More Than Fun & Games: Models to Scale Prize Linked Savings
November 18, 2011
8:30 – 9am: Registration and Breakfast
9 – 9:15am: Welcome and Framing
Lynne Barr, Partner, Goodwin Procter, LLP
Timothy Flacke, D2D Fund
9:15 – 9:30am: Concept Overview
Peter Tufano, Peter Moores Dean and Professor of Finance, University of Oxford Saïd Business School; Chairman, Doorways to Dreams Fund (D2D) Board
Overview of Prize-Linked Savings
9:30 – 10:45am: How Winning Can Influence Savings: Insights from PLS Research & Practice
Moderator: Kim Wilson, Lecturer, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
Thrift and Thrill: From Haiti to Brazil
Speakers:
Sarika Abbi, Savings Initiatives Specialist, Doorways to Dreams Fund
Save to Win: How Winning Can Influence Savings
Ben Iverson, Harvard Business School
First National Bank’s MaMa Account: PLS in South Africa
Peter Tufano, Peter Moores Dean and Professor of Finance, University of Oxford
Saïd Business School; Chairman, D2D Board
Saving Whilst Gambling: An Empirical Analysis of U.K. Premium Bonds
10:45 – 11:00am: Break
11:00 – 12:00pm: Scaling PLS: Legal & Policy Issues
Moderator: Daniel Preysman, Associate, Goodwin Procter, LLP
Speakers:
Robert Crawford, Counsel, Goodwin Procter, LLP
Raffles, Sweepstakes & Contests Legal Issues Explored
Mary Fairchild, Senior Fellow, National Conference of State Legislatures
Prize-Linked Savings State Legislation
Howell Jackson, James S. Reid, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Scaling PLS: Legal and Policy Issues
Extra Materials:
Teaching Materials-Lotteries Memorandum- Professor Jackson
Wells Fargo Sweepstakes Rules mentioned by Robert Crawford
12:00 – 12:45pm: Lunch
NuUnion Video Announcing $100,000 'Save to Win' Grand Prize winner
12:45 – 2:00pm: Putting a Game Layer on Savings: PLS as “Gamification”
Moderator: Ethan Mollick, Edward B. and Shirley R. Shils Assistant Professor of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Gamification and PLS
Speakers:
Stephen Black, President and Founder, Impact Alabama
Arlyn Davich, Founder and CEO, PayPerks
Overview of PayPerks
Sammy Shreibati, Co-founder, SaveUp
Overview of SaveUp
2:00 – 3:00pm: PLS Growth in Depository Institutions
Moderator: Mónica SanMiguel, Program Manager, Advisory Services, Center for Financial Services Innovation
Speakers:
Heidi Boyd, Harvard Business School
Prize-Linked Savings and Financially Vulnerable Americans: Insights from a Five State Study
Patty Campbell, CEO, Christian Financial Credit Union
Save To Win
Maureen Lafrinere, Marketing Consultant, MCUL & Affiliates
Michigan Credit Union League and Save to Win
3:00 – 3:15pm: Break
3:15 – 4:30pm: The Future of PLS
Moderator: Timothy Flacke, Executive Director, Doorways to Dream Fund
Speakers:
Amy Brown, Program Officer, Ford Foundation
Mark Meyer, CEO, Filene Research Institute
Gary Palmer, President, Wave Crest
Stephen Wendel, Director of Research, HelloWallet