2007 Spring Conference:
“Careers in Banking: Show Me the Money!”
Thursday, April 12, 2007
9am – 1pm

Massachusetts School Bankers Conference (MSBA) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston has hosted the MSBA conference for over seven years.  This conference is a competition where partnering banks/schools come to compete on topics such as identity theft, the Federal Reserve System, credit, and many other topics.  On the competition day, the Boston Fed hosts about 25 schools in Massachusetts (200-300 students and teachers).

The students compete in different competitions: 

• Marketing (teams develop marketing pieces that focus on theme)
  
  
• Banking trivia (teams have to answer questions related to the theme and the Federal Reserve System and their responses are scored)
  
  
• Essay (750-word essay on the conference theme)
  
  
• Product development (an individual or team will create a product that will be professionally presented that reflects the theme of the conference)

The winning students receive scholarships and prizes.