Institute President Michael Turner was joined on a panel about alternative credit scoring by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and Pari Sabety, Executive Director of the Urban Markets Initiative. The event was co-hosted by PAID and the Brookings Institution.

Dr. Edward Roche of the Information Policy Institute will be the keynote speaker on an event devoted to Computer-facilitated Identity Theft training. The event is sponsored by the National Association of Attorneys Geneneral and the National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law. It will be held at the University of Mississippi Law School.

Dr. Turner will be a featured speaker on a panel to be held at the Marriot Marquis New York and sponsored by the SAS corporation. The topic is “Credit Scoring Vulnerability to Fair Lending Risk.” His fellow panelists will include Glenn Canner of the Federal Reserve, Don McCree of JP Morgan, Jim Howden of HSBC, David Munio of Wells Fargo, and David Gaines of Wachovia.

The Debt Debate - credit limits, default rates & government legislation
As credit levels continue to grow there is increasing concern about the sustainability of Australian household debt. Yet the ability of lenders to make informed credit decisions is hampered by a legislative regime that keeps them in the dark. Dr Michael Turner, an international expert on data and privacy from the Information Policy Institute in the United States, presents research showing the link between the quality of information available to lenders and default rates.

Dr. Turner will deliver the keynote address at Banking on the Future Summit to be held in Trinidad and Tobago.

Institute President, Dr. Michael Turner will participate in a panel discussion of issues related to Latino credit access hosted by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Representative Loretta Sanchez will moderate. Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez and panelists: Leonardo Simpser, Monica Gonzales, Gary Acosta, and Dr. Michael Turner (from left to right)

The Institute hosts a panel discussion at the National Press Club to discuss the findings of a new Institute study, Giving Underserved Consumers Better Access to the Credit System: The Promise of Non-Traditional Data. Panelists: Michael A. Turner, President and Senior Scholar of the Information Policy Institute; Laura DeSoto, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Experian Credit Information Solutions; Sherrie L.W. Rhine, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Jennifer Tescher, Director at the Center for Financial Services Innovation, Pari Sabety, Director of the Urban Market Initiative at the Brookings Institution.

Dr. Turner moderates “Identity Theft: A Ticking Time Bomb,” a panel at the Fifth Annual Information Privacy Forum to be held July 7-10, 2005 at the St. Regis Hotel, Aspen, Colorado. The panel included Institute Advisory Board member Howard Beales, Jim Harper of the CATO Institute, and Evan Hendricks of Privacy Times.

Dr. Turner spoke before Congress at a Financial Institutions Subcommittee Hearing on entitled, “Helping Consumers Obtain the Credit They Deserve.” His written testimony is available here. Additional information on the hearing is available here.