmel High School, Carmel, IN / Lexington High School, Lexington, MA
2:30-2:45pm / 15 minute break / 15 minute break
2:45-3:30pm / Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT / Upper Dublin HS, Fort Washington, PA
3:30-4:15pm / Mounds View HS, Arden Hills, MN / West Windsor Plainsboro HS North, Plainsboro, NJ

PRESENTATION

TIME / Adam Smith Division
Board Room, 4th floor / David Ricardo Division
Tribeca Meeting Room, 4th floor
1:45-2:30pm / Bellaire High School, Bellaire, TX / Carmel High School, Carmel, IN
2:30-3:15pm / Carmel High School, Carmel, IN / Lexington High School, Lexington, MA
3:15-3:30pm / 15 minute break / 15 minute break
3:30-4:15pm / Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT / Upper Dublin HS, Fort Washington, PA
4:15-5:00pm / Mounds View HS, Arden Hills, MN / West Windsor Plainsboro HS North, Plainsboro, NJ
6:00pm / Meet in Lobby to depart for dinner cruise
6:30pm-7:00pm / Board Cruise
7:00pm / Dinner and boat cruise; departing at 7:00 pm and returning at 9:30 pm Spirit Cruises, Chelsea Piers, Pier 61
9:00pm / Announcement of team order for Quiz Bowl round
Top Critical Thinking Round teams announced
9:30pm / Return to the hotel

MONDAY, MAY 23, 2016

Teams departing on Monday evening must check out of their rooms and leave their luggage with the baggage check in the hotel lobby. (Teams with very early flights should plan to bring their luggage with them that morning. CEE has arranged for a luggage transfer. All luggage must be on the transfer bus between 7:15-7:30am).

6:30am-7:00am / Check out of hotel.
7:15am / All teams meet in hotel lobby for CEE escorted departure to Quiz Bowl Site
7:15am-7:30am / Load van with suitcases.
7:30am-8:00am / Travel from Hotel to Scandinavia House.
8:00am-8:30am / Remove luggage from transfer van and place in baggage check.
8:30am-9:30am / Breakfast
9:30am / Dress Rehearsal for the Quiz Bowls (all teams)
10:15am / Doors Open for the Quiz Bowl
Beverages and Food are not allowed in the Screening room
10:30am / National Economics ChallengeSM
Round IV – 3rd & 4th place determining quiz bowl round
3rd/4th place Quiz Bowl Panel of Judges (morning):
•  Stephen Buckles, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Vanderbilt University
•  Charles W. Calomiris is Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and a Professor at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs.
•  Emily Kolinski Morris, Chief Economist, Ford Motor Company
•  Jane Lopus, Professor of Economics, California State University, East Bay
•  Colonel Dick Rankin, Iolani School, Honolulu, Hawaii
10:30am-11:00am / 3rd/4th place David Ricardo Quiz Bowl
11:00am-11:30am / 3rd/4th place Adam Smith Quiz Bowl
11:30am-11:45am / 3rd/4th place Awards ceremony
11:45am-12:45pm / Lunch
12:45pm / Doors Open for the Quiz Bowl
Beverages and Food are not allowed in the Screening room
1:00pm-2:00pm / National Economics ChallengeSM
Round IV – 1st and 2nd Place determining quiz bowl round
Quiz Bowl Panel of Judges:
•  Stephen Buckles, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Vanderbilt University
•  Jane Lopus, Professor of Economics, California State University, East Bay
•  Bruce Kasman, Managing Director and Head of Economic Research for J.P. Morgan
•  Michelle Meyer, Deputy Head of US Economics, Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
•  Colonel Dick Rankin, Iolani School, Honolulu, Hawaii
•  Mark Zandi, Chief Economist of Moody’s Analytics
1:00pm-1:30pm / 1st/2nd place David Ricardo Quiz Bowl
1:30pm-2:00pm / 1st/2nd place Adam Smith Quiz Bowl
2:00pm-2:15pm / 1st/2nd place Awards ceremony
2:15pm-2:30pm / Russell Glass Individual Achievement Award
2:30pm-3:45pm / Photos and Interviews
3:45pm / All teams meet in the lobby directly outside of the auditorium for luggage collection and departures. Any teams not departing on Monday are on their own until their departure, or may have a CEE staff person escort them back to the Millennium Hilton. Team departures begin from Scandinavia House.
----- Conclusion of official program, teams are on their own

ADDRESSES AND IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION:

HOST / Council for Economic Education
122 East 42nd Street, Suite 2600, New York, NY 10168
CONTACT PERSON: / CEE Staff / Weekday / Event Weekend
Rosanna Castillo / (T) 212.730.7533 / (C) 646.271.4813
Kevin Gotchet / (T) 212.730.1088 / (C) 917.977.0050
Alexis Andrews / (T) 212.730.6728 / (C) 917.941.4209
Chris Caltabiano / (T) 212.730.1109 / (C) 917.848.3706
HOTEL AND
MEETING ROOMS / Millenium Hilton Hotel
55 Church Street, New York, NY 10007 (Between Dey Street and Fulton Street)
www.newyorkmillenium.hilton.com
(T) 212.693.2001
Meeting rooms: 4th floor
Lunch: 55th floor, Presidential Suite
QUIZ BOWL VENUE: / Scandinavia House
58 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 (between 37th and 38th Street)
Quiz Bowl: lower lever
Breakfast: café
Lunch: 2nd floor
RESTAURANT: / Daniela Trattoria
728 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10036 (off Times Square between 45th and 46th St.)
DINNER CRUISE: / Spirit Cruises
Chelsea Piers, Pier 61 (off of 11th Avenue and 21st Street on the Hudson River)
TRAVEL AGENCY: / Pommier Travel Services
Vivianne Pommier, President
(T) 202.803.8814

TRAVEL: / Emergency Number
(T) 800.422.1932
TRANSPORTATION: / Upon your arrival in New York, your team should take either a taxi, UBER, subway, or a car service (call Carmel: (212) 666-6666, Tel Aviv (212) 777-7777 from the airport to the hotel (save your receipt). If you take a taxi, make sure you take a metered yellow taxi. Taxi cabs are abundant in New York; you will not have a problem getting one at the airport. There is a flat fee into New York City, and once in line you can request Van or SUV to fit 5 people. For safety reasons, we ask that you make sure your team members remain together at the airport.

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