Available to the public for research and we host an ample number of programs. Thisevening , Anthony Pangaro who is a good friend of the Historical Society will do the honors of introducing our speaker. I wanted to take a moment to greet everyone and welcome you to the massachusetts Historical Society so without further ado i turn it over to Anthony Pangaro. [applause] good evening everyone, thank you gavin. Gavin has put together a terrific number of programs at massachusetts historical including definitive conversations about the era well over ayear ago which is where i first met liz. Its a pleasure for me to have a pleasant task of introducing liz and the book. How to begin . This is a book about a lifetimes work, about a career based in the strong premise that cities were important and vital to civilization,vital to this country, not only the world and i think liz has captured it. Ill let you her tell you about the book but ill tell you one story about it which lets you know how i f
These welcome drew warned, associate director of policy, office of the Vice President of the United States. [applause] excited to speak to this. First off, i would like to say that space is a top priority of this administration. Through the leadership of the president we have seen remarkable progress in this area. The United States was founded by brave pioneers. Their spirit continues today as america leads humanity into a new chapter of Space Exploration. By combining the efforts of the u. S. Government with the leaders in private industry, we will reach new heights that until recently we could have only dreamed of. As chair of the National Space council, device resident is leading policy development to sustain u. S. Leadership in space and open doors to u. S. Private sector growth. The president ial policy are sparking efforts to put americans back on the moon, unleash commercial use of space, strengthen u. S. Based awareness, space Traffic Management, and stand up u. S. Based force
The task force will now come to order. Without objection, the chairs authorized to declare a recess at any time without objection members of the full committee are authorized to participate in todays hearing consistent with the committees practice. This hearing is entitled robots on wall street, the impact of ai on jobs in the Financial Services industry. The chair will recognize himself for five minutes for an opening statement. Thank you all for joining us today for what should be a having interesting hearing of this task force. Were looking at exploring how ai is being deployed in Capital Markets from automated trading to Investment Management decisions. Were going to consider how the use of this technology is changing the nature of work in Financial Services, rendering some jobs obsolete and changing the skill sets needed to excel in others. It would not be much of an exaggeration today to say that wall street is run by computers. I actually hear about those days from the limo driv
With us and brew Group Investment banker and nfl star jack brewer great to see you this morning. Thank you so much for swroining us here we are looking at futures which are lower this morning going into another week. This is an important week because were going to begin Third Quarter earnings give us a window into the economy and corporates dow and s p 500 trying to snap a threeweek losing streak, with all eye on the china trade meetings this week on thursday. The two sides expected to resume the negotiation thursday. Beijing reportedly ready to talk about a narrow focus deal. Narrower than weve been talking about with full scale reform of stroll sector off the table whats your deal given the fact that president has been adamant about industrial issues and the behavior of china particularly with the intellectual property . Market clearsly not liking it maria. I mean listen the pressure is on certainly hong kong is not getting any better an chinese economy isnt getting any better our ec
That representation Transportation Safety issues along with my Ranking Member senator cantwell let me welcome our Signature Panel of witnesses and thank them for this hearing. Well hear from the department of transportation including neil szabat ron brinks and straygur of the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and deputy minister of traffic and safety. Welcome to each of you. Fixing americas surface transportation act of 2019 better known as the fastback rasterized the administrations responsible for ensuring the safety of our surface transportation paid sns and fra. Identifying issues this committee should consider as we prepare for reauthorization. The fastback places a greater focus on our nations Multimodal Network that includes establishing the emperor Grant Program. This program and others such as formerly tiger grants are critical to improve our nations transportation infrastructure. I hope the winces will provide the committee with an update on efforts to improve our i